What are the responsibilities and job description for the ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE SPECIALIST position at Milner, Inc.?
Description
Job Title: Accounts Receivable Specialist
Branch: 999
Department: Corp
Reports to (Title): Accounts Receivable Manager
Date: 07/07/2026
BASIC FUNCTION
Primary Responsibility: The Accounts Receivables Specialist is responsible for managing customer accounts, ensuring timely collections, and delivering a high level of customer service across billing, service, and contract-related inquiries. This role plays a critical function in maintaining cash flow, reducing aging receivables, and strengthening customer relationships within a fast-paced copier dealership environment.
WORK PERFORMED
A minimum of 1 year experience in cash application, customer account management, involving advanced recordkeeping (directly related business school or college courses may be substituted equally for up to one (1) year of experience); OR, any equivalent combination of experience and training that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.
Experience Required In The Following Areas
Job Title: Accounts Receivable Specialist
Branch: 999
Department: Corp
Reports to (Title): Accounts Receivable Manager
Date: 07/07/2026
BASIC FUNCTION
Primary Responsibility: The Accounts Receivables Specialist is responsible for managing customer accounts, ensuring timely collections, and delivering a high level of customer service across billing, service, and contract-related inquiries. This role plays a critical function in maintaining cash flow, reducing aging receivables, and strengthening customer relationships within a fast-paced copier dealership environment.
WORK PERFORMED
- Accurately apply payments to customer accounts (checks, wires, and credit cards).
- Manage assigned portfolio of customer accounts to ensure timely payment of invoices.
- Perform daily outbound collection calls and email follow-ups.
- Reduce aging balances, specifically targeting 30/60/90 day accounts.
- Negotiate payment arrangements and follow through on commitments.
- Document all collection activity in E-Automate or CRM system.
- Identify high-risk accounts and escalate as needed.
- Recommend accounts for credit hold or third-party collections.
- Deliver a high level of customer service across billing, service, and contacts.
- Perform other duties as required.
- Requires high school diploma.
A minimum of 1 year experience in cash application, customer account management, involving advanced recordkeeping (directly related business school or college courses may be substituted equally for up to one (1) year of experience); OR, any equivalent combination of experience and training that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.
Experience Required In The Following Areas
- Working knowledge of account receivables practices and accepted office procedures.
- Ability to create Excel spreadsheets.
- Ability to perform a volume of numerical detail work with speed and accuracy to make difficult mathematical computation with or without mechanical assistance (ability to operate a calculator by touch).
- Ability to prepare financial and other records in a systematic, neat, legible manner.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, a variety of governmental employees and officials and the general public.
- May require the ability to type at a speed of at least 40 words per minute with a high degree of accuracy.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks with frequent interruptions, occasionally in urgent situations.
- Ability to communicate, interact and work effectively and cooperatively with people from diverse ethnic and educational backgrounds.
- May prepare summary sheets or other work papers for supervisor’s or auditor’s use in preparing comprehensive financial statements.
- May perform secretarial functions as needed for assigned staff member(s)
- Employees must complete the required courses as described by Human Resources for all employees.
- This description presents the major responsibilities required for this job title. Individual positions may require the performance of additional duties as assigned.