Accounts Receivable Representative Job Description
Accounts Receivable Representative Duties & Responsibilities
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Accounts Receivable Representative Examples
Accounts Receivable Representative Job Description
- Daily invoice print and invoice mailings / emails
- Daily, week-end, and month-end sales balancing and reporting
- Month-end computer closing
- Co-packer warehouse routing, confirming, and invoicing
- Processing credits and debits to reconcile customer payments, and managing all unapplied cash
- Providing support, as needed, with managing the accounts receivable aging status of customers
- Collection calls to keep customer accounts current
- Running credit reports to support all new and existing customer credit checks
- Performing data file maintenance on all customer accounts, as needed
- Collection and management of a diverse account receivables portfolio via telephone, email
- Self- starter, team player, analytic & problem solving ability
- Ability to utilize technology available including use and navigation of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook, as well Internet functions
- Associates degree or equivalent experience or any satisfactory combination of experience and training which demonstrates the knowledge, skills and abilities to perform duties
- Ability to utilize a computer, telephone, fax and copy machine other general office equipment
- Ability to critically review and make recommendations to manager of accounts to be submitted to the legal department
- Ability to critically review customer credit worthiness and status of outstanding customer receivables and place accounts on credit hold as per self-determination
Accounts Receivable Representative Job Description
- Month-end computer closing and updates, balancing, and report distribution
- Record payments (checks, wires & EFT’s) to accounts and maintain accounts receivable records
- EFT’s – Send letters, pull from customer accounts and set up new customers in bank system
- Scan received checks to bank for deposit and to SAP
- Review AR aging reports and collect past due balances
- Advise Operations Department of payments from control states when necessary for Operations to bill the control state
- Prepare weekly cash projections
- Respond to requests from Operations to release accounts with credit holds
- Add new customers as needed
- Responsible for the timely preparation / distribution of monthly delinquency report to each associations' Board of Directors
- Must have experience managing high volume in a fast paced environment
- 2+ years of bookkeeping experience with a focus on B2B accounts receivable
- Comfortable being on the phones with clients and working with the sales team regarding discrepancies in invoices
- Heavy Macros and Pivot Table Experience
- With an understanding of Supply Chain processes and Process Excellence tools and methodology, identify the point at which a problem occurred and select the appropriate process and stakeholders to achieve optimal resolution , our stakeholders are not impacted in a negative way by decisions made
- A minimum of five years of collection experience or related business experience is required
Accounts Receivable Representative Job Description
- Comprehend complex contract terms and enter contract details in Oracle ERP System (using various modules which include Service Contracts, Advanced Pricing, PA Project Billing, and AR
- Analyze and complete complex Billing transactions in Oracle ERP System with accuracy and clarity
- Communicate with internal and external customers via phone, email, mail, or in person
- Escalate unresolved issues
- Check scanning to Chase
- Balance monthly cash spreadsheet on a weekly basis and at month end to Corporate Cash Model
- Process division lockbox transfers
- Process & update daily credit card batches from on-line system
- ACH pre-note file to Corporate Treasury as required
- Process credit card payment and apply to client accounts
- New or recent college and university graduates with a desire to work in a challenging position within the healthcare industrythat have completed anAssociate’s Degree or Bachelor’s Degree will be considered
- Payer websites (iNavinet) knowledge
- Advanced Microsoft Office Excel skills (pivot tables, v-lookups, formulas)
- Ability to deliver the highest level of customer service to both internal and external customers
- Ability to work independently or as part of a team with little guidance
- Ability to problem solve billing issues using available resources
Accounts Receivable Representative Job Description
- Follow established procedures for processing receipts, cash
- Ensures that all cash is applied accurately and completely
- Creates charge-backs for all unauthorized deductions clearing all approved deductions
- Military billing
- Providing support, as needed, in managing the accounts receivable aging status of customers
- Maintain accurate records and timely distribution of reports
- Seek ways to improve Accounts Receivable procedures and personal work processes
- Daily cash application for multiple divisions
- Daily research of potential duplicate credits
- Daily verification that totes picked up have been keyed
- Working knowledge of MS Office such as Word, Outlook, and Excel
- Ability to organize tasks and carry out multiple assignments concurrently
- Ability to adapt to changes in the external and internal environment and organization
- Knowledge of third party and hospital billing
- Minimum of 1 year experience with high volume of incoming and outgoing telephone calls and providing related telephone customer service to patients and insurance carriers
- Bilingual a plus (Spanish Preferred)
Accounts Receivable Representative Job Description
- Weekly processing of customer rebates
- Weekly input of the office supply order
- Allocates checks through a Lockbox system with remittance advice scanned in by the bank and provided by the customer
- Applies over 100 lines of cash applications on a daily basis
- Accesses payment information off the Internet for the wholesale and Retail batches and history researched within a CD-ROM
- Accesses payment information from the customers Website or an e-mail received from the customer
- Contacts customer’s via telephone with discrepancies found with a payment
- Sends letter/invoice to customer whenever unapplied cash or a charge back is applied to customer’s account
- Resolves unapplied cash and charge back transactions on a timely basis
- Closes out all open batches within two days
- Data Entry and clerical experience, required
- Highly organized, extremely detail-oriented, and ability to multi-task in a fast paced environment
- Ability to work independently with little supervision, yet work well in a team environment
- Ability to manage a high volume workload, with ever changing deadlines and priorities and must work well under pressure, meeting multiple deadlines
- Must have a positive attitude and strong work ethic, with the ability to work overtime as needed to meet deadlines
- Monitor all Accounts billed and follow-up on unpaid balances over 30 days