AR Specialist

A/R Specialist

Primary Responsibilities:

• Make collection calls to customers and send out emails to generate quicker customer payment receipt.
• Expedite the receipt timing period of cash receipts from customers for shipped and billed orders
• Serve as a backup to billing function to invoice shipped orders using BOL’s
• Serve as a backup to cash receipts application function
• Manage and reduce/minimize DSO days for outstanding unpaid invoices
• Track open customer unpaid invoices and report on them and keep up KPI performance metrics reporting on past dues and DSO and days to collect via charts and graphs
• Manage A/R collection metrics to preset goals- reduce past dues over 60 days and eliminate past dues over 90 days to zero
• Manage credit reports
• Analyze new customer credit requests to open accounts, make recommendations after payment history research including trade reference and banking reference checks, and recommend credit limits to be set
• Process any new credit applications and follow up on pending applications.
• Update system with sales, customer, search name, accounting and AP contact name, credit limit, terms and attaching documents for file.
• Resolve customer billing problems and save AR delinquency.
• Performing day to day financial transactions.
• Performs the day-to-day, monthly and year-end operations of the Accounting Department.
• Provides sales reporting and analysis.
• Perform the processing of monthly accruals and amortization of prepaid expenses.
• Perform general accounting analysis and reconciliations.
• Assist in the preparation of financial statements and financial reporting.
• Assist Controller and CFO as needed on month end financial reporting and reconciliations and account analysis with excel
• Create KPI performance metrics graphs to track several exceptions in expenses and sales

Requirements:

• Associate’s in accounting required
• 3+ years experience as an account receivables collections specialist, with 2 years of general ledger and financial reporting and analysis experience and  2+ years of accounting in a manufacturing environment.
• Manufacturing experience required; preferably within the food industry

If interested, please send your resume directly to jeffzaremba@ifgpr.com for consideration.