Accounts Receivable Specialist at Phoenix Manufacturing, Inc. – Phoenix, Arizona

We are looking for an Accounts Receivable Credit Specialist with at least 3 years of experience who has worked in a manufacturing environment. This person will be responsible for handling Credit for customers, cash application, and reconciliations and be the customer contact. This position will also service as a back-up to Billing and Accounts Payable. This role will interact with customers and work through invoices and payment collections. The selected candidate must have great attention to detail and be able to interact professionally with external customers, internal employees, and executives. A successful candidate will be responsible for addressing credit & collections data with the Controller. He/she should possess strong communication skills, an amiable personality and be comfortable in a dynamic environment. Proficiency with Microsoft Office Programs is required. Excel experience (creating spreadsheets, utilizing VLOOKUP formulas, creating pivot tables, etc.) is required.

The Accounts Receivable Credit Specialist will have several Roles and Responsibilities including, but not limited to the following:

• Create Cash Forecast

• Establish Cash Collection plans by customer as necessary

• Contact customers and maintain professional business rapport while determining the root cause related to past due accounts

• Measure Accounts Receivable for collection risk per policy and per specific knowledge

• Ensures the integrity of accounting information by recording, verifying, consolidating, and entering transactions.

• Perform as a backup to Accounts Payable if assistance is needed

• Maintains and balances subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, and reconciling transactions and resolving discrepancies.

• Will create and maintain a set of Account Reconciliations

• Completes external audit by analyzing and reconciling general ledger accounts and providing information for auditors.

• Avoid legal challenges by complying with legal requirements.

• Input data and perform standard cost rolls (ad-hoc and annual)

• Secures financial information.

• Protects organization’s value by keeping confidential information

• Contributes towards team efforts and accomplishes related results as required.

• Recommend the initial credit limit for new customers

• Evaluate credit limits periodically

• Support external reporting and audit request

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in accounting/finance

• Proficient/fast/accurate with data entry

• 1-3 years’ experience in Accounts Receivable

• 1-3 years’ experience with Account Reconciliations preferred

• Ability to learn quickly and work independently

• Attention to detail and accuracy in data entry and record-keeping

• Self-motivated, flexible, and a team player

• Strong analytical, research and problem-solving skills

• Intermediate level Excel Skills – can pull data from a system, create pivot tables, create reports, create VLOOKUP’s

Desired Qualifications and Attributes:

• (Optional) bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or related field preferred

• Has experience with Account Reconciliations

• Familiar with establishing credit limits

• Knowledge of relevant accounting standards

• Experience with Epicor Kinetics

• Experience with Cash Forecast

• Experience working with Financial Planning and Analysis

• Experience with cost accounting such as working with cost bills of material, labor absorption, and variable overhead absorption