Description:
Accounts Receivable Coordinator plays an important role within the Accounting and Controllership Team. This role is responsible for managing customer payments, ensuring accuracy in billing and receivable records, and collection efforts. It requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to collaborate across departments while working with limited supervision.
In This Role You Will
- Review invoice batches to ensure accuracy, proper authorization and compliance with Regional policies and procedures
- Approve customer payment batches and preparing adjustment batches to ensure customer accounts are accurate.
- Maintain and update customer files, including contact information and account records.
- Responsible for following up on overdue accounts by contacting customers or drafting correspondence to customers regarding their outstanding balances and document collection efforts.
- Assist with documentation requests during internal and external audits.
- Communicating invoice policies and procedures to internal staff.
- Prepare monthly general ledger reconciliations and required journal entries
- Following up on non-sufficient fund (NSF) payments
- Assist with resolving complex accounts receivable collection problems
- Liaising with collection agency and municipal tax offices
- Process the monthly invoices for Geoware.
- Process general ledger interfaces.
- Report monthly on outstanding accounts receivable balances
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- High school diploma required. College diploma/University degree specifically in Accounting or Finance would be considered an asset.
- A combination of at least 3 years’ work experience and/or education in finance or accounting.
- Effective verbal and written communications skills
- Technically savvy with work experience using Microsoft Suite especially Excel.
- Knowledge of an EFP system like PeopleSoft financials or SAP would be an asset.
- Excellent negotiation and problem-solving skills
- Excellent customer service skills
- Detail oriented combined with an ability to manage multiple tasks and shifting priorities to meet deadlines.
- Ability to work in a self-directed manner within a collaborative team environment