Accounts Receivable Clerk

**Objective of the Position:** Accounts Receivable collects money from customers. Accounts Receivable researches, analyzes, clarifies, reconciles, resolves and bills for customer shipments for the ultimate goal of collecting money. Essential Accountabilities: The position incumbent ensures, that - Collect and interpret data from customer websites to identify shipments not set to pay. - Communicate incoming purchase orders, pricing changes. - Communicate with customers; accounts payable and purchasing, and internal account managers to clarify roadblocks in collecting money and finding a resolution to get paid. - Daily communication to maintain good working relationship, to clarify data discrepancies, so that the customer will pay. - Daily communication to resolve issues so that the customer will pay. - Daily, weekly, monthly reporting on the status of customer account balances, detailing past due, collection issues, and cash forecasting. - Denitrify invoices past due and reason why payment has not been received. - Internally invoice for monolith purchases, then reconcile the sale with the contra sale that reduces a payment. - Interpreting and reconciling data for retroactive pricing adjustments. - Maintain communication regarding changes with customer accounts, programs. - Research, reconcile, analyze, and clarify customer detail to resolve discrepancies so that the customer will pay. - Shipping is often requested to provide proof of shipment. Secondary Accountabilities: The position incumbent ensures, that - Conduct all business related activities for, and on the behalf of, Eberspaecher within the limits of applicable local, state, and federal legal requirements. - Provide support to, and compliance with, all local and corporate Eberspaecher Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) policies, procedures and other HSE related requirements. - Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness and follows all ENA polices related to TS16949 and ISO 14001; looks for way to improve and promote quality. - Other duties as assigned. - Requirement Profile: Professional Background / Basic Qualification / Work Experience: - Bachelor's degree (B. A.) in field or closely related field. - Minimum three years’ experience in field. - Minimum three years’ experience working for a manufacturing supplier preferably automotive. - Ability to travel domestically by car or plane. - To perform this job successfully, an individual should be proficient in Microsoft Office & SAP. - Technical Expertise: - Ability to apply mathematical concepts and operations, including calculations, percentages, etc. - Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos, and write simple correspondence. - Analytical- Synthesize complex or diverse information; Collects and researches data; Uses intuition and experience to complement data; Designs work flows and procedures**.** - Knowledge of continuous improvement of products for manufacturability. - Project Management- Develops project plans; Coordinates projects; Communicates changes and progress; Completes projects on time and budget; Manages project team activities. - Strives to continuously improve expertise, knowledge and skills.