AR Clerk

We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented AR Clerk to join our Accounting & Finance team at Eurofins USA Clinical Diagnostics. The successful candidate will be responsible for a variety of accounts receivable activities, ensuring timely and accurate processing of customer payments and transactions.

• Accounts Receivable Processing: Prepare, post, verify, and record customer payments and transactions related to accounts receivable in various divisions and revenue streams.
• Payment Application: Apply incoming payments, including checks, credit cards, wire transfers, and EFTs.
• Bank Deposits and Cash Applications: Prepare daily bank deposits and process cash applications and customer credit cards.
• Invoice Preparation: Create invoices according to company practices, invoicing customers daily and monthly to ensure timely receipt of payment.
• Customer Correspondence: Draft correspondence for standard past-due accounts and collections, identifies delinquent accounts by reviewing files, and contacts delinquent accountholders to request payment.
• Customer File Maintenance: Maintain and update customer files, including name or address changes, mergers, or mailing attentions.
• Discrepancy Research and Reconciliation: Research customer discrepancies, past-due amounts, and reconcile accounts on a periodic (at least bimonthly) basis.
• Reporting and Analysis: Create reports regarding the current status of customer accounts as requested.
• Administrative Support: Assist in generating monthly billing statements based on the general ledger, copy, file, and retrieve materials for accounts receivable as needed.
• Compliance and Quality: Ensure and maintain compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and other relevant accounting regulations, and maintain adequate and organized files and records.
• Escalated Issues: Ensure escalated issues and problems are brought to the attention of management.
• Financial Closing: Assist with the financial closing process.
• Revenue Account Reconciliation: Assist Senior Accountant in reconciling revenue accounts each month.