Founded in 1898, Alter Trading Corporation is a worldwide leader in metal recycling for over 128 years. Alter Trading Corporation offers competitive salary and benefits to include medical, dental, vision, company-paid life insurance, supplemental life insurance, a generous Paid-Time Off Policy, company paid Short- and Long-Term Disability as well as a generous 401(k) match. Come join our team!
Job Description/Responsibilities
Reporting to the Manager of AR and AP, the Accounts Receivable Specialist is responsible of maintaining the quality and accuracy of accounts receivable through assigned responsibilities.
- Identifies correct customers and invoices by interpreting various remittance advices, and applies wires, ACH's, and checks to open invoices.
- Identifies past due customers within policy guidelines, past due invoices, and subsequent collection of past due invoices by making external and/or internal contact and follow up.
- Documents and communicates short payments and unapplied cash through established procedures and works with internal and external contacts to resolve.
- Analyzes customer payments, researches unapplied cash, duplicate billings, and adjustments to correctly apply and clear open invoices.
- Monitor customer credit limits and work effectively with other parties to adjust, analyze, communicate, and request new credit limits.
- Maintains divisional Accounts Receivable, including joint venture, distributor, railcar, and miscellaneous sales by analyzing and applying payments, and collecting/resolving open items through internal and/or external contacts.
- Performs month end reconciliations and reports.
- Performs special projects requiring analysis of Accounts Receivable transactions.
- Performs all other task and/or responsibilities as assigned, requested, or needed.
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