What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accounts Receivable Collector position at Haddad Brands?
Description
Haddad is a privately held family business with 100 years’ experience in the children’s apparel & accessories industry. A leader in the children’s wear industry, Haddad Brands is the exclusive global licensee for the most iconic brands in the world, which include Nike, Jordan, Converse, Hurley, Levi’s, Polo, Abercrombie and Fitch, Lacoste, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein and Huggies. Supported by a team of professionals skilled in design, sourcing, production, sales, marketing & distribution of premium quality children’s wear, Haddad distributes globally to 100 countries and maintains sales and sourcing offices in 22 cities globally, including New York, Paris, Hilversum, Shanghai, Egypt, Bangkok, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, London and Montreal.
Overview:
The Accounts Receivable Collector will maintain accounts receivable from all aspects of collections, resolve customer billing issues and reduce accounts receivable delinquency.
Key Accountabilities:
- Contact customers to be sure all invoices are in line for payment
- Provide customers with all paperwork needed to help make sure the invoice is clear for payment
- Resolve client billing problems before invoices are due to be sure all pertinent paperwork is in order to ensure timely payments
- Navigate large customers’ web sites for payment information and trial balance information in order to foresee any future payment problems
- Review accounts for payment continually during the month be sure to enter a note into each customer’s A/R after each conversation for follow up
- Review and monitor assigned accounts and address any outstanding payments over 30 days past due
- Monitor customers with large balances and apply good customer service
- Special projects as assigned
Requirements
Required Skills/Abilities/Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree required
- 5 years Experience a must
- Previous experience in a similar role a plus
- Exceptional organizational, multi-tasking and follow up skills
- Superior oral and written communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong proficiency in Excel
- Strong attention to detail and record keeping skills
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team
- Must maintain confidentiality of data
Consistent in-office presence is vital to the role as it is for all Haddad Brands team members, so that we all have a full appreciation, aesthetically and tactilely, of the qualities that define our brand partners’ products and set them apart from their competitors.
