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Accounts Receivable & Collections Specialist

Life Skills Training and Educational Programs
Sacramento, CA Other
POSTED ON 4/24/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/23/2025

Job Details

Job Location:    Sacramento Corporate Office - Sacramento, CA
Position Type:    Full Time
Education Level:    2 Year Degree
Salary Range:    $25.00 - $27.00 Hourly
Travel Percentage:    Negligible
Job Shift:    Day
Job Category:    Accounting

Description

Join our team and make a difference in people’s lives! 

 

Are you an experienced Accounts Receivable & Collections professional looking to make a meaningful impact? Join our team as an Accounts Receivable & Collections Specialist, where you will play a key role in managing client billing, cash collections, and account reconciliations while delivering excellent customer service.

 

About the Organization:

LifeSTEPS is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization. The mission of LifeSTEPS is to provide effective educational and supportive services to maximize the strengths of individuals and build resilient communities.  Founded in 1996, LifeSTEPS is currently one of the premier social services providers in affordable housing, and is the leading agency and national model of eviction prevention and sustainable housing.  LifeSTEPS provides impact to over 100,000 residents residing at over 400 partnered affordable housing communities across the state of California.  Our vision is that every person served by LifeSTEPS will be empowered with the skills, resources, and support to maintain stable housing and break the cycle of poverty. Our founders believe that building affordable housing is only the first step. It is also essential to provide meaningful programs that empower people to move forward in their lives.

 

Summary
The Accounts Receivable & Collections Specialist is responsible for facilitating client billing and cash collection for the company. Additional duties include completing check deposits via bank scanner, posting payments in the accounting system, providing excellent customer service, contacting customers regarding payment status on outstanding balances, arranging payments, preparing credit memos, updating account contact information as needed, documenting correspondence, and maintaining professional and friendly relationships with customers, co-workers, and staff.

Essential Job Functions include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
•    Promote a culture of organizational excellence using LifeSTEPS’ values through the Oz Principles.
•    Maintains AR system; updates payment information.
•    Inputs receivable payments within an allotted timeframe.
•    Extracts billing data into Excel and prepares and imports journal entries to the ERP system.
•    Generate and print monthly invoices.
•    Provides excellent customer service with requests regarding current and previous account balances, collection issues, processing customer refunds, reviewing and processing account adjustments, and resolving client discrepancies.
•    Monitors and maintains assigned accounts to ensure calls, account adjustments, and customer reconciliations are completed on time.
•    Accurately records all payments received daily.
•    Complete deposits of all checks received daily.
•    Own the collections process by following up on delinquent accounts daily and keeping organization’s metric goals within allowable range.
•    Answers inbound calls to assist with accounting inquiries and payments.
•    Reconciles customer accounts monthly.
•    Communicates, interfaces, and troubleshoots with the accounting department and outside vendors as needed.
•    Communicates and follows up with internal staff.
•    Provides administrative support and excellent customer service to all internal and external customers such as, but not limited to, answering inbound telephone calls, making outbound collection calls, updating related account information, researching accounts, and inputting call notes to establish and maintain effective and cooperative working relationships.
•    Meets defined department goals and expectations.
•    Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local financial regulations.
•    Assist with month end close processes.
•    Performs other related duties and projects as business needs require at the direction of the accounting manager, controller, or CFO.

 

Qualifications


  • Associate’s degree in Accounting or related field
  • Four (4) years of accounts receivable, collections, and customer service in an accounting department setting.
  • An equivalent combination of education and experience may substitute for the degree
  • Experience working in a non-profit setting preferred

 

 

Are you ready to make a difference, stand behind and support individuals and families so they achieve their goals and become empowered to move forward in their lives? Apply today!!!

 

Please Note

LifeSTEPS values the diversity of the people it hires and serves. Diversity at LifeSTEPS means fostering a workplace in which individual differences are recognized, appreciated, respected and responded to in ways that fully develop and utilize each person's talents and strengths. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, disability, age or covered veteran status. Please provide us with notice if you will require accommodations during the interview process. 

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