The Role of Accounts Receivable Clerk: 

Performs accounts receivable functions ensuring compliance with Company policies and procedures and standard accounting practices.

Shift: On-Site 5 days per week. Monday-Friday: 7am-3:30pm. 

Essential Responsibilities

• Performs high volume of daily reconciliation of cash receipts and weight tags for multiple sites; reconciles load information from disposal and/or organics sites for invoice approval and reporting.
• Creates various reports for local management and state agencies regarding tonnage and commodities collected.
• Performs the billing process, including reconciling customer accounts and sending invoices, maintains monthly billing files, including messages, launches billing as scheduled, communicating with the subsidiary and interfacing with controller for final billing functions.
• Verifies and processes Accounts Receivable payments, applies payment to account.
• Prepares analysis and reconciliation of customer individual accounts as required.
• Establish customer accounts using credit methods and verifications; maintains customer files and historic data; answers customer inquiries, including account reconciliation support/analysis.
• Performs collections functions including calling past due customers, creating and mailing monthly collection letters, setting up and follow through on payment arrangements,
• reviewing accounts for service interruptions, stopping accounts for non-payment customers as directed and assembling documentation for collections service as directed.
• Data entry of rates into system and collaborating with local management until final approval of entry is received; ensures accuracy of entries by reviewing reports.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Two years related accounting, bookkeeping or collections experience.
• Specific accounting procedures and company services.
• Computer programs, including working knowledge Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office suite of applications.
• High school diploma or GED required.
• Bachelor's degree preferred.

Recology Offers

• An ecologically innovative company that finds and mentors people committed to protecting the environment and sustaining our communities.
• The largest employee-owned resource recovery company in the industry with terrific benefits to help you prosper.
• A creative and caring culture that values community, diversity, altruism, accountability, collaboration, and learning by doing.
• An inspired company mission driven to use and return resources to their best and highest use through the practice of the 4R’s: Reduce, Re-use, Recycle, and Recologize.
• Distinct professional challenges to connect with, care for, and grow community that sees a world without waste.

Recology Benefits May Include

• Paid time off and paid holidays.
• Health and wellness benefits including medical, dental, and vision.
• Retirement plans (Employee Stock Ownership Plan, 401(k) with match).
• Annual wellness incentives.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Educational assistance.
• Commuting benefits.
• Employee referral program.

Supplemental Information

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job; and pursuant to applicable law, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal records. It is important that you provide accurate information on the job application, inaccurate information may cause delays in the processing of your application and/or may disqualify you as a candidate.

Recology is an equal opportunity employer committed to supporting an inclusive work environment where employees are valued, heard, and provided development opportunities. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis that is prohibited by law.

This description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, effort, work conditions, and benefits associated with the job.