Vaco Los Angeles is working with a client that is looking for an Accounts Receivable Specialist. This candidate will be responsible for reviewing all incoming orders, issuing and sending customer invoices, processing payments, and managing all customer accounts, including collecting past due balances. The successful candidate will have solid foundational accounting knowledge and a customer service attitude.
Specific Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Review incoming orders for accuracy on a daily basis
- Generate and send daily & monthly invoices for completed orders
- Process & post credit card, check, and ACH payments
- Issue credit memos and account adjustments
- Regularly collect outstanding customer balances, maintaining a clean Accounts Receivable aging report
- Reconcile and report daily transactional credit card activity
- Update daily sales reports for multiple divisions
- Reconcile month-end revenue balances between the GL and subledger system
- Maintain customer account information and set up new accounts and products as needed
- Input orders into system
- Other admin tasks and projects as assigned
Minimum Qualifications:
- Associates degree in Accounting or Finance preferred
- Experience with Sage 100 a plus
- 2 – 4 years’ experience in an Accounts Receivable role
- Proficiency in MS Excel / other Office programs
Soft Skills:
- Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communications skills
- Self-motivated and willing to work independently as part of a small team
- A strong comfort level handling collections calls and interacting directly with customers
- Superior organizational and time management skills
- Attention to detail
- A proven ability to quickly learn internal systems, workflows, and technologies