What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accounts Receivable (38512) position at American Fuji Seal?
General Responsibilities
The A/R Accounting Assistant is part of a collaborative team that is responsible for ensuring the company receives payment for sales and services from our business partners. Primary responsibility is to provide general support to the A/R Team as well as excellent customer service to internal and external customers.
Specific Responsibilities
The A/R Accounting Assistant is part of a collaborative team that is responsible for ensuring the company receives payment for sales and services from our business partners. Primary responsibility is to provide general support to the A/R Team as well as excellent customer service to internal and external customers.
Specific Responsibilities
- Conducts dunning activities to insure prompt payment of AR invoices
- Creates invoices according to company practices; submits invoices to customers daily
- Daily posts, verifies and records payments and transactions related to accounts receivable
- Prepares month-end reporting and reconciliation
- Research and resolve customer discrepancies and past-due amounts including customer claims, deductions, overpayments
- Generate customer monthly statements and distribute to customer via email or mail
- Generate month end reconciliations as it relates to AR to GL and Sales
- Create reports regarding the status of customer accounts as requested
- Ensure filing is managed accurately and timely
- Distribution of collection notification
- Assist with other tasks and special projects as required
- Outstanding communication skills and customer service oriented
- Ability to work with employees and managers at all levels of the organization
- Demonstrated analytical and organizational skills
- Ability to work independently, prioritize, and meet deadlines
- Highly skilled with MS Office including Excel and sound data entry skills
- Ability to maintain the confidentiality of sensitive financial information
- Communication and Active Listening: Ability to fully listen, engage and communicate both written and verbally
- Teamwork and Communication skills: Demonstrates strong listening skills, values and respects others’ ideas and contributions
- Direction Setting: Possess strong project management and organizational skills, including managing multiple priorities in a deadline-oriented environment
- Customer Focus: Possesses excellent interpersonal skills which are needed to establish and maintain an influential relationship with other key decision makers in the Company
- Execution: Ability to focus on goals, metrics, and results. Take ownership and accountability for self and department. Uses resources efficiently, effectively, and timely
- Dependability: Regular reliable attendance and demonstrates strong work ethic
- High School Diploma required, Associates or bachelor’s degree in accounting preferred.
- Minimum of two years of related experience required.
- Ability to sit/stand for prolonged periods
- Ability to move and lift-up to 25 lbs
- Ability to reach and bend