Lockbox Clerk

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Job description

Description Robert Half is seeking an Accounts Receivable (A/R) Clerk. The accounting team is growing quickly and is looking for someone interested in great career growth potential and a great benefits package. Entering, posting, and reconciling batches, researching and resolving customer A/R issues, preparing aging report, placing billing and collection calls, maintaining cash receipts journal, updating, and reconciling sub-ledger to G/L will be among the Accounts Receivable Clerk's duties. If you are a self-starter with high attention to detail, you are likely to be successful at handling 200+ invoices a week at this Accounts Receivable Clerk position. This is a long-term contract / temporary to hire Accounts Receivable Clerk position and is based in the Chicago, Illinois area.

What you get to do every day

- Compile segments of monthly closings and annual reports and take care of payments in compliance with GAAP

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

- Review status of delinquent accounts daily and initiate collection action by contacting customers

- Verify codes and documents

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

- Execute a number of foundational accounting tasks in agreement with normal procedures, including general accounting tasks

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

- Represent and exude the values, culture, and mission of the organization Requirements - Less than one year of experience

- Analytical skills in basic accounts receivable and accounting policy

- Current and relevant ERP system experience

- Earlier work involving Computer Data Entry

- Adeptness in Bank Deposit

- Previous experience working with Invoice Entry

- Strong familiarity with Credit Card Deposits

- Document Scanning experience desired

- General familiarity with data entry

- Good understanding of order entry

- Demonstrated knowledge of customer invoices

- Daily Deposit experience

- Background working with Typing Data Entry

- Perform Data Entry experience highly preferred

- Practical knowledge of numeric data entry

- Command of Check Deposit

- Daily Bank Deposits experience preferred

- Reliable skills in Microsoft Office with excellent Excel skills

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

- Be detailed, flexible, and organized

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