Account Receivables Specialist Job in Portland 97230, Oregon US

Oregon Ice Cream's Corporate Headquarters (one of Northwest's oldest and largest ice cream manufacturers) is located in the Portland Metro Area located in Vancouver. Oregon Ice Cream is one of the nation's  premier manufacture of ice cream, sorbets, and yogurt desserts and is a Company based on strong ethics and values. Over the last several years, we have built a fantastic reputation of excellence with our clients  spanning the entire USA for making high quality specialty dessert items. We have grown from 45 employees to over 200 in the past 5 years and are rapidly growing to be a much larger company. If you want to work in an environment based on values, quality, and growth and possess the skills and character for working in our accounting group's accounts receivables, this job is a fit for you! This is a professional and fun environment working with business to business relationships.

If you are energetic, precise, and skilled in accounts receivables, with a food company or distribution background, you may a good fit for us!

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES-  include the following:

*Enters finalized cash receipts and updates accounts receivable ledger by customer.
*Researches discrepancies in payments, deductions from retail and wholesale accounts
* Month end reconciliation of  customer account A/R postings to monthly deposit totals.Generates and mails monthly customer invoice statements.
*Researches and processes customer claims of invoice payment.Researches NSF checks and contacts customers to arrange for repayment.
*Answers accounts receivable phone inquiries and follows up.Performs customers account collection duties by calling and/or mailing correspondence to customers as necessary in order to insure customers maintain their account as current (invoice paid within terms).
*Asists with related special projects as required.