Accounts Receivable Specialist

Alter Trading Corporation, a 126 year old, privately held company with 70+ scrap metal processing facilities is seeking a qualified Accounts Receivable Specialist at our corporate office in St. Louis, Missouri. Alter operates scrap metal processing facilities in 9 states and trades recycled materials nationally and internationally. Our corporate center and marketing is located in St. Louis, Missouri and our website is www.Altertrading.com. Alter Trading Corporation offers competitive pay and benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), PTO, company paid life insurance for you and your family, and company paid short and long term disability.

Job Description/Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Supervisor of Credit and Collections, the Accounts Receivable Specialist is responsible of maintaining the quality and accuracy of accounts receivable through assigned responsibilities.

• Identifies correct customers and invoices by interpreting various remittance advices, and applies wires, ACH’s, and checks to open invoices.
• Identifies past due customers within policy guidelines, past due invoices, and subsequent collection of past due invoices by making external and/or internal contact and follow up.
• Documents and communicates short payments and unapplied cash through established procedures and works with internal and external contacts to resolve.
• Analyzes customer payments, researches unapplied cash, duplicate billings, and adjustments to correctly apply and clear open invoices.
• Monitor customer credit limits and work effectively with other parties to adjust, analyze, communicate, and request new credit limits.
• Maintains divisional Accounts Receivable, including joint venture, distributor, railcar, and miscellaneous sales by analyzing and applying payments, and collecting/resolving open items through internal and/or external contacts.
• Performs month end reconciliations and reports.
• Performs special projects requiring analysis of Accounts Receivable transactions.
• Performs all other task and/or responsibilities as assigned, requested, or needed.

Qualifications for the Accounts Receivables Specialist includes:

• 1-3 years of recent and relevant experience in accounts receivables and business collections, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
• Prefer an associate degree in business, accounting or related field.
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication style.
• Ability to carry out ongoing dialogues in a way that creates trust and confidence within all levels of the company.
• A positive attitude and the ability to work well with others.
• Proficient Outlook and intermediate Excel skills.