Accounts Receivable Specialist

Responsibilities

• Confirm bid deposits and payments
• Uploads auction transactions and enter all accounting adjustments including deductions, price adjustments, collapses, sales tax, pilferage
• Processes refunds for overpayments, bid deposits, collapses, price adjustments, and tax adjustments
• Ensures appropriate authorizations and policies are adhered to with respect to adjustments
• Generates invoices to bill customers, consignors and inter-company subsidiaries
• Affords assistance in collections and reconciling customer accounts; investigates and resolves any delinquencies
• Notifies departments regarding pertinent receivable balances, adjustments and holdbacks in accordance with timelines
• Scrutinizes aging of accounts receivable and provides input to management for determining allowance for doubtful accounts (AFDA) per policy
• Reconciles AR sub-ledger to general ledger; assists with month end closing and reporting and processes monthly finance charges as applicable
• Reviews sale site set-up to ensure that tax and administrative fees are correctly inputted
• Researches and responds to customer inquiries; maintains customer account information; filing and sorting paperwork
• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of prior accounts receivable experience
• Customer Service experience preferred
• Flexibility and willingness to work varied hours and occasional overtime hours
• Experience working with ERP systems
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships
• Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills
• Organized, detailed-oriented and able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent time management skills and the ability to always meet deadlines
• Self-motivated and able to work unsupervised
• Demonstrated experience working well as a member of a team