Accounts Receivable Specialist

Candidate must have Microsoft Excel experience. General Description of Job: Accurate and timely posting of customer’s payments according to Superior Steel policies and procedures. Essential Job Tasks: Reviewing and verifying calculations of incoming payments, ensuring all discounts taken are within terms, report all accounts receivable discrepancies to sales, coding any misc. receipts of monies as needed, posting all entries into accounting module of ERP system, scanning paper checks with bank check scanner for deposit, reconciling daily bank deposit total for paper checks, communicating with internal departments. Other Job Tasks: Scanning backup of customer payment and any discrepancies to attach in ERP system. Help reconcile unapplied cash account with Senior Accountant. Review AR aging and help sales with any needed follow up on customer outstanding balances, reconciling customer accounts, filing disputes or reviewing statements. Possible communication with customer Accounts Payable contact. Other projects from Controller or Senior Accountant as needed. Reports to: Senior Accountant Supervises: No one. Knowledge, Skill, and Experience Requirements: Ten key, understanding of various coding requirements and of accounting periods, calculating discount terms, familiarity with bank scanners, Microsoft Excel, and the ability to look beyond the numbers. Effective verbal and email/written communication skills with outside and internal customers. Analyzing and problem solving skills. Education, License, and Certification Requirements: Associate’s degree in accounting or equivalent in experience (to be determined by Controller and Senior Accountant) and minimum of three years successful experience in high-volume accounts receivable position. Amount of Supervision Required to Perform Job: Minimal. Machines and Tools Used: General office equipment such as computers, 10-key, telephones, fax machines, staplers and copiers/scanners/printers and bank scanners. Environmental Factors and Working Conditions: Climate controlled office. Daily walk to street mail box. Appropriate Work Attire: Casual business attire, formal office attire as needed. Pay: $18.00 - $20.00 per hour Expected hours: 20.0 – 25.0 per week Work Location: In person