Accounts Receivable Clerk

Description

Job Title: Accounts Receivable Clerk Department: Finance/Accounting 

Position Summary: 

This position will be responsible for all Wire/ACH, check, and credit card processing and posting.  This position will be responsible for creating customer product, tax, and freight credits.  This position requires excellent attention to detail, communication and research skills, as well as the ability to provide detailed explanations for customer payments.  This position will assist Accounts Receivable (AR) Customer Master data maintenance, ensuring tax withholding certificates are current for each customer, as well as assisting with month end, quarter end, and year end close processes as required. 

Principal Job Duties and Responsibilities: 

1. Working knowledge of ERP systems and the Accounts Receivable function as well as foundational understanding of debits and credits as they relate to Accounts Receivable.
2. Posting all customer Wire/ACH, check, and credit card payments timely and accurately.
3. Detailed research for any/all payments as needed. 
4. Assist with processing all customer product, tax, and freight credit memos when required.
5. Work closely with the customer service and support teams for credit card pre-authorizations, and payments.
6. Understand and be able to provide support for new customer setups and uploading exemption certificates to OITS.
7. Understand and be able to provide support for researching and resolving customer credit holds, evaluating new customer credit, and maintaining existing customer credit limits within approval matrix.
8. Provide support in clearing AR email inbox daily.
9. Provide support in gaining exemption certificates for about to expire certificates.
10. Work with internal and external customers to provide data as requested.
11. Assist with the annual audit and any related interim procedures. 
12. Other special projects as assigned.

Qualifications 

Training and Education:

High School Diploma or GED, some college level accounting courses or equivalent work experience. 

Experience:

Five or more years of Accounts Receivable, posting, and research experience, preferably in Medical/Life Science industry.  Intermediate knowledge of Excel, Word, Microsoft Office, and Internet. Experience with SAP preferred but not required. 

Physical Requirements:

May be required to lifted boxes weighing up to 50 lbs.