Accounts Receivable & Collections Specialist

Company: Acxiom
Location: Mesa
Posted on: September 24, 2022

Job Description:

Acxiom is seeking a motivated and flexible team player to join our Accounts Receivable Team. The ideal candidate will be eager to learn, open to coaching and development feedback and thrive as an individual and team contributor.Duties and responsibilities:

• Research daily ACH match exceptions and accurately apply payments
• Review delinquent accounts and contact customers to collect on overdue amounts
• Perform weekly follow-ups to clear on-account payments
• Issue collection letters and escalate accounts as needed
• Resolve invoicing, cash application, and sales tax concerns
• Process new customer credit applications and account setups
• Process manual bank deposits
• Create journal entries to reclass customer discounts and/or transfer funds from customer escrow to invoice application
• Account reconciliations
• Create monthly AR reports
• Partner with AP team to offset or net transactions for customers who are also vendors
• Understand priorities and organize workflow as needed
• Assist teammates as needed to handle workflow and ensure team success
• Understand, document and test operating procedures and perform updates as needed
• Recommend process and/or system improvements
• Work with team to test new or changed system functionality
• Assist with team mailbox as needed
• Consistently meet processing deadlines
• Perform other duties as assignedQUALIFICATIONS:
  • 3+ years of full-cycle accounts receivable, cash application and collection experience
  • Functional understanding of business and accounting concepts
  • Ability to learn and apply knowledge to different aspects of the role
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
  • Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
  • Must be self-accountable, motivated, and professional
  • Must be flexible and adjust priorities as needed
  • Must possess a great attitude and commitment to personal and team success
  • Curiosity and ability to learn, share and apply knowledge
  • Accepting of change
  • Ability to understand the 'big picture' view of Acxiom and adjust work style accordinglyWHAT MAKES YOU STAND OUT
    • Workday ERP experience
    • Advanced knowledge of accounting and controls
    • Advanced Excel skills experience working for a technology, digital marketing, or data companyAcxiom is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer (AA/EOE/W/M/Vet/Disabled) and does not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, training, promotion or other employment of associates or the awarding of subcontracts because of a person's race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, protected veteran, military status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics or other protected status.

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