Company Description

U.S. Wire & Cable Corporation, based in Newark, New Jersey, encompasses three divisions in the garden hose, power cord, and industrial lighting sectors: Flexon Industries, U.S. Wire & Cable, and Voltec Power & Lighting. With decades of innovation and experience, our companies and brands provide unmatched value and service to retail partners, distributors, and consumers. We own and operate manufacturing facilities and distribution centers across the United States, in addition to offshore production capabilities.

Role Description

This is a full-time on-site role for an Accounts Receivable Specialist. This position interfaces closely with all areas of the organization ensure that processes are in alignment to manage the needs of the organization's Top customers related to (but not limited to) Collections, Deductions, Account Reconciliation, Customer Shortages, returns and penalties, to maintain a constant incoming of Cash Flow related to Invoice Billing.

This position will have accountability for collections to our manufacturing accounts. Collections-Maintain timely payments from customers on Sales invoices based upon terms of sales to increase A/R turnover and minimize bad debt losses. This position will share in the responsibility of all customer deductions to analyze, identify, and help minimize and/or stop deductions abuse on unauthorized deductions consisting of but not limited to pricing shortage, returns and/or penalties, by trying to identify Root Cause. The position will interact with internal and external customers based upon necessity of Collections/Deductions. This position will monitor Request Paybacks on these deductions to meet monthly/quarterly/annual goals and KPI's, in conjunction, but not limited to AR Collections.

Additionally, this role may be crossed trained to Billing, Cash Application, and AR Write offs to support additional roles within the AR Team, assisting on an as needed basis.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma, College Accounting level courses(2 years)
• 3-5 years of A/R experience in high-volume, fast paced environment related to Customer Portals, and Deduction Resolution/Account Reconciliation.
• Experience with A/R automated workflow
• Experience with Sage 100 a plus
• Accounting, emphasis on A/R Collections/Deductions
• Analytical Skills and Finance knowledge
• Strong communication skills
• Experience in debt collection and Invoicing
• Attention to detail and ability to work with numbers
• Experience in the manufacturing industry is a plus
• Excellent trouble shooting skills with ability to resolve operational problems effectively and proactively
• Working knowledge of MS excel, Word, Outlook
• Ability to work independently with an initiative taking nature