What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accounts Receivable Specialist position at Hybrid Apparel?
Hybrid’s humble beginnings started in 1997 in the back of a print shop designing, selling, and printing tee shirts. Today, Hybrid is a global apparel industry powerhouse in brand and licensing management. Hybrid provides its expertise and fully vertical operations capability – design, merchandising, development, sourcing, production, and distribution – to a broad suite of branded, licensed, generic, and private label partners. Hybrid’s full-service apparel design and manufacturing expertise extends across the apparel category, including knits, woven tops, bottoms, tees, and accessories.
As our organization has evolved, so has our philosophy of doing business. We have made concerted efforts to remove ourselves from the antiquated approach of other apparel manufacturers and doing things differently has been our focus. We are building a company ethos that breeds innovation, collaboration, integrity, and excellence in customer service.
What is my role?
The Accounts Receivable Specialist will be a crucial team member, ensuring an effective and efficient operation of the accounts receivable process. This requires a good understanding of all accounts receivable functions, including collections, chargeback resolution, cash application and customer analysis.
What You'll Do
- Prepare and manage the daily invoice register, ensuring accurate and timely communication of invoices to wholesale customers
- Oversee daily cash application for pre-paid accounts, including monitoring high volumes of transactions and reconciling credit card payments
- Release pending orders in alignment with credit terms communicating to finance leadership, internal sales teams and external customers
- Process and apply prepaid terms for high-volume credit card accounts, ensuring accuracy in payment allocations
- Reconcile customer accounts regularly to maintain up-to-date and accurate ledgers
- Participate in biweekly collection updates on outstanding aging for AR Manager, Controller, and FP&A.
- Organize and maintain AR files and documentation, ensuring thorough and accurate record-keeping
- Ensure compliance with GAAP, PCI standards for handling credit card transactions, and company policies related to asset-based lending requirements
- Address and resolve inquiries from internal sales teams and external customer accounts efficiently
- Assist the AR Manager with daily operations and special projects related to AR and credit management
- Communicate effectively across departments, supporting clear coordination with sales, finance, and warehouse teams
- Contribute to AR process improvement initiatives, identifying opportunities to streamline credit and cash application workflows
- Other duties may be assigned in accordance with company needs
What You'll Need
- Apparel, consumer goods, and/or manufacturing industry experience is a big plus.
- Experience with factoring and/or Asset-Based Lending (ABL) is a plus
- Associate’s degree in accounting or bachelor’s emphasis in accounting preferred
- Strong proficiency in Excel; basic word processing
- 3 years AR/chargeback experience
- ERP AS400 experience preferred, but not required
- Ability to multi-task, prioritize and work efficiently
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to demonstrate good common sense and sound judgment
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to perform at a high level in a fast-paced ever-changing work environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with both internal and external customers
Hybrid Apparel is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.
Salary : $23 - $25