Accounts Receivable Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Company Overview

Come join a winning Team! Since 1970 Plastic Express has met the bulk trucking, bulk terminal, packaging, and warehousing needs of the plastics industry.

Our strategic locations, modern systems, and dedicated employees allow us to provide custom tailored logistical solutions to fulfill the most challenging needs of our customers.

Plastic Express operates from 22 full service facilities, more than 40 bulk terminals, and 52 railcar terminals offering more than 8,500 railcar spots across the country.

We are located near 9 major ports in the U.S. and rely heavily on our rail infrastructure to handle imports / exports as well as regional distribution.

At many of the Plastic Express sites, we also handle some non-plastic commodities, which include; paper rolls, steel, building materials and other dry bulk materials.

Plastic Express owns and operates roughly 250 trucks, with approximately 250 trailers performing full bulk truck distribution business.

Plastic Express is headquartered in Houston, TX and has over 600 employees nationwide. Our goal has always been to exceed our customer's expectations, and our can do-attitude is what differentiates us from the competition.

Plastic Express employees have always been our key to success and total customer satisfaction. We are always looking for dependable & talented business professionals that will help us to grow and to continue our Can Do tradition.

Essential Functions :

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Job Summary :

The Accounts Receivable Specialist is responsible for the effective and accurate financial and administrative operations of accounts receivable and collections.

Perform day to day processing, ensuring that the customer accounts are maintained in an accurate and up-to-date manner.

Essential Functions / Duties :

• Enters and applies all customer payments to individual customer accounts.
• Imports invoices into AR module of financial system.
• Scans all deposits and credits into Sharepoint (myPE).
• Contacts customers regarding past due account balances.
• Reviews invoice discrepancies and researches information for credit write-ups.
• Maintains all accounts receivable files both physical and electronic.
• Provides customer information to Plastic Express President, Vice-Presidents, and CFO.

Qualifications :

• Familiarity with Invoicing
• Intermediate accounting knowledge with a minimum associates degree in business in from a US institution.
• Excel proficiency including vlookup, sumif, and pivot tables.
• Familiar with some financial system, e.g. MS Dynamics, Quickbooks, SAP, Oracle, Peoplesoft
• Data entry skills and ability to operate office machines
• Interpersonal skills
• Strong math skills

Work Environment :

Expected to operate in an in-person office setting.

Position Type / Expected Hours of Work :

This is a full-time position.

Benefits and Perks :

• Family health benefit packages - after 90 days
• Vacation pay - after 90 days
• Holiday pay - after 90 days
• Company matching 401k retirement program - after 90 days

Duties and responsibilities may be added, deleted and / or changed at any time at the discretion of management.

In line with Plastic Express’ Environmental Promise, the hired individual is expected to enthusiastically support all facets of Operation Clean Sweep;

specifically, making a conscious effort to prevent pellet, flake and powder loss into the environment and ensure any spills are swiftly and effectively cleaned up.

If you have an interest in working at Plastic Express, please forward your resume including a brief work history.

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