What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accounts Receivable Specialist position at Savaria Patient Care?
BETTER MOBILITY FOR LIFE
Savaria is a global leader in accessibility and patient care products, designing and building wheelchair lifts, stairlifts, elevators for home and commercial applications, medical beds, therapeutic surfaces, ceiling track lifts and patient slings. Savaria employs 2,450 valued associates globally and has 11 manufacturing facilities to reach markets in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia.
SAVARIA PATIENT CARE
Built from a heritage of brands including Span, Handicare and Silvalea, Savaria Patient Care provides products designed for safe patient handling and positive outcomes. Our research and clinically based product portfolio include therapeutic surfaces for pressure management and positioning, a complete range of innovative ceiling and floor lifts and slings. Savaria Patient Care is a division of Savaria Corporation, a global leader in accessibility.
OVERVIEW: The primary purpose is to carry out accounting and paperwork tasks related to the actual efficient maintenance as well as processing of company accounts receivable transactions including invoicing and payment processing. The person will be performing full cycle AR tasks for US receivables in a sales/job environment .
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
The employee may occasionally stand, walk, stoop, kneel or crouch during shift. Employee will be required to regularly sit, use hand to finger, handle, feel and reach with hands and arms. Employee must be able to occasionally lift and or move up to 25 lbs.
Work Environment
Handicare/Span provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Savaria is a global leader in accessibility and patient care products, designing and building wheelchair lifts, stairlifts, elevators for home and commercial applications, medical beds, therapeutic surfaces, ceiling track lifts and patient slings. Savaria employs 2,450 valued associates globally and has 11 manufacturing facilities to reach markets in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia.
SAVARIA PATIENT CARE
Built from a heritage of brands including Span, Handicare and Silvalea, Savaria Patient Care provides products designed for safe patient handling and positive outcomes. Our research and clinically based product portfolio include therapeutic surfaces for pressure management and positioning, a complete range of innovative ceiling and floor lifts and slings. Savaria Patient Care is a division of Savaria Corporation, a global leader in accessibility.
OVERVIEW: The primary purpose is to carry out accounting and paperwork tasks related to the actual efficient maintenance as well as processing of company accounts receivable transactions including invoicing and payment processing. The person will be performing full cycle AR tasks for US receivables in a sales/job environment .
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
- Maintain up-to-date billing system.
- Follow up, collection and allocation of payments.
- Carry out billing, collection and reporting activities according to specific deadlines.
- Reconciliation of accounts with quick resolution.
- Monitoring of customer account details for non-payments.
- Monitoring of customer account activity related to delayed payments and other irregularities.
- Maintain accounts receivable customer files.
- Collect data and prepare monthly metrics.
- Follow established procedures for processing receipts, cash etc.
- Investigate and resolve customer queries.
- Process A/R adjustments.
- Organizing a recovery system and initiate collection efforts against a weekly / monthly aging
- Communicating with customers via phone, email, mail or personally.
- Develop a relationship with customers, understanding their needs, payment habits and business.
- Assist with month-end closing.
- Additional duties as requested or required.
- This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
- Must be process oriented and strive for consistency and standardization.
- Must be able to perform in a collaborative, dynamic environment with regularly shifting priorities.
- Must be self-motivated in order to meet high demands of the position / department.
- Demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness with a focus on quality.
- Monitors own work to ensure quality
- Follows through on commitments.
- Demonstrable and effective communication and interpersonal skills.
- Must use time effectively and possess excellent organizational skills
- Ability to occasionally travel domestically related to job positions and or project work.
- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos. Ability to write reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED); and 3 to 5 years of A/R experience.
- None required.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook is required. Proficiency and familiarity with ERP Systems.
The employee may occasionally stand, walk, stoop, kneel or crouch during shift. Employee will be required to regularly sit, use hand to finger, handle, feel and reach with hands and arms. Employee must be able to occasionally lift and or move up to 25 lbs.
Work Environment
- This position works in an environment with moderate noise levels.
- None is required for this position.
Handicare/Span provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Salary : $25 - $34
