What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accounts Receivable Coordinator position at Alphatec Spine?
The Accounts Receivable Coordinator plays a crucial role in ATEC’s accounts receivable process, directly impacting cash flow and financial success. This position is responsible for the timely collection of outstanding receivables while maintaining exceptional accuracy, professionalism, and customer service in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Credit and Collections Management: Achieve departmental cash collection targets and drive key objectives. Develop and implement strategic collection initiatives to minimize overdue accounts, reduce bad debt, and maintain DSO below 45. Evaluate credit risk, enforce credit terms, and proactively monitor account performance to optimize cash flow.
- Payment applications – applied daily while maintaining accuracy and following up with customers to solve issues
- Process Improvements: Provide continuous improvements to the AR process to reduce days’ sales outstanding (DSO), accelerate cash collections and create efficiencies. Contribute to the development and implementation of best practices within the accounts receivable function.
- Reporting: Prepare reports on accounts receivable including aging analysis and recommendations for improvements.
- Customer Relationship Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with external and internal business partners, resolving billing inquiries and disputes professionally and efficiently
- Compliance: Ensure compliance with accounting policies, procedures, and relevant regulations. Stay informed about changes in accounting standards and communicate any potential impacts. Provide support to SOX Compliance requirements.
- Teamwork: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Customer Service, Pricing Team, Sales Reps to ensure alignment of processes and effective communication
- Account Reconciliation: Review customer statements of account and resolve discrepancies. Adjustments such as write-offs and journal entries in accordance with best practices and company policies.
- Month-End Close Support: Assist the department with month-end and year-end closing activities, ensuring all accounts receivable transactions are properly recorded and reconciled.
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Strong Collections and Cash Application Experience
- Results-Driven and Goal-Oriented Mindset
- Excellent Communication and Customer Service.
- Skilled in negotiation and conflict resolution to ensure timely payments
- High Level of Accountability and Dependability
- Ability to prioritize, coordinate and handle multiple projects to meet deadlines.
- Reliable and consistent in performance, even during high-pressure deadlines
- Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills
- Strong understanding of accounting principles and financial regulations
- Strong account reconciliation skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office including Excel and Word is essential.
- Experience with ERP accounting software (SAP preferred)
- Strong Organizational & Time Management Skills
- Thrives in a fast-paced, high-volume environment
- Ability to work extra hours when needed to ensure financial goals are met during critical closing periods.
Education and Experience
- An AA degree with an accounting emphasis and/or two years computerized accounting experience, preferably with an integrated accounting system in a manufacturing environment.
- 1 years experience in credit / collections role; have had consumer collections experience and be familiar with high volume collection activities. Medical device experience a plus.
For roles based in the United States that require access to hospital facilities, must be eligible for and maintain credentials at all required hospitals, including meeting any applicable physical requirements or vaccination requirements (including the COVID-19 vaccine, as applicable).
ATEC is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to its employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state or local laws. Further, ATEC will make reasonable accommodations that are necessary to comply with disability discrimination laws.
Salary Range
Alphatec Spine, Inc. complies with state and federal wage and hour laws and compensation depends upon candidate’s qualifications, education, skill set, years of experience, and internal equity. $24.00 to $28.00 Full-Time Hourly Range
Salary : $24 - $28