Accounts Receivable Job Description Sample Template
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Accounts Receivable Job Summary
To work in Accounts Receivable, you must possess a variety of skills in the financial, clerical, and administrative arenas. We are seeking experienced professionals to provide these services with a high degree of accuracy in a dynamic business environment.
Accounts Receivable Duties and Responsibilities
- Accurate processing of accounts and incoming payments
- Maintaining compliance with financial policies and procedures
- Consistently performing all day-to-day financial transactions, including reliably and accurately verifying, sorting, calculating, posting and recording the department's data
- Written and computer skills including those needed to prepare bills, invoices, and bank deposits
- Detail-oriented computation and organization skills to ensure reconciliation of the accounts receivable ledger, verifying that all payments are accounted for accurately and properly posted
- Ability to process and scrutinize data to verify any discrepancies within the system
- Problem solving skills to ensure the resolution of any client's billing issues
- Reliably executing the timely sending of bill reminders and contacting clients to facilitate payment of invoices due
- Generating financial statements and reports clearly detailing accounts receivable status
Accounts Receivable Requirements and Qualifications
- Experience as an accounts receivable clerk, accounts receivable manager, and/or accountant and proven success in that role
- Reliable, solid understanding of industry standards including basic accounting principles, fair credit practices, and collection rules and regulations
- Meticulously accurate abilities to calculate, post, and manage necessary accounting figures and financial records
- Exceptional data entry skills and aptitude for working with numbers
- Significant, first-hand experience operating spreadsheets and accounting software (e.g. JDE or other full-scale ER software)
- Excellent English language skills, both written and verbal
- Proficiency in MS Office
- Well versed in customer service and negotiation skills
- Highly detail oriented thinking and proven accuracy
- BS degree in Finance, Accounting or Business Administration
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