Accounts Receivable Specialist

Ritchie Bros.; Breda; On-site; EUR 40,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Ritchie Bros. is seeking an Accounts Receivable Specialist to handle a high-volume AR workload for US, EMEA and APAC auctions. The role ensures outstanding receivables stay within targets and that AR processes and systems are followed.

Key qualifications include 2–3 years in AR, ERP experience, and strong English communication. You will collaborate with sales, finance and operations in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of 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.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Organized, detail-oriented and able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for confirming 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.
• Assists sale site in collections and reconciling customer accounts; investigate and resolve any delinquencies.
• Notifies departments regarding pertinent receivable balances, adjustments and holdbacks in accordance with timelines.
• Scrutinize aging of accounts receivable and provide input to management for determining allowance for doubtful accounts (AFDA) per policy.
• Responsible for Reconciling AR sub-ledger to general ledger; Assist with month end closing and reporting and process monthly finance charges as applicable.
• Reviews sale site set-up to ensure that tax and administrative fees are correctly inputted.
• Research and respond to customer inquiries; Maintain customer account information; Filing and sorting paperwork.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Customer Service

Communication skills

Multi-tasking

Time management

Team player

Analytical skills

Tools

ERP systems

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Job description

About Us

Ritchie Bros. (NYSE and TSX: RBA)

Ritchie Bros. (NYSE and TSX: RBA) is a global asset management and disposition company, offering customers end-to-end solutions for buying and selling used heavy equipment, trucks and other assets in numerous industries including construction, transportation, agriculture, energy, oil and gas, mining, and forestry. Our mission is to create compelling business solutions for the world's builders to easily and confidently exchange equipment. Learn more about us at: https://www.ritchiebros.com/

About The Team

About the team - RBFS

Ritchie Bros. Financial Services is our dynamic, fast-paced and passionate equipment financing business unit. Outgoing, entrepreneurial, collaborative, fun, energetic, resilient, competitive, friendly, customer-focused - we like our coworkers and our adjectives. Our ultimate reward is successfully helping our coworkers achieve and develop within our organization.

À propos de l’équipe - SFRB

Services Financiers Ritchie Bros. est notre division dynamique et passionnée de financement d'équipements. Nous sommes proactifs, entreprenants, collaboratifs, enthousiastes, énergiques, résilients, compétitifs, amicaux et axés sur le client : nous apprécions nos collègues et les adjectifs qui nous caractérisent. Notre plus grande satisfaction est de contribuer à la réussite et au développement de nos collaborateurs au sein de notre organisation.

Job Description

• The Accounts Receivable Specialist is responsible for high volume of processing accounts receivable transactions for US / EMEA / APAC auctions. The primary mandate for the Specialist will be to ensure outstanding receivables remain within company targets, and that appropriate accounts receivable process and systems are adhered to.May be responsible for larger volume accounts

Responsibilities

• Responsible for confirming 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
• Assists sale site in collections and reconciling customer accounts; investigate and resolve any delinquencies
• Notifies departments regarding pertinent receivable balances, adjustments and holdbacks in accordance with timelines
• Scrutinize aging of accounts receivable and provide input to management for determining allowance for doubtful accounts (AFDA) per policy
• Responsible for Reconciling AR sub-ledger to general ledger; Assist with month end closing and reporting and process monthly finance charges as applicable
• Reviews sale site set-up to ensure that tax and administrative fees are correctly inputted
• Research and respond to customer inquiries; Maintain customer account information; Filing and sorting paperwork
• Perform 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