Job Summary

As an Accounts Receivable Assistant, you will help in enhancing the implementation and monitoring of the current sales to receivable process, which cover timely billing and collection from the company’s partners and clients. You will help in improving the company’s overall cash cycle to maintain a strong cash position and liquidity to support current and future projects and planned expansion.

Key Responsibilities/Duties

• Comply with company's policies and procedures, accounting standards and tax regulation.
• Process efficiently accounting transactions and reviews GL accounts in a timely and accurate manner.
• Help in designing and implementing policies and procedures to ensure that all transactions and projects are timely and accurately billed and collected.
• Evaluate customer credit application based on company policy and standards.
• Manage customer receivables and ensure that customer accounts are current and updated.
• Use automated internal systems to identify and monitor overdue accounts.
• Locate and contact customers by appropriate means, which may include mail, phone, or personal visits, to notify those customers of delinquent account status and to solicit payment.
• Review terms of sales, service, or credit contracts, provide options to customers for debt repayment, and establish repayment schedules based on the customer’s financial situations.
• Review posting of customer collections.
• Records pertinent data on collection efforts and customer financial status in the system.
• Assess customer requests on upgrade of credit line and ensure proper management of sales transactions for customers with default history.
• Prepare related reports (e.g. sales report, collection summary, accounts receivable aging summary)
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Functional Relationships

Internal: All employees

External: Business partners, clients, etc.

Requirements:

Qualifications:

• Candidate must be a graduate of BS in Accountancy or any related field
• At least 1-2 years of relevant work experience in finance and accounting function
• Experience in credit and collections work is required
• Proven experience with process documentation of accounting procedures and internal controls in a dynamic environment
• Knowledgeable of industry standard related to sales to receivables process and credit and collection best practices and procedures
• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives
• With working knowledge in telecommunication and project management operations
• Knowledgeable in Oracle NetSuite ERP System
• Willing to work in San Juan City

Specific skills & abilities:

• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent customer relations skills
• Strong analytical and effective negotiation skills
• Advanced problem solving ability and decision-making skills
• People management and interpersonal skills
• Efficient time management skills
• Basic understanding of related debt collection laws

Personal qualities:

• Ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment
• Team player
• Can work with minimal level of supervision
• Results oriented and self-motivated with high level of integrity