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Estimated Pay $12 per hour
Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Newport News, Virginia

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Job Description
Robert Half is seeking an Accounts Receivable (A/R) Clerk. Great career growth potential and a great benefits package are available to candidates interested in joining this quickly growing accounting team. If you are able to enter, post and reconcile batches, research and resolve customer A/R issues, prepare aging report, place billing and collection calls, maintain cash receipts journal, update, and reconcile sub-ledger to G/L, you are a good fit for this position. The Accounts Receivable Clerk must be a self-starter with high attention to detail, in order to handle 200+ invoices a week. This is a short-term contract / temporary to hire Accounts Receivable Clerk position and is based in the Newport News, Virginia area.

Your responsibilities in this role

- Reconcile bank accounts, posting and balancing financial data in various ledgers

- Communicate information, as requested to shippers, customers, the sales/marketing department and other stakeholders

- Verify codes and documents

- Pinpoint delinquent customer accounts through various means, e.g. written correspondence, phone contact, skip-tracing, and making arrangements for payment

- Process payments and compile segments of monthly closings and annual reports in compliance with GAAP

- Carry out an assortment of basic accounting tasks in accordance with standard procedures, including general accounting tasks

- Assist in setting up payment plans; contact clients to help resolve payment issues

- Promote, communicate, and reinforce the mission, values and culture of the organization- AA or BS/BA degree in Accounting or related field

- Current and relevant ERP system experience

- Comprehensive knowledge of Accounts Receivable (AR)

- Command of accounts receivable aging

- Deep understanding of commercial collections

- Strong analytical skills in basic accounts receivable and accounting policy

- Detailed and have the ability work independently

- 5+ years of relevant experience in accounts receivable

- Reliable skills in Microsoft Office with excellent Excel skills