AR Specialist POST NUMBER: 423967
General Purpose
Responsible for tracking and resolving outstanding payment and customer issues.
Analyze and improve current processes, as well as provide general support for the Accounts Receivable/Credit and Collections Department.
Essential functions
- Conduct account research and analysis
- Make daily collection calls
- Interact with customers to resolve outstanding issues
- Apply logic and reasoning to help improve processes
- Identify and execute the necessary process adjustments
- Prepare and maintain various reports
- Maintain an accurate aging report
- Send statements to outstanding customers
- Process ACH/Lockbox payments
- Reconcile accounts receivable to the general ledger
- Assist with month end journal entry postings
- Additional assignments as required by the need of the business.
Education and Experience
- Two-year degree or higher (preferred)
- 3 years Accounts Receivable and Collection experience (preferred)
- SAP or equivalent software (required)
- MS Excel experience (required)
Key Competencies
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Process oriented and resourceful with ability to improve current procedures
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Working knowledge of basic accounting functions to support receivable applications
- Critical thinking and attention to detail
- Ability and willingness to handle detail-oriented work accurately and efficiently
- Ability to understand profit center and business area functions as it pertains to the allocation of revenue
- Maintain all communications with confidentiality
Vaco values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
EEO Notice
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Vaco also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.
By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.
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Pay Transparency Notice
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.