Accounts Receivable

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Mrs. Gerry’s was founded in 1973 in Albert Lea, Minnesota. Since then, the company has expanded in every way! Mrs. Gerry’s offers 120 different products including pasta salads, coleslaws, salad kits, specialty salads, and sides, including the popular Premium Mashed Potatoes that were introduced in 2005 and, of course, the recipe that started it all – Mrs. Gerry’s Original Potato Salad. Today, Mrs. Gerry’s Salads and Mashed Potatoes are sold coast to coast. In 2020, Mrs. Gerry’s was purchased by Sequel Holdings, LLC. Sequel’s deep industry experience and strategic planning paired with Mrs. Gerry’s ongoing commitment to their employees and the community, ensure long-term value and growth for years to come.

Title: Accounts Receivable

Department: Accounting/Finance

Location: Albert Lea, MN (on-site)

Reports To: Director of Finance

Status: Non-exempt

Wage: $45,000 - $51,000

Supervision: None

Hours: 7:30am-4:00pm, Monday through Friday. Hours may vary depending on business needs and special projects.

Travel: Local for meetings, mail pickup, and events

BENEFITS

• Health Insurance
• Virtual Primary Care
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Dental
• Vision
• Short and Long-term Disability Insurance
• Critical Illness
• Hospital
• Accidental Insurance
• Voluntary Life Insurance for Employee, Spouse, and dependents
• Basic $25,000 Term Life Insurance policy. This is paid 100% by Mrs. Gerry’s Kitchen, LLC for each permanent full-time employee.
• 401(K)

SUMMARY

This role is responsible for Accounts Receivable activities for all customer accounts in the company’s ERP system including, but not limited to cash application exceptions; customer deductions; acquiring, analyzing, and understanding supporting documentation for customer payments; and maintain the A/R Aged Report.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Monitors customer accounts for non-payments, delayed payments and other irregularities.
• Processes and records daily deposits from customers in a timely manner.
• Carries out billing, collection and reporting activities according to specific deadlines.
• Analyzes and processes customer deductions, including post-audits. This includes validation by using Excel and other software to substantiate findings.
• Engages customers, brokers, sales staff, supervisor or manager as required to resolve complex issues.
• Communicates with brokers, customers, sales and internal staff on outstanding unauthorized deductions. This includes understanding the process for requesting and collecting repayment of invalid deductions, identifying trends and resolving issues which case invalid deductions.
• Supports team members in achieving superior internal and external customer service.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, AND SKILLS

• Associate’s degree in business/accounting and/or 2-years of related experience.
• Knowledge with working in the food industry is a plus.
• Ability to work in a multi-task environment with multiple and sometimes conflicting priorities and specific time constraints.
• Requires attention-to-detail and accuracy.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to convey information in understandable terms at all levels of the organization.
• Strong interpersonal skills as candidate is required to deal with people both individually and in groups to resolve conflicts.

TECHNOLOGY

• Demonstrated proficiency in the Microsoft environment, with basic capabilities in Microsoft Excel.
• Microsoft Navision knowledge is preferred

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk or hear and push or pull. The employee frequently is required to sit. The employee will have limited lifting, must be able to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds for transport of training materials and setting up learning events. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Required to wear PPE when in production areas to ensure safe food and adhering to safety practices.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

When providing learning or walking through the plant to perform the duties of this job, the employee will be exposed to wet or humid conditions (non-weather); work near moving mechanical parts. The employee will be exposed to fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outdoor weather conditions when traveling between entrances; extreme cold (non-weather); extreme heat (non-weather). The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) is required.

Works primarily in an office environment with visits in the production areas of the plant.

FACILITY ALERGENS

At Mrs. Gerry's, our facility may process items that contain eggs, milk, wheat, soy, fish, crustacea, and tree nuts.

EEO STATEMENT

Mrs. Gerry's is an equal opportunity employer committed to helping you do your best work. We are committed to providing these opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, pregnancy, or Veteran status.

EMPLOYEE DRUG, ALCOHOL, AND CANNABIS FREE WORKPLACE AND DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING POLICY

Mrs. Gerry's has a longstanding commitment to provide a safe, quality-oriented, and productive work environment. Alcohol, drug, and cannabis misuse poses a threat to the health and safety of Mrs. Gerry's employees, visitors, customers, and consumers as well as to the security of the company's equipment, vehicles, facilities, property, and products. For these reasons, Mrs. Gerry's will conduct pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, post-accident/incident drug screens.

Pre-employment drug testing and background screen is required.