Accounts Receivable Specialist

Are you detail-oriented and motivated by maintaining financial stability? Join our team as an Accounts Receivable Specialist, where you will manage customer accounts, process payments, and ensure timely collections. Take the next step in your career by applying now to play a vital role in our financial operations.

• Leader in food safety solutions for both contract sanitation and chemistry in the food processing industry.
• Over 10,000 dedicated team members across North America.
• Corporate headquarters in Atlanta, GA with team members working in over 250 plants throughout North America.
• Over 50+ years of experience in creating long-lasting partnerships.

• OUR MISSION

• We protect the food supply by eliminating risks so families everywhere can eat without fear. +

• Protect What Matters:

• We are in service of safety at every step, ensuring the health of everyone is central to all we do - from plant team members to consumers. +
• Deliver On Our Promises
• : We speak honestly and are dedicated to doing the right thing by upholding ethical standards and following through on our commitments to our teams, our customers, and our business. +
• Win as a

Team:

• We believe in the power of collaboration, uniting our diverse strengths while working hand-in-hand with our team members and customers to unlock potential and achieve stronger results together. +
• Advance a

Safer Future:

• We are committed to innovating more effective, sustainable, and cost-efficient food safety solutions to develop a safer world for all.

The Accounts Receivable Specialist manages customer accounts, processes payments, and ensures timely collection to maintain financial stability.

Job duties include:

+ Process weekly sales report to create invoice(s) and daily cash receipts and post to customer accounts. + Send invoice and obtain required PO information from customer. + Communicate with our operations team to obtain the documentation needed to establish any non-contract services. + Communicate with field operations personnel and customer on past due accounts. + Research billing issues such as short pays, price discrepancies, etc. + Provide weekly report on open AR and past due accounts. + Other duties as assigned.

• YOUR MUST HAVES

• + Must be 18 years of age or older.

+ Ability to adhere to the different functions within the accounting system, the company structure (divisions, departments, and plant locations) and the various general ledger accounts. + Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related field. + 1-2 years of related office experience, accounting/bookkeeping, and billing/accounts receivable preferred. + Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Outlook. + Customer service skills, phone, and email.

• WHAT WE PREFER YOU HAVE

• OUR

ENVIRONMENT

• This is a hybrid role, partially based at the Corporate Headquarters, combining time in a traditional office setting with remote work from your professional home office. You will be expected to work on-site at minimum three days a week. The position requires sitting for extended periods of time while working on a computer.
• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance
• Basic Life Insurance
• Short-term Disability
• Long-term Disability
• Retirement Plan
• Paid Holidays (Varies by Location)
• Paid Vacation
• Employee Assistance Program ("EAP")
• Training & Development Opportunities Fortrex and Safe Foods, a division of Fortrex, are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, creed, sex, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, uniform service member status, veteran status, age, genetic information, disability, or any other protected status, in accordance with all applicable federal state, and local laws. Fortrex and Safe Foods are committed to complying with the laws protecting qualified individuals with disabilities. Fortrex and Safe Foods will provide a reasonable accommodation for any known physical or mental disability of a qualified individual with a disability to the extent required by law, provided the requested accommodation does not create an undue hardship for the Company and/or does not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of others in the workplace and/or to the individual. If a team member requires an accommodation, they must notify the site manager or the Corporate Human Resources Department. If an applicant requires an accommodation, they must notify the hiring manager and/or the Recruiter hiring for the position.