
Accounts Receivable Collections Associate (12 Month Contract)
- Waterdown, ON
- Permanent
- Temps-plein
- Daily and ad hoc tasks including:
- Download bank statements for various currencies
- Post payments received and apply discounts, where appropriate, from the previous business day in the ERP system
- Add new customers and update addresses in the ERP upon request, and regular monitoring and maintenance of customers in the ERP to avoid duplication or incorrect information for export compliance
- Perform credit checks on customers to assist management on determining amount of downpayment or net payable terms
- Deposit cheques from customers
- Prepare journal entries as required
- Partner with Program Management department to understand details of past due balances where necessary, and contact customers for past due invoices
- Weekly, monthly, and quarterly tasks including:
- Report to Director of Finance the top overdue aging invoices
- Distribute Accounts Receivable aging report, and meet with the Customer Service department to obtain details on overdue invoices
- Update customer payments received for Consultant Distributor Representative reports
- Intercompany invoicing for various allocations and chargebacks
- Reconcile monthly General Ledger accounts
- Prepare Accounts Receivable Aging Analysis
- Handle inquiries from internal and external auditors, including Sarbanes Oxley requirements
- Assist Financial Planning and Analysis team where required
- Ad hoc tasks as requested by the Program Accounting Manager
- Intermediate Excel skills
- Attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent organizational skills
- Ability to develop strong working relationships with related key managers and support staff
- Ability to work to compressed deadlines
- A focus on continuous improvement
- Ability to multi-task and to work independently
- Experience in a large company environment and possess proven problem solving skills is an asset
- Knowledge of ERP LN is an asset
- Requires broad theoretical job knowledge.
- Bachelor's Degree with 0 to 2 years of prior related experience.
- In lieu of a degree, minimum of 4 years of prior related accounting experience