Overview
This Accounts Receivable Associate role is part of a fast-paced Finance department and interacts with Customer Service and Sales teams to ensure accounts receivables are recorded accurately and in a timely manner. This is an opportunity to be part of a collaborative Finance team focused on process improvement.
Duties
- Processing accounts receivables and incoming payments in compliance with Company financial policies and procedures
- Analyze customer accounts based on aging reports
- Investigates validity of account discrepancies
- Resolves invalid or unauthorized deduction by following pending deductions procedures
- Assisting with month end, quarter end and year end reporting and year end audit
- Identify issues with billing, pricing, deductions or other customer service areas
- Contact customers via phone and email for payment detail and overdue balances
- Effectively communicate all payments to internal and external customers via email
- Investigate and resolve any discrepancies, reconcile accounts as required
- Identity reporting issues and reconcile variances and document to support decisions
- Duties may also include: understand the sales commission plans for POS and monthly commissions, calculate and issue quarterly POS payments, monthly commission payments, multiple frequency co-op payments and rebates, buying group payments in an accurate and timely way and prepare and issue credit memo and cheque requests
- Special projects and other duties as required.
Qualifications
- Related post-secondary education in Finance or Accounting
- A minimum one year of related experience in Accounts Receivable or Cash Applications is preferred
- Solid understanding of basic accounting principles and fair credit practices
- Solid written and oral communication skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Experienced with SAP
- Demonstrated skills in analysis, data gathering, planning and critical thinking
- Effective problem-solving skills
- Intermediate Excel skills
- Self-starter, able to work independently
- Ability to multitask and handle simultaneous projects and requests
This position is for a current vacancy. BESSEY is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of all individuals in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the Ontario Human Rights Code (OHRC). Should you require accommodations during the recruitment and selection process, please let us know. BESSEY is an equal opportunity employer.
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Cambridge, ON N1R 7J4
