Accounts Receivable Analyst

We are looking for an experienced customer facing, Accounts Receivable Analyst, to assist with applications of customer relations, accounts receivable payments and invoicing, aging analysis, start to finish monthly reconciliations, collections, and interjects process improvement abilities.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Prepares and reviews daily check and ACH/Wire deposits, applies payments per customer remittance, and works with customers to resolve payment discrepancies.
• Responsible for cause and needs analysis for unresolved chronic collection issues.
• Monitors weekly accounts receivable aging reporting, while keeping detailed collection notes and identifying trends.
• Independently negotiates payment plan agreements with past due customers.
• Identifies trends in the cannabis market and internally, to provide informed decision making.
• Engages and works with challenging past due customers to ensure timely payments.
• Makes credit hold and bad debt recommendations with supporting backup in line with the credit policy.
• Partners closely with sales and accounting management to escalate and resolve complex customer disputes and issues.
• Partners with sales and fulfillment teams to provide excellent customer service to our wholesale customers and identifies process improvement opportunities to promote more positive customer outcomes.
• Works closely with the regional accounting managers, the cost accounting team, accounts payable, fulfillment, sales, and wholesale customers responding timely to inquiries.
• Completes monthly accounts receivable reconciliations as part of the month end close process to validate accurate billing and receivable balances. Reconcile completed shipments to invoices.
• Collaborates with the accounting team, and other internal departments to design, document, implement, and monitor processes that establish controls, ownership, and accountability of involved parties related to cash, sales processing, invoicing, and customer account management.
• Internal Control/SOX compliance including audit requests, including AR invoicing preparation, and discrepancies, compliant with each U.S. State.
• Participates in other daily accounting department tasks, performs ad hoc analysis and projects as requested, and responds timely to inquiries from external and internal customers.

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred in Accounting, Finance, or Business..
• 1-2 years’ minimum accounts receivable experience, specifically with business to business collections experience. 3-4 years’ experience preferred.
• Intermediate knowledge of U.S. GAAP.
• Experience or exposure to areas of accounting in wholesale and retail environments including but not limited to, cash recording, cash reconciliation, cash reporting, and accounts receivable reconciliation & collections. Understanding of the principles of inventory processes, retail sales processes, sales and use tax, and public company audit compliance.
• Experience working in a highly computerized environment and processing financial transactions using an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system and/or accounting software.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills; proficient within overall Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint)
• Self-starter that places an emphasis on accuracy, completeness, and work product ownership, with the ability to prioritize and complete tasks with competing deadlines.
• Professional written and verbal communication with multiple levels, departments and customers.
• Analytical, detail-oriented, and honest.
• Proven ability to prioritize and complete tasks with competing deadlines.
• Other duties as assigned.