Accounts Receivable Representative

LMC; Wayne (PA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

LMC is a leading buying group for independent family-owned building material companies across the US. The Accounts Receivable Representative role focuses on delivering superior customer service while addressing payment issues on LMC invoices and applying payments promptly to keep AR statements accurate.

The position supports interactions with dealer accounts, vendors, and purchasing to resolve past due invoices and unidentified payments, while keeping AR management informed of large issues and

Qualifications

• Over 2–4 years of related experience in a business environment.
• High school diploma or equivalent or equivalent work experience.
• Experience with spreadsheets, accounting systems, and customer service.
• Strong accounting and organizational skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Communicate with dealer account contacts to resolve overdue payments with good service.
• Accurately apply dealer payments to keep AR statements correct.
• Interact with vendors and purchasing to resolve past due invoices and unidentified payments.
• Maintain communication with AR management about large past due issues.
• Perform other duties as required.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Accounting basics

Spreadsheet proficiency

MS Office

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Excel

Word

Accounting software

Job description

LMC is a leading buying group for a network of independent family-owned building material companies across the US. As their buying group, LMC negotiates and facilitates procurement opportunities for the most desired brands in the lumber and building materials industry. We also work to provide operational support with focus on logistics, capital equipment, technology, and marketing. By leveraging the billion-dollar buying power of our members, LMC ensures our members have a competitive edge to capture more of their local market share.

Accounts Receivable Representative’s primary goal is to provide the stockholders with superior customer service while addressing any and all needs pertaining to payment issues surrounding LMC invoices. They also will be tasked with applying the stockholders’ payments in an efficient and timely manner.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Communicate and build strong relationships with dealer account contacts to help identify, address and resolve reasons for overdue payment while providing exceptional customer service.
• Accurately and efficiently apply dealer payments to ensure dealer AR statements are correct.
• Interact with vendors and purchasing departments to provide timely resolution of past due invoices and reconciliation of unidentified payments/deductions.
• Keep continuous communications with AR Management regarding unusual large past due issues.
• Performs other duties as required and/or assigned.

Qualifications:

• 2-4 years related experience in a business environment.
• High school graduate or equivalent or equivalent work experience.
• Experience with spreadsheet applications, accounting systems and previous exposure to customer service situations.
• Excellent accounting and organizational skills.
• Excellent customer service focus and skill set.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate with internal and external contacts, both in writing and verbally.
• Ability to learn the automated systems used by LMC and customer/dealers.
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and initiate work.
• Keep a positive and open mindset
• Strong math aptitude including ability to perform basic mathematical calculations and work accurately with numbers
• Basic knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite products (Excel and Word).
• Ability to create spreadsheet applications with basic formulas.