Accounts Receivable Specialist

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We’re thrilled that you are exploring career opportunities where you can continue to make a positive difference every day to keep our communities healthy, fed, clean and safe.

Primary Purpose:

The Accounts Receivable Specialist position focuses on customer contact in collecting and reconciling disputes with customers; controlling and preventing the continuation of outstanding past due receivables while ensuring customer satisfaction and proactive sales engagement.

What you will do:

• Receivable Responsibilities: Supports Customer AR activities, including collecting past-due balances, reconciling accounts, identifying on account cash and credit memos for proposed offset, and identifying and reporting disputed invoices to help promote timely payment, minimize aged receivables and bad debt, and maintain a positive customer experience.
• Collaborates with customer, sales, customer solutions, dispute management and C2C management to resolve payment issues while demonstrating Univar core values.
• Analyzes information and communicates to supervisor as needed to determine next course of action.
• Mitigates customer risk by asking the right questions, reviewing credit and setting appropriate credit line following policies and procedures to support Credit and Receivable requirements.
• Ensures policies and procedures are followed supporting organizational requirements.
• Performs other related duties as required or requested.

What you will need:

• 1 - 2 years of business experience; will train the right candidate
• Prior experience with individual and team metric standards
• Knowledge and experience working with MS Office Suite, with basic Excel skills
• SAP experience preferred
• Ability to manage workload to a deadline and maintain set individual and team goals.
• Ability to gain trust and confidence with customers, management, and peers
• Ability to identify issues and raise to leaders to review and resolve.
• Demonstrated experience with verbal and written communication
• General knowledge of collection principles with ability to reconcile credits & debits
• Good customer facing skills
• Cross functional team collaboration
• Ability to prioritize workload

Where you will work:

Dublin, OH. Working onsite three days/week

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It takes people like you and a global network of more than 9,500 employees to build a company where the best people want to work.

As a valued Univar Solutions employee, you understand that we are more than a distribution company. From delivering vital ingredients for food and nutrition, to helping keep drinking water safe, our company is dedicated to improving quality of life with our customers, suppliers and partners as we serve the world’s most essential industries.

We are committed to a diverse workforce and a culture of inclusion. Together, we are building a culture that acknowledges the unique experiences, perspectives and expertise of individuals and provides the development and growth opportunities to empower us to redefine our industry.

Univar Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on their race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected classification. We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the hiring process, please contact us at careers@univarsolutions.com.