AR Accountant Why you're excited about the AR Accountant opportunity:
Be part of a family-oriented team that values your contribution and encourages professional growth.
Work in a modern, ergonomically designed office space that enhances your work experience.
Enjoy the stability of a well-established company with a rich history and a bright future.
Benefit from flexible working hours that support work-life balance.
Operational Skills for AR Accountant: (skills to get the job done)
- Responsible for collecting money on-time, with the key metric being past due amount as a % of total A/R.
- Prepare weekly update of collection effort with controller and director of finance, bringing visibility to successes and roadblocks.
- Generate ideas on how to overcome roadblocks, including the creation of new processes.
- Provide incoming cash forecast weekly to support treasury management.
- Become proficient in navigating customer portals to support above efforts.
- Ability to prioritize and organize work to generate the best return for the time spent.
- Clearly communicate with inside and outside customers.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel (Pivot tables, vlookups, etc.) along with a high degree computer literacy.
- Work with sales to create new customers in our ERP system & Salesforce
- Actively monitor credit holds and look for improvements within the process.
- Monitor the A/R email box, responding to customers' needs.
- While working in the details, be able to communicate the "big idea" or major takeaway.
- Month End Close Responsibilities including ownership of aging, AR Balance Sheet Reconciliations and accruals as needed.
Relational for AR Accountant: (skills to connect and relate with fellow team members)
- Build relationships with Sales and Customer Service, who are your key internal customers.
- Strive to live clients relational values of truth, trust, care, forgiveness and respect.
- Maintain healthy working relationships with your immediate team members, helping each other get our collective job done.
Aspirational for AR Accountant: (skills to grow personally and professionally)
- Understand how daily transactions translate to the financial statements.
- Learning the processes of Sales, Shipping and Customer Service to bolster your knowledge of the steps in front of your process.
- Immerse yourself every now and then with production. Remember there is no need for our jobs if we don't have what the production area does for clients.
Lean Thinking: (skills to foster continuous improvement)
- Maintain Accounting best practices.
- Develop new or improve current processes to drive key operational metrics, always on the lookout for the next improvement.
- Not afraid to question existing processes with the intention of making improvements and bringing efficiencies.
Supervisory Duties for AR Accountant:
- Direct Reports: None
- Supervisory Duties: None
Required Education and Work Experience
- Education: 4 year degree in Accounting or Finance preferred but not required
- Experience: A/R, Collections
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