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Rose International
Accounts Receivable Collections Specialist
Career Insights for Accounts Payable / Receivable Clerk
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What they do
An Accounts Payable or Receivable Clerk keeps records of accounts and financial transactions, with specific responsibility for Accounts Payable/Receivable. Works for a business or bookkeeping service. Provides information for financial and tax reports completed by an accountant.
$47,502 / year median in Pennsylvania
-14% projected decline
Job Description
Required Education/Experience:
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience in finance or accounting.
Required Qualifications:
- Excellent organizational, time management and planning skills required.
- Ability to recognize and adapt to changing priorities and workflows as needed.
- Technical proficiency and experience in working with electronic inquiry systems, Excel, Microsoft Word and other applicable electronic tools.
- Willingness to display a positive, energetic and enthusiastic approach to daily work assignment.
- Demonstrate the ability to interact with agents, brokers, production and processing offices working to research and resolve problems.
- Ability to communicate well both verbally and in writing
- Demonstrate the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Demonstrate the ability to identify work processes that will enhance productivity
Responsibilities:
- Premium collections and resolution of disputes and premium differences to maintain open receivables to a current status and increase cash flow.
- Monitor and pursue collections of unpaid. Research more complex (aged) receivables that need in-depth research and reconciliation expertise.
- Reconcile more challenging premium differences and disputed transactions within current month. Place diary messages on all differences and/disputes of action taken.
- Initiate and review receivable documents throughout the month to ensure all collectible balances and aged items have been addressed and will clear prior to month end closing.
- Collect all payments due in accordance with and within the CLIENT credit term guidelines.
- Provide monthly status reports to Team Leader/Manager in support of receivable analysis reporting. Report to include any outstanding delinquent collectible balances, aged, and backdated items for assigned brokers/agents across business lines.
- Investigate and resolved disputed items, reconcile balances as required, follow up on corrective action until balance is resolved.
- Completed disbursements, journals, and other accounting functions as dictated by Accounting Best Practices.
- Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.
- Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client's business needs and requirements.
Benefits
- Dental Insurance