Customer Relations Account Specialist/ Billing Specialist

About the Company

AWP is North America’s leading traffic control specialist. Our team of 6,500 professionals helps secure 2,000 work zones every day – ensuring customer crews, drivers, and our teams get home safely. We protect those who operate, maintain, and upgrade infrastructure in the energy, broadband, and transportation sectors and provide traffic control for major events like the Boston Marathon. Since our founding in 1981, we have served customers through the talent of extraordinary team members committed to customer focus, growth, valuing each other, safety and quality, and a sense of urgency.

About the Role

As the Customer Relations Account Specialist, this role is responsible for delivering excellence in service and contributing to the mission of protecting businesses, people, and time. This role will focus on accurate and timely invoicing to our customers and ensuring all payments are received within the defined terms. The Customer Relations Account Specialist collaborates across all levels to achieve departmental and organizational goals.

Responsibilities

• Invoice assigned customers timely and accurately
• Address billing questions and discrepancies timely
• Verify invoice procedures and validate customer contracts
• Ensure payments for assigned customers are received within terms by managing their open Accounts Receivables
• Communicate with internal and/or external customers
• Collaborate with the Field to complete tasks in a timely manner
• Act as a resource for other functions within AWP
• Provide training and support as requested
• Establish and maintain effective and cooperative working relationships with customers
• Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED required
• 3-5 years AR/Billing experience preferred
• Pay application, lien waiver, and contract management experience preferred
• Strong customer service skills
• Basic knowledge of accounting principles and terminology; strong math skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Problem-solving and critical thinking skills
• Demonstrate high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Excellent organizational skills
• Outgoing & assertive personality – not afraid to approach individuals
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite Products (Excel, Word)

Preferred experience with the following systems:

• Microsoft Dynamics 365
• West – Prelude, American Contractor
• North & South – Salesforce, Great Plains
• Mountain – TCR, ME Great Plains
• Central – TCR, Sage

Work Environment

• Hours of operation are M-F, 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
• 40-hour work week
• Primarily sedentary or working at a desk
• Occasionally lift and move 10-25 pounds
• While performing duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear
• The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, or reach with hands and arms
• Proficient literacy

Pay

$44,000–$48,000