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Collections Specialist
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Robert Half
Addison, IL (In Person)
$53,040 Salary, Full-Time
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Job Description
at Robert Half in Addison, Illinois, United States Job Description Description We are looking for a detail-oriented Collections Specialist to support accounts receivable activities for a wholesale distribution organization in Addison, Illinois. This Long-term Contract position focuses on managing aging accounts, processing customer payments, and helping reduce portfolio backlogs while maintaining accurate financial records. The ideal candidate is comfortable working with reconciliations, understands core accounting concepts such as debits and credits, and can use Excel for basic tracking and reporting.
Responsibilities:
- Review outstanding customer balances and follow up on overdue accounts to improve collection results and reduce aging exposure.
- Assist with maintaining and analyzing aging reports to identify payment trends, priority accounts, and past-due balances.
- Apply and process credit card payments accurately while ensuring transactions are recorded in the appropriate accounts.
- Perform light account reconciliation work to resolve discrepancies between customer balances, payments, and account activity.
- Support efforts to address a backlog of assigned portfolios by organizing collection activity and documenting follow-up actions.
- Work closely with accounts receivable processes to post cash activity and help keep customer accounts current and accurate.
- Verify financial entries by recognizing the proper treatment of debits and credits during collection and reconciliation tasks.
- Experience supporting collections, cash application, or accounts receivable functions in a business environment.
- Working knowledge of aging accounts, billing follow-up, and credit and collections processes.
- Ability to perform basic account reconciliations and identify payment or balance discrepancies.
- Understanding of fundamental accounting principles, including the difference between debit and credit entries.
- Basic proficiency in Microsoft Excel for tracking balances, reviewing reports, and organizing account data.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy when handling customer payments and financial records.
- Effective communication skills for following up on outstanding balances and coordinating with internal teams.
- whenever you choose
- even on the go.