AR Coordinator

Job Purpose

Primary responsibility for accounts receivable clerk is to apply all customer payments daily in the ERP system, issue monthly statements, and follow up with customers with payment discrepancies. This requires pulling deposit information from bank account and depositing checks.

Description of Essential Duties

• Apply payments to customer accounts.
• Retrieving deposit information via bank account or manually depositing checks.
• Retrieve remittance advice and ensure accuracy of payment.
• Maintain record retention of payments and remits.
• Assist with preparing and sending monthly statements to customers.
• Contact and follow up with customers to resolve discrepancies.
• Prepare, maintain, and assist with reconciliation of deduction reports.
• Assist Accounting Manager with any special projects.
• Cross-training.
• All other duties as assigned.

Qualification Requirements

(To perform this job successfully, and individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required).

• Education: High School Diploma Required. Two-year college degree in related field preferred. May substitute experience in accounting for education on a year-for-year basis.
• Experience: Two years prior accounting experience desirable. Preference will be given to those with applicable experience.
• Basic working knowledge of Microsoft Excel required.
• Willing to work in a team environment and contribute to group goals
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to receive and provide instructions in a positive manner
• Ability to multi-task.

Physical Demands

(The physical demands described here are representatives of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The phrases "occasionally," "regularly," and "frequently" correspond to the following definitions: "occasionally" means up to 25% of working time, "regularly" means between 26 and 75% of working time, and "frequently" means 76% and more of working time.)

• The employee is required to talk and hear.
• The employee is frequently required to sit and use their hands and fingers, to handle or feel, to manipulate keys on a keyboard and view data on a computer screen.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand, climb stairs, walk, reach with arms and hands.
• Vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

• Normal amount of overtime or extended work hours required.
• Moderate noise (examples: business office with computers and printers, light traffic, plant background noise).
• The job is performed under a generally hazard free environment.

The above statements reflect the general details necessary to describe the principle functions of the occupation des scribed and shall not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be inherent in the occupation.