What are the responsibilities and job description for the AR Researcher position at ASSA ABLOY Group?
ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions is part of the ASSA ABLOY Group, who are the global leader in access solutions. Every day, we reimagine how people move through a safer, more open world with ease. If you’ve ever walked through an automatic door, stayed in a hotel, or gone through passport control, you’ve probably used one of our products or services. We have operations in over 70 countries, with over 52,000 colleagues around the world.
Our expertise in customer journey mapping, innovation, and service design leads to the invention of new solutions that create value for our clients and exceptional experiences for their end users. And we have the fantastic opportunity available in Vingcard for an Accounts Receivable Researcher.
Your Role in Keeping the Future in Safe Hands…
The Accounts Receivable Researcher works closely with our Collection Team, Project Managers, and Sales to ensure proper reconciliation of installation projects. Perform account reconciliations to identify unpaid amounts on customer accounts. Heavy account research to identify account issues, customer disputes and other account variances including short pays. B2B experience highly desirable, but not required.
Duties and Responsibilities:
The ideal AR Researcher is a self-motivated, organized, proactive, problem solver with a positive attitude.
Our people have made us the global leader in access solutions. In return, we open doors for them wherever they go. With nearly 63,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries, we help billions of people experience a more open world. Our innovations make all sorts of spaces – physical and virtual – safer, more secure, and easier to access.
As an employer, we value results – not titles, or backgrounds. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions – supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally.
As we welcome new people on board, it’s important to us to have diverse, inclusive teams, and we value different perspectives and experiences.
Our expertise in customer journey mapping, innovation, and service design leads to the invention of new solutions that create value for our clients and exceptional experiences for their end users. And we have the fantastic opportunity available in Vingcard for an Accounts Receivable Researcher.
Your Role in Keeping the Future in Safe Hands…
The Accounts Receivable Researcher works closely with our Collection Team, Project Managers, and Sales to ensure proper reconciliation of installation projects. Perform account reconciliations to identify unpaid amounts on customer accounts. Heavy account research to identify account issues, customer disputes and other account variances including short pays. B2B experience highly desirable, but not required.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Communicate with A/R team regarding disputed invoices
- Engage internal partners in Sales and Project Management to understand billed transactions.
- Clear unapplied cash to customer accounts ensuring up to date payment information.
- Determine reason for residual balances, over payments, misapplied payments, identify small balance write-offs and credit balances.
- Compare charges made to the customer against what their agreement allows and requires.
- Communicate with individual A/R team members with current information that they can pass along to our end customer.
- Create summarized billing and reconciliations to provide to internal departments & customers, as needed.
- Perform other assigned tasks and duties necessary to support the Accounts Receivable Department.
The ideal AR Researcher is a self-motivated, organized, proactive, problem solver with a positive attitude.
- Undergraduate degree in Accounting or related field.
- A clear understanding of accounting principles to include accounts receivable, accounts payable, invoicing, credits and debits, charge backs, and credit terms.
- A strong analytical aptitude with good to excellent math skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Product-emphasis on Outlook, EXCEL, and WORD. Experienced in ADOBE as well.
- Full understanding of the business cycle from sale to collections.
- Excellent analytical, written/verbal communications and interpersonal skills with a positive approach toward customers and company employees.
- Strong aptitude and working knowledge of automated financial information systems with Microsoft Dynamics AX preferred but not required.
Our people have made us the global leader in access solutions. In return, we open doors for them wherever they go. With nearly 63,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries, we help billions of people experience a more open world. Our innovations make all sorts of spaces – physical and virtual – safer, more secure, and easier to access.
As an employer, we value results – not titles, or backgrounds. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions – supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally.
As we welcome new people on board, it’s important to us to have diverse, inclusive teams, and we value different perspectives and experiences.