Collection Specialist

Mike Hudson Dist; New Jersey; On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacations

Paid holidays

Health, dental and medical benefits

Weekly pay

Life insurance

5% above cost for high-quality food

Employee discounts

401k

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. in Gibbstown, NJ, is hiring a Credit & Collections AR Specialist to maintain accounts receivable records and collect on past-due balances. Under the Team Lead, you will monitor aging, contact customers, and resolve billing issues with appropriate approvals.

You’ll leverage your AR experience, ERP familiarity, and Excel skills to keep customer data accurate, process invoices, and support cash applications, with weekly reporting to leadership.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree in accounting or related experience.
• 2 years of accounts receivable experience, preferably in the food industry.
• Intermediate to proficient Excel skills.
• Organized, detail-oriented and able to multitask.

Responsibilities

• Monitor AR aging and past-due accounts.
• Contact past-due customers via phone and email.
• Resolve billing and customer credit issues.
• Negotiate payment plans with approvals.
• Maintain customer profiles and assist setup teams.
• Provide weekly reporting to Team Lead and Sr. Director.
• Process online payments as needed.

Skills

Accounts receivable

ERP: Canopy/Aspen

Excel proficiency

Multitasking

Deadline-driven

Problem solving

Follow-up skills

Education

Associate degree in accounting

Tools

Canopy ERP

Aspen ERP

Job description

Gibbstown, Greenwich Township, NJ 08027, USA

Job Description

Posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 4:00 AM

About The Chefs' Warehouse

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (http://www.chefswarehouse.com ) combines exceptional quality and brand building with broadline food service distribution for more than 40 years. With Protein, Specialty, Produce, and Broadline offerings, we service the most discerning chefs in a hybrid approach of convenience and superior quality. We introduce more than 4,000 artisan producers of the world’s finest ingredients from over 40 countries to the finest chefs in the world. We passionately consult, sell, and build relationships with more than 50,000 customers through the most experienced network of over 600 consultive sales associates, best-in-breed technology, rapid service, and support levels that solidify our long-standing ties to both established and up-and-coming premium restaurants.

Mission: The mission of The Chefs’ Warehouse is to provide the world’s greatest ingredients to the world’s best chefs.

Our C.H.E.F.S. Values:

Curious & Creative

Hungry For Food & Results

Forward Thinking & Flexible

Position Summary: Under general direction of the Team Lead for the region, the Credit & Collections AR Specialist calls for overall maintenance, collection and follow-up of accounts receivable records.

What you’ll do:

• Under the direction of the Team Lead, monitors Accounts Receivable aging through ARM(Accounts Receivable Management System) for past due accounts.
• Contacts past due customers via phone and email daily.
• Resolves Billing and Customer Credit issues.
• Negotiates payment plans as needed with the appropriate approvals.
• Maintains customer profiles and ensures accurate information received from sales team and forwarded to the setup Teams to record into the designated ERP.
• Obtains and emails requested Invoices, POD’s and customer Credit Memo(s).
• Research and processes customer claims of invoice payment.
• Research returns payment items such as NSF and declines.
• Answers AR phone/email inquiries and follows up.
• Under the direction of the Team Lead provides guidance, as required, to the cash applications team for proper application of customer payment(s).
• Follows procedures for collection, notification and resolution of their assigned Accounts Receivable portfolio.
• Assists with special projects as required.
• Provide weekly reporting to the Team Lead and the Sr. Director as needed.
• Processes online payments as needed.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

About you:

• Associate’s degree in accounting or comparable work experience.
• Professional, Courteous and clear with internal and external customers.
• 2 years of experience in accounts receivable, preferably in the food industry.
• Canopy/Aspen ERP or similar systems experience preferred.
• Must possess intermediate to proficient excel skills.
• Organized and detailed.
• Ability to multitask and be flexible.
• Ability to meet deadlines, prioritize and manage workload.
• Ability to problem solve and negotiate as needed.
• Must possess strong follow up skills.

The above job description is not an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.

• Paid Vacations, Paid Holidays
• Health, Dental and Medical Benefits
• Weekly pay
• Life Insurance
• 5% above cost for our high-quality food products
• Employee discounts for travel and events
• 401k
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The Chefs' Warehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate based on actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation,pregnancy, gender identityor any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment.We are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce.

Gibbstown, Greenwich Township, NJ 08027, USA