Collections Analyst II

Actual title: The Accounts Receivable Analyst

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The Accounts Receivable Analyst role is pivotal to the success of the A/R team. The A/R Analyst serves as both the functional and operational supporter of all receivables activity for the regions, but will also support a series of special A/R projects that contribute to the success of the overall department. Assisting with cash applications, the A/R Analyst ensures proper credit is applied against customer's invoices. Payment issues will often arise that fall out of the scope of the A/R Analyst which will be handled by the A/R Analyst. The A/R Analyst also monitors unapplied cash and issues customer refunds.

Responsibilities:
-Support and apply all forms of payments for the various regions accurately and timely
- Serves as a backup for other regions when necessary
-Performs research internally, by contacting customers and/or our bank to determine validity of payments that are lost, unidentified or rejected by our bank
-Provides regular feedback on the trends of unapplied cash and customer refunds
-Accountable for periodic bank account reconciliation and reporting
-Assists in A/R related special projects including unapplied cash, small dollar credit card conversion, as well as a variety of other improvement projects

Experience/Skills Required
-Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or the equivalent combination of education and experience
-1+ year of business experience in a high growth environment
- Will need to be flexible and work evening hours during month end close as needed

Experience/Skills Desired
-Demonstrated participation in a business process improvement
-Excels in a fast growing/fast paced environment delivering accuracy while managing to strict deadlines
-Insightful and able to develop creative solutions to problems
-Thrives in a team environment
-Effective at communicating both written and verbally
-Able to utilize Microsoft Suite of tools (especially Excel)
-Experience with ORACLE and/or Workday receivables