Accounts Receivable Collections Specialist
Position Summary
Allegiance Crane & Equipment, a leader in the crane and lifting industry, is seeking an Accounts Receivable Collections Specialist to join our corporate team in the Clear Lake area. This position plays a key role in maintaining healthy customer accounts by posting payments, managing collections activities, resolving account discrepancies, and supporting daily accounts receivable operations. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, customer-focused, and possesses strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Working closely with customers and branch personnel, this individual will help ensure accurate account maintenance, timely collections, and the effective resolution of payment-related issues in a fast-paced environment.
Essential Responsibilities
- Cash Posting: Payment transactions received to include eft, checks, and credit card payments.
- Perform collection calls on past due accounts
- Setup Accounts, Terms and COD
- Research and reconcile open accounts receivable issues
- Apply strong critical thinking, analytical skills, and high attention to detail in solving problems
- Providing customer service regarding collection issues, resolve client discrepancies and short pays
- Prepare and present reports on collection activities and progress
- Assist AR Coordinator Daily and other request by senior management involving AR
- Communicate with customers and branch personnel regarding issues, such as providing invoices or statements, and other collection issues.
Requirements
- Minimum of 2 years of high-volume collections and accounts receivable experience.
- Strong problem-solving and account resolution skills.
- Experience researching and resolving customer account discrepancies.
- Accurate data entry skills with a high attention to detail.
- High School Graduate or equivalent, some college is preferred
- Excellent customer service and phone skills.
- Strong written & oral communications skills for interaction with branch personnel.
- Proficient Microsoft Excel Skills.
- Experience with Microsoft Dynamics SL preferable
- Maintains positive and can-do attitude and approach to work.
- Ability to manage multiple projects, while consistently meeting deadlines.
- High comfort level, working with a rapid pace.
- Excellent recordkeeping and documentation skills.
- Self-starter with excellent interpersonal communication and problem-solving skills
- Dependability and focus a must
- Must demonstrate professional demeanor
- Excellent Critical thinking skills
Physical Requirements
Must be able to sit at a computer, read computer screen, and input information for long periods of time. Sharing office space is a possibility. Some light travel could be required. Must be able to move about office as needed. Must be able to lift up to 5 pounds.
Allegiance Crane & Equipment is and EEO Employer
Salary: $23.00 - $27.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Physical setting:
- In Office (This is not a remote position)
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday