Accounts Receivable Specialist (SO2)
Description
Objective of this role
- Support the company in optimizing our financial transactions and systems by performing reconciliation of payments and customer accounts
- Communicate discrepancies to management team, identify slow-paying customers, and recommend collection candidates
- Strengthen and grow relationships with clients by communicating with customers regarding past-due accounts
- Assist in streamlining the accounts receivable process by identifying areas for performance improvement
- Exercise integrity and confidentiality in financial reporting, and comply with company financial requirements
Responsibilities
- Invoicing customers
- Opening, updating and maintaining the accuracy of customer database
- Investigating all queries on accounts from customers
- Daily processing and allocating customer receipts
- Telephone collection of due and overdue accounts
- Collection of outstanding debts including initiating legal action
- Reconciling accounts and processing adjustments
- Obtaining trade references, credit reports
- Providing trade references
- Processing credit applications
- Registering and discharging PPSR
- Using third party portal to receive purchase orders, invoicing and reconciling accounts
- Managing an Accounts Receivable ledger and reconciling to General Ledger
- Submitting daily reports to management on accounts receivable operations
Required skills and qualifications
- Strong analytical skills
- Understanding of basic principles of finance, accounting, and bookkeeping
- Superb time management and detail orientation
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to keep company and partner confidences
- Experience in commonly used accounting ERP systems
Preferred skills and qualifications
- Associate’s degree or equivalent
- Experience in accounts receivable (or accounts payable)
- Experience in driving process improvement
- Experience in Titan Accounting system (Not Essential)
- Experience in Automobile industry ( Not Essential)