Accounts Receivable Clerk

Accounts Receivable Clerk

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An Accounts Receivable Clerk is responsible for collecting payments for a company using skills in project management, organization and communications to collect the payments from clients and customers.

Location : 7910 Professional Place Tampa, FL 33637

Essential Duties & Responsibilities :

• Initiates contact with customers having delinquent accounts, determining reason and arranging for collection.
• Provides consistent, professional, courteous, and high-quality customer service.
• Performs research and updated recordkeeping of customer information.
• Maintain current and detailed collection notes.
• Oversees the daily workflow of the department.
• Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations.
• Apply client payments via check and credit card.
• Responds to telephone inquiries and assists in resolving questions related to the customer accounts and documents accordingly.
• Responsible for the timely and accurate distribution of client invoices that are mailed each cycle.
• Maintains confidentiality of financial records.
• Daily check deposits.
• Perform other job-related duties as may be assigned.
• Prepares, posts, verifies, and records customer payments and transactions related to accounts receivable.
• Creates invoices according to company practices; submits invoices to customers.
• Maintains and updates customer files, including name or address changes, mergers, or mailing attentions.
• Drafts correspondence for standard past-due accounts and collections, identifies delinquent accounts by reviewing files, and contacts delinquent accountholders to request payment.
• Creates reports regarding the current status of customer accounts as requested.
• Research customer discrepancies and past-due amounts with the assistance of the Collections Manager and other staff.
• Collaborates with the Collections Manager to reconcile accounts receivable on a periodic (at least bimonthly) basis.
• Generates monthly billing statements based on the general ledger.
• Copies, files, and retrieves materials for accounts receivable as needed.
• Relays changes of information to appropriate employees.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• Basic computer and excel experience preferred

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Pye-Barker Fire and Safety is an Equal Opportunity Employer