Accounts Receivable Clerk

at  Robert Half

Robert Half is seeking an Accounts Receivable (A/R) Clerk. Great career growth potential and a great benefits package are available to candidates interested in joining this quickly growing accounting team. If you’re interested in work where you will enter, post and reconcile batches, research and resolve customer A/R issues, prepare aging report, place billing and collection calls, maintain cash receipts journal, update, and reconcile sub-ledger to G/L, you will succeed in this position. Since the Accounts Receivable Clerk will handle 200+ invoices a week, they must be a self-starter with high attention to detail. This is a long-term contract / temporary Accounts Receivable Clerk position and is based in the Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida area.

Responsibilities

• Provide information, as requested to shippers, customers, the sales/marketing department and other stakeholders
• Complete a wide range of basic accounting tasks in accordance with standard procedures, including general accounting tasks
• Contact clients to help resolve payment issues; assist in setting up payment plans
• Verify documents and codes
• Support, communicate, and reinforce the mission, values and culture of the organization
• Pinpoint delinquent customer accounts through various means, e.g. written correspondence, phone contact, skip-tracing, and making arrangements for payment
• Sort out payments and compile segments of monthly closings and annual reports in compliance with GAAP
• Square bank accounts, posting and balancing financial data in diverse ledgers
• Strong attention to detail
• Dependability in Microsoft Office with strong Excel skills in particular
• AA or BS/BA degree in Accounting or related field preferred
• Solid understanding of Accounts Receivable (AR)
• Practical knowledge of Corporate Credit
• Demonstrated knowledge of commercial collections
• Microsoft Excel experience highly valued
• Collection operations experience
• Credit experience highly preferred
• Collection Processes experience highly desired
• Proficiency in Cash Collections
• Command of B2B collections
• Adeptness in Collections
• Previous experience working with SAP B1 - Business One
• Good understanding of consumer credit
• General familiarity with Billing Collection
• Comprehension of account reconciliation
• Background working with credit collections
• Experience with cash applications
• Earlier work involving commercial credit
• Knowledgeable of ERP systems
• 2+ years of relevant experience in accounts receivable
• Analytical skills in basic accounts receivable and accounting policy

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• Provide information, as requested to shippers, customers, the sales/marketing department and other stakeholders
• Complete a wide range of basic accounting tasks in accordance with standard procedures, including general accounting tasks
• Contact clients to help resolve payment issues; assist in setting up payment plans
• Verify documents and codes
• Support, communicate, and reinforce the mission, values and culture of the organization
• Pinpoint delinquent customer accounts through various means, e.g. written correspondence, phone contact, skip-tracing, and making arrangements for payment
• Sort out payments and compile segments of monthly closings and annual reports in compliance with GAAP
• Square bank accounts, posting and balancing financial data in diverse ledgers
• Strong attention to detail
• Dependability in Microsoft Office with strong Excel skills in particular
• AA or BS/BA degree in Accounting or related field preferred
• Solid understanding of Accounts Receivable (AR)
• Practical knowledge of Corporate Credit
• Demonstrated knowledge of commercial collections
• Microsoft Excel experience highly valued
• Collection operations experience
• Credit experience highly preferred
• Collection Processes experience highly desired
• Proficiency in Cash Collections
• Command of B2B collections
• Adeptness in Collections
• Previous experience working with SAP B1 - Business One
• Good understanding of consumer credit
• General familiarity with Billing Collection
• Comprehension of account reconciliation
• Background working with credit collections
• Experience with cash applications
• Earlier work involving commercial credit
• Knowledgeable of ERP systems
• 2+ years of relevant experience in accounts receivable
• Analytical skills in basic accounts receivable and accounting polic