Accounts Receivable Specialist: Collections & Reporting

Ultipro; Lanham (MD); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K Plan with Company Match

Medical, Dental, Vision, and FSA/HSA

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Job summary

Alsco Uniforms seeks an Accounts Receivable Clerk to support the Office Manager in maintaining charge accounts, processing payments, and ensuring timely collections. You will monitor aging accounts, follow up with customers by phone, email, or mail, and prepare monthly and quarterly closing statements and reports.

This role emphasizes accuracy, strong Excel skills, and teamwork to keep accounts current and to support overall financial operations.

Qualifications

• Proficient with MS Office, with an emphasis on Excel spreadsheets summarizing aging/past due accounts.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, especially in telephone skills.
• Proven excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work successfully in a team environment.
• Great organizational and multi-tasking skills; detail oriented.
• Show successful experience in the ability to enthusiastically press into action collection efforts.
• Demonstrate a good understanding of general business operating procedures and be proficient in data entry.

Responsibilities

• Process customer payments according to company policy.
• Follow the branch collection strategy in monitoring customer accounts for non-payment, skipped invoices, and partial payments.
• Provide regular communication to management regarding the status of account collections.
• Organize a recovery system and initiate collection efforts.
• Complete monthly and quarterly closing statement processes and create reports.
• Communicate with customers via phone, e-mail, mail, or in-person to make payment arrangements on delinquent accounts.
• Perform reference checks of all credit applications and report findings to management.
• Investigate and resolve customer inquiries on time.
• Submit accounts to management for bad debt write-offs.
• Fax or e-mail invoices to customers for payment.
• Perform other tasks as required.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Multi-tasking

Detail oriented

Data entry

Team player

Tools

MS Office

Excel

Job description

Alsco Uniforms seeks an Accounts Receivable Clerk to support the Office Manager in maintaining charge accounts, processing payments, and ensuring timely collections. You will monitor aging accounts, follow up with customers by phone, email, or mail, and prepare monthly and quarterly closing statements and reports.

This role emphasizes accuracy, strong Excel skills, and teamwork to keep accounts current and to support overall financial operations.