JOB DESCRIPTION

(Full Time – Regular)

Title: Accounts Receivable Clerk

Department: Corporate Headquarters

Reports to: Chief Financial Officer

FLSA: Hourly

Job Brief:

We are looking for a skilled accounts receivable clerk to provide financial, administrative and clerical services. The duties include ensuring accuracy of operations, processing and monitoring incoming payments and posting receipts.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Processing accounts and incoming payments

• Performing day to day transactions, including verifying, classifying, scanning, posting and recording accounts receivables’ data

• Preparing bills, invoices and bank deposits

Basic Knowledge:

• Proven work experience as an accounts receivable clerk

• Solid understanding of basic accounting principles, fair credit practices and collection regulations

• Ability to calculate, post and manage accounting figures and financial records

• Data entry skills

• Proficiency in English, MS Office, Excel, data entry, 10 key, accuracy and attention to detail

• Customer service oriented

Basic Skills:

• Active listening – giving full attention and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

• Reading comprehension – understand written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

• Time Management – managing one’s own time.

• Speaking – talking to others to convey information effectively.

• Writing – communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

• Active learning – understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making scenarios.

• Coordination – adjusting actions in relation to other’s actions with other departments.

   

  Basic Abilities:

   

• Wrist-Finger Speed – ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of fingers, hands and wrists.

• Extent Flexibility – ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms and/or legs.

   

  Work Styles:

   

• Requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.

• Must be willing to ask for clarification or additional information at any time expectations, projects, tasks, or directions are not fully understood.

• Requires guiding oneself with little or no supervision and depending on oneself to get things done.

   

  Education:

   

• High school/GED.

   

   

   

  Physical Demands and Work Environment:

   

  The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

   

• Regularly required to speak, hear, sit, stand and walk frequently.

• Required to walk up one flight of stairs due to configuration of building. No elevator is available.

• Occasionally lift 25 pounds (files or supporting documentation)

• Specific vision abilities required by this job are the ability to adjust and focus on both text and objects at a distance.

   

  Work Hours:

   

  Must be able to work regularly scheduled times Monday through Friday. Understands all holidays with the exception of Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day are considered regular work days. Corporate positions are exempt from certain other federal holidays as well.

   

  Disclaimer:

   

  This job description is not to be considered as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or job requirements. Individuals may be required to perform any other job-related instructions as requested by their supervisor or higher level manager, subject to reasonable accommodation. This position description is not all inclusive.