Cash Application Specialist Job Description
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Cash Application Specialist Job Description
- Audit/check and verify daily deposits entered by offshore outsourcing company daily cash balancing
- Interaction with off shore outsourcing staff and rectification of all issues raised
- Assist Offshore personnel in maintaining daily cash reconciliation spreadsheets for each lockbox and resolving cash reconciling items
- Identify processing exceptions that inhibit application efficiencies and recommend solutions
- Utilize available internal and external software and hardware tools to maximize productivity while maintaining transaction integrity
- Cash Application in a timely and accurate manner
- Bank Statement Review
- Direct Debit & Refund Administration
- Liaising with other departments re clearing and reconciliation activities
- Managing Logged & Unapplied Payments
- Remittance advice reconciliations for all payments
- Ensure all payments are matched & allocated within agreed timelines
- Continuous process improvements for cash applications
- Meet Cash Application KPI’s
- Cheque management process | start to finish
- Remittance Management
Cash Application Specialist Job Description
- Support DSO and Cash Collection targets
- Initiates report summary
- Manage deduction process by analyzing customer accounts where short payments have been taken
- Provide assistance to the supervisor in training and directing staff acting functional supervisor in the absence of the supervisor
- Prepares activity and status reports and reconciles unapplied cash as appropriate
- Works with Collections, Financial Operations, and Accounts Receivables teams in researching unapplied cash amounts so that unapplied cash can be kept to a minimum
- Contacts customers via letters, emails, and phone calls to inquire about incomplete information related to payments
- Utilizes current lockbox technology to print reports and view images related to cash applications
- Provides support and written documentation as required to support cash application for SOX controls and audits
- May perform cash reconciliations against bank accounts and other Company accounts as requested or required
- Account reconciliation and ability to analyze results
- Multi-task and work autonomously
- Bilingual skills (Spanish) preferred due to advertising account base
- A minimum of three years’ relevant experience, preferably in a credit to cash team, Cash Application and/or Collections role
- Good working knowledge of JD Edwards
- Knowledge of EOB’s required
Cash Application Specialist Job Description
- Maintain files and filing
- Support Credit Administrator when needed
- Process cash receipt application for client invoice payments and other miscellaneous receipts
- Responsible for all areas of the Cash Application process
- Post lockbox and local deposits, wire transfers, credit card payments and disputes, inter-company transfers, refunds and adjustment entries
- Utilize bank internet sites for additional information on downloaded data and reporting
- Communicate with appropriate division regarding payment data and customer communication
- Data entry of payment information
- Monthly reporting of past due, credit, and third-party payer accounts
- Maintain control logs
- Must be professional and ethical with high integrity
- Ability to manage multiple tasks through to completion
- Familiar with credit references
- Excellent research, troubleshooting, and resolution skills
- Intermodal Transportation experience a plus
- Typing, ability to use personal computers and telephones
Cash Application Specialist Job Description
- Update customer information in computer system
- Print and mail monthly customer statements, provide invoice copies to customers upon request
- Process about 1,000+ checks (or ACHs, credit cards, wire transfers, etc) daily
- Post daily lockbox, EFT/ACH and manual remittance deposits to customer accounts
- Reconcile each batch as it is posted, compile and balance cash deposits for bank
- Correct payment posting discrepancies to balance payment information
- Strong personal initiative to ensure timely application of payments and resolution of inquiries
- Responsible for cash application, cash receipt, reconciliation and inter-company cash transfer reconciliations
- Manages the lockbox functions
- Applies cash collections daily to appropriate customer accounts
- Ability to be seated at a computer workstation for extended periods
- One year experience in a cash application environment is strongly desired
- Incumbents should be able to deal with customers in friendly, courteous, timely and professional manner
- Familiarity with QuickBooks a plus
- Minimum of 2+ years of accounts receivable experience, some commercial real estate or property management experience preferred
- Must be comfortable interacting and communicating with individuals at all levels of the organization
Cash Application Specialist Job Description
- Coordinates with the staff accountant in identifying cash transactions and problems
- Writes and updates AR-Cash Application procedures
- Receive and deposit Customer payments
- Apply Cash remittances and credits / adjustments
- Produce unapplied/ unidentified Cash Report
- Investigate / Resolve / return overpayments
- Process the daily application of cash receipts for various customers in Oracle AR Receipt and AR Legacy Mainframe application
- Ensure that receipts are applied timely and accurately to each customer’s account
- Monitor the daily cash activity reject report and resolve any items needing attention
- Identify and research any receipts received that are not customer related accounts such as miscellaneous receipts
- Ability to work in a fast pace team environment independently
- Daily cash application of payments made to several corporate lockboxes
- Apply receipts daily for all deposited credit card settlements, wires, EFT/ACHs, and manual deposits
- Process recurring credit card and ACH debit batches
- Work to resolve ACH debit and CC declines within 48 hours
- Contact customers and/or banks when payments cannot be identified within 48 hours