Accounts Receivable Clerk

Robert Half has a superb opportunity for an Accounts Receivable (A/R) professional at a growing company. In this position, you will 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. If you are looking for a company that offers great career growth potential and an impressive benefits package, this could be a great match for you. This is a long-term contract / temporary to hire Accounts Receivable Clerk position and is based in the Salinas, California area.

What you get to do every day

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

- Test documents and codes

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

- Contact clients to help resolve payment issues; assist in setting up payment plans

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

- Complete a wide range of basic accounting tasks in accordance with standard procedures, including general accounting tasks

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

- Support, communicate, and reinforce the mission, values and culture of the organization- 3+ years of relevant experience in accounts receivable

- Strong analytical skills in basic accounts receivable and accounting policy

- AA or BS/BA degree in Accounting or related field preferred

- Strong familiarity with Aging Reports

- Expertise in Collections

- Solid understanding of Accounts Receivable (AR)

- Microsoft Excel experience preferred

- ERP system experience

- General proficiency in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel preferred

- Attention to detail and demonstrated ability to follow standard procedures is a requirement