Billing and Collections Officer

Entech Philippines; Cebu City; On-site; PHP 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Entech Philippines is seeking a Collections Associate to monitor and collect receivables, ensuring current accounts do not become past due. The role involves coordinating with customers’ AP teams, reconciling invoices and payments, and generating collection reports.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business and at least 6 months of collections experience, preferably with commercial clients. Onsite work is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Management or equivalent.
• At least 6 months experience in Collections preferably handling commercial clients.
• Amenable to work onsite.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and collect receivables to prevent overflow of current into past due accounts.
• Conduct regular phone calls and customer visitations to facilitate collections with the customer's accounting/AP team.
• Reconcile customer SL with company records, identify reconciling items, and obtain missing documents from customers.
• Validate cash received, record payments to open invoices, and prepare collection reports.

Skills

Collections experience

Phone communication

Reconciliation

Documentation

Onsite work

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Management or equivalent

Job description

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Closely monitors and collects receivables to prevent any overflow of current into past due accounts. Send out collection notices to customers with past due invoices.

• Conducts regular phone callouts and customer visitations; establishes professional relationships with customer’s accounting/AP team to facilitate collections.

• Reconciles customer’s SL with company records - both invoices and payments; identifies reconciling items, coordinates with customers to provide any missing documents that may need to be resent.

• Validates or compares against actual cash received available records; records payment received from customers and applies to the appropriate open invoices in the system; prepares periodic collection reports and tick off receipts in actual bank credits.

• Plans and schedules routes field agents on collection day(s); provides them with the complete documents required for collections.

• Responds to upfront customer queries and concerns; takes the record and initiates speedy resolution of the issues.

• Receives, scans, files, and manages all documents in the Accounting group.

• Ensures that all accounting records and documents especially those classified as highly confidential and with direct and indirect monetary equivalent are properly stored and filed at the end of each business day.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Management or equivalent

• At least 6 months experience in Collections preferably handling commercial clients

• Amenable to work onsite