What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accounts Receivable Specialist position at LutechResources?
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Contract position: 6 months contract
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Compensation is based on experience
Position Overview:
Responsible for invoice submittal, timely collection of outstanding accounts receivable balances. Also responsible for observing accounts to identify overdue payments, report collection activity, address customer queries, and develop repayment plans. Will work closely with Accounts Receivables Supervisor, Accounting team, and customers on a daily basis.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities:
- Collect customer payments in accordance with payment due dates
- Monitor assigned customer accounts to identify unresolved debts and past due receivables
- Make collection calls in a professional manner while keeping and improving customer relations
- Facilitate timely payment of invoices by communicating to customers their outstanding balances
- Partner with both customer and internal departments to conduct research and resolve transaction discrepancies as well as held order situations
- Review on-hold/release decisions in a timely manner on customers’ order that have been placed on hold and work with internal contacts/customers to resolve on-hold order situations
- Identify issues attributing to account delinquencies and discuss them with management team
- Develop effective repayment plans
- Follow up on payment commitments made by customers to ensure money is in transit
- Assist in reducing customer DSO (days sales outstanding)
- Identify and resolve payment discrepancies and answers customer inquiries as needed
- Perform all other duties assigned by Accounts Receivables Supervisor
- Identify, document and effectively communicate root causes of collection delays and/or billing errors
- Additional duties
Positional Requirements & Qualifications:
- Education: High School diploma required and College degree desired
- Oracle Experience helpful, but not required
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel
- Experience with Ariba web-portal or similar preferred
- 2 years of commercial, business to business accounts receivable collection experience preferred
Lutech Resources has over 25 years’ experience providing tailor made recruitment and integrated resource management to leading Engineering, Energy and Manufacturing sector companies worldwide. We set ourselves apart from others in the industry by building long term relationships with both our clients and candidates based on a mutual understanding of their targeted industry and a passion for excellence. With every engagement, our goal is to quickly place qualified talent with the best suited employer. We have a genuine understanding of candidates and clients’ needs. Along with a dynamic and effective service, we strive for positive outcomes for everyone, every time.
