Senior Accounts Receivable Specialist

Main Duties and Responsibilities: Manage customer credit and accounts receivable activities, including credit risk assessment, collections oversight, account reconciliations, dispute resolution, compliance with established credit policies and SOX controls, and monitoring of receivables performance. Credit Risk Management Ensure credit risk is effectively managed through the evaluation of customer creditworthiness, analysis of D B reports, review of payment history and trade references, and assessment of financial statements to support appropriate credit limit decisions. Assist in reporting accounts receivable and credit risk metrics to senior leadership. Apply financial policies and procedures consistently to ensure compliance with company guidelines. Collections Accounts Receivable Management Monitor customer accounts to identify overdue payments and outstanding balances. Resolve billing discrepancies or disputes by investigating payment discrepancies, and incorrect billing. Provide timely and professional responses to customer inquiries regarding invoices, payment terms, and account status. Work with the collections team to ensure cash is applied appropriately to customer accounts, as received. Assist in investigating any differences. Monitor world-wide accounts receivable aging, bad debt and other A/R related areas on a monthly and quarterly basis. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Sales and Customer service, to ensure accurate and efficient resolution of customer issues, and to achieve faster collections results. Maintain and update the customer database in alignment with Sales and Customer Service. Financial Reporting Analysis Preparation of monthly and quarterly and ad hoc analysis of financial results to management. Support the month and quarter end close processes by posting journal entries, performing balance sheet reconciliations, bad debt reserve calculations, flux analysis, etc. Support global SOX compliance activities, including performing internal controls. Preparation for financial statement tax, and other regulatory audits. Continuously identify and assist in implementing process improvement and or automation, to enhance collections efficiency and effectiveness.