Accounts Receivable Collections Specialist

Job Description

CONTRACT: Accounts Receivable Collections Specialist (10223)

Our client, located in Grand Prairie, is looking for an Accounts Receivable Collections Specialist to join their team on a contract basis. There could be contract-to-hire potential for the right candidate.

This role is 100% in-office.

Key Qualifications:

Construction industry experience is required, specifically with lien waivers

AR Collections experiences are required, including experience making collections calls, researching discrepancies, running aging reports, and resolving short payments

Must have strong customer service skills

Responsibilities:

Calling customers with past due invoice and schedule payments

Creating and maintaining credit history files

Supporting the collection efforts/calls for accounts receivable portfolio

Documenting daily collections activity

Researching account disputes and billing discrepancies - Quote vs Layout vs Invoicing

Performing account/payment reconciliations

Identifying delinquent accounts requiring management collection efforts

Calculate interest and storage charges on past due accounts

Resolving short Payments

Running IFS Reports for Aging, and Cash Receipts

Working with Corporate on payment/remittance information

Management of 3rd Party Collections Database

Skills:

Strong Communication Skills, time management, Microsoft Office Experience. Good communications skills. Ability to perform Cold Calls and Inquisition Skills.

Open to Feedback/Criticism. Detail/Goal Oriented. Organization skills. Good at building Rapport. Team Oriented. Problem Solving skills. Proficient computer & Typing Skills

Knowledge:

Knowledge of IFS is a plus, but must show proficiency with an ERP system with regard to collection efforts.

Two years of collection experience with a company equal in size to us.

Collection certification. Worked in customer service and/or retention department in a retail or SMB environment.

Education:

Associates Degree, Collections Professional Certificates, Certificate of Authority, Collections Agency bond, Debt Collection License.Company Description

Thomas Edwards Group is an Executive Search Firm specializing in the direct hire and interim placement of Accounting, Finance, HR and IT professionals. We’ve been in business since 1997 and the Dallas Business Journal has ranked us a Top Search Firm in Dallas and one of the “Best Places to Work” multiple times. Thomas Edwards Group also made the Inc. 5000 list in 2016 and our award-winning team of Search Consultants, which rank among the best and most experienced in the area, includes MBAs, CPAs, former Big 4 Professionals, Controllers, IT Search Professionals, Finance/Banking, and Business Professionals.

Full-time