What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accounts Receivable Specialist position at Tasty Brands?
Tasty Brands is a well-established, fast growing national company that is focused on providing great tasting, nutritious food for K12 school foodservice customers and private brands of selected retailers. With a focus on collaboration, best practices, and continuous improvement, we are looking for people who want to join us for a long career and be part of a great success story. Our most successful people are self-starters, work well in collaboration with others, see the big picture and like to win.
We have an outstanding team of motivated professionals who work well together in a fun and team spirit type atmosphere. Our mission is driven by our core values – urgency, accountability, proactivity, teamwork, and integrity. We are looking for the next “great fit” to join our growing team!
Overview
As the Accounts Receivable Specialist, you will join our dynamic accounting team that is rapidly growing. The candidate will generate and send customer invoices, statements, and payment reminders.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare, post, verify, and record customer payments
- Review accounts on a weekly basis to assess aging and pursue collection of funds
- Research customer deductions and verify there accuracy
- Update and maintain customer master files
- Research invoice discrepancies (price, quantity, other) with appropriate functional team member
- Establish and maintain relationships with new and existing customers
- Meet monthly close deadlines
- Handle customer collections, record payments, and inquiries
- Ad-hoc reports upon request
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- 3-5 years of accounts receivable experience
- Knowledge of QuickBooks, Fishbowl and Microsoft Dynamics
- Understanding of accounting
- Experience with Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook
- Strong attention to detail
- Positive and energetic attitude
- High sense of urgency
- Ability to prioritize and to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Motivated, self-starter that can also work as part of a team
- Resourceful and curious mind to investigate issues
- Prior food or beverage sector or manufacturing experience highly preferred
We are an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local laws.