Contract role for 6 months!
Overview Contact customers with delinquent accounts, initiate appropriate action, and maintain records.
Responsibilities - Reviews status of delinquent accounts and initiates collection activity by contacting each account.
- Researches disputed delinquent account balances.
- Corrects any errors, including misapplied payments, billing errors and shipping errors.
- Coordinates with customers and internal departments to reconcile customer accounts.
- Initiate requests for credit memos, return to factory and cash application as needed.
- Responsible for customer requests for correspondence including copies of statements, invoices, credit memos and PODs.
- Generate recommendations to the Credit Department for account credit holds.
- Maintains accurate customer files, keeps track of name changes, address changes, and mailing attention for all accounts.
- Responsible for documenting all correspondence with customers to the operating system’s customer notes.
- Provide monthly reports for management where required.
COMPETENCIES: - Organization: Ability to prioritize and keep him/herself organized.
- Communication skills: Customer focused. Adept at managing difficult situations. Strong verbal and written communication skills. Is able to build credibility within an organization and with customers.
- Problem Solving: Strong problem solving skills including root cause identification and continuous improvement.
- Job Knowledge: Possesses/develops knowledge regarding products, procedures and policies, understands critical issues affecting the organization.
- Judgment: Exhibits sound and accurate judgment.
- Teamwork: Capable of balancing team and individual responsibilities; provides and welcomes feedback. Able to foster strong team environment.
- Interpersonal Skills: Resolves conflict; maintains confidentiality; and has good listening skills. Maintains composure and is receptive to new ideas and feedback.
- Follow-through: Excellent follow-through skills.
QUALIFICATIONS: - Minimum two years related experience in a business-to-business Receivables/ Reconciliations role setting required.
- Excellent keyboarding skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Analytical and problem solving skills.
- Strong customer service orientation.
- Excellent organizational, verbal/written communication and follow through skills.
- Ability to multi-task and work under pressure.
COMPUTER SKILLS: - Excel, Microsoft Word, and PowerPoint skills.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Oracle and Infor experience preferred, but not necessary.
- Excellent keyboarding skills
Payrate range– $24 – $26.50 per hour.
Work schedule–8:30AM – 5:00PM