Accounting Clerk

Basic Job Functions:

SUMMARY:

The Accounts Receivable/Accounts Payable Specialist is responsible for resolving billing issues, collecting delinquent accounts and following up on insufficient payments. Efforts will be focused around trying to reduce the outstanding accounts receivable balances. Frequently communicates with sales and finance on the status of client accounts or the credit classification of prospective clients. Additional responsibilities include validating and processing all vendor invoices in a timely and efficient manner, ensuring payments are processed accurately and proper accounting procedures are followed.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Responsible for reducing the delinquency of customer accounts.
• Assist in the maintenance and development of a collection plan that aligns with the company’s financial goals.
• Make a high volume of phone calls and emails to customers.
• Review & maintain customer accounts, send customer statements, review customer credit limits and issue customer refunds.
• Ability to work with the sales force and management when necessary to escalate the collection process.
• Report on delinquent accounts to manager.
• Aid in the prevention of bad debts through timely notification to management of potential risks
• Work with third party collection agencies when unable to collect in house.
• Make quick and decisive decision-making for the assigned group of customers based on pre-determined company credit policies. 
• Work on other special projects as assigned.
• Review and assemble invoices and requisitions for satisfactory payment approval.
• Resolve vendor inquiries regarding payment information and follow up on pending issues.
• Calculate, post business transactions, process invoices, verify financial data for use in maintaining accounts payable records in support of the pay obligations of the company.

Safety is the most important part of all jobs within Nucor; therefore, candidates must be able to demonstrate the ability to initiate, lead, and uphold safety policies, practices, procedures, and housekeeping standards at all times.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Extreme attention to detail and excellent organizational skills.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a dynamic, team-oriented work environment.
• Proficiency with SAP, Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook applications is highly desirable.
• Ability to meet assigned deadlines.
• Ability to handle sensitive, complex and/or confidential information.
• Timely and regular attendance required. 
• Ability to work some overtime.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintaining instructions, and procedure manuals.  Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.  Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Associated degree in Accounting or Finance or equivalent from two-year College or technical school is desired; or two to four years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Prior experience in a manufacturing environment is preferred.