What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accounts Receivable Coordinator position at Ox Bodies?
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Maintain credit files with applications, updates, exemption certificates and background information.
- Establish credit limits by customer based on gathered information from historical experience, industry information, professional credit reporting services, and banking/personal references.
- Communicate with customers to request payment and arrange payment plans.
- Perform daily cash management, including reconciling bank deposits, updating cash receipt logs, and posting of cash to the Accounts Receivable sub-ledger.
- Manage information related to cash applications and/or promised collection receipts while coordinating with the plant to ensure production orders are released accordingly.
- Participate in continuous improvement by streamlining A/R processes.
- Support the Controller in maintaining general ledgers and sub ledgers
- Prepare monthly journal entry calculations and various supporting spreadsheets.
- Compile weekly and monthly Accounts Receivable reports.
- Sustain confidentiality while handling sensitive business information.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications and Education Requirements
- Associate’s degree in accounting or equivalent experience.
- Ability to work with large accounting/ERP systems. Syteline preferred.
- Demonstrated research and problem-solving skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel.
- Communicate with impact and clarity to all levels of business partners.
- Proven history of handling multiple tasks with accuracy.
- Strong organization with high attention to detail.
About us:
Ox Bodies is a subsidiary of Federal Signal, our products have endured even the toughest of conditions on construction sites around the country and abroad since 1972. We’ve walked in your boots – we get it. Time is money, and we strive to provide the highest quality, most durable products, equipped to handle any job you throw at them.
Our reputation and our people are what have made Ox the industry leader. We are your premier partner for designing and manufacturing Class 6 to 8 dump bodies in the United States and across the globe. Innovative, rugged, high-performance truck bodies, parts, and accessories, all manufactured by hard-working people in Fayette, Alabama.
Our ingenuity allows us to manufacture, assemble, and deliver a complete product. No one else can duplicate what we do or do it better, and if that’s not enough, we’ll pick up and deliver right to your front door.
Federal Signal Corporation (NYSE: FSS) builds and delivers equipment of unmatched quality that moves material, cleans infrastructure, and protects the communities where we work and live. Founded in 1901, Federal Signal is a leading global designer and manufacturer of products and total solutions that serve municipal, governmental, industrial and commercial customers. Headquartered in Downers Grove, IL, with manufacturing facilities worldwide, the Company operates two groups: Environmental Solutions and Safety and Security Systems. For more information on Federal Signal, visit: www.federalsignal.com.
The Company is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will not be discriminated against on the basis of, and will receive consideration for employment without regard to, race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category, characteristic, or trait under applicable law. If you require reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact Human Resources at 205-932-8177. All other applications must be submitted online.
Experience
Required- Proficient in Microsoft Excel
- Accounting Functions
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
