Job Description A healthcare company is seeking to hire an AR Specialist/Collections Coordinator. In this seat, you will report to the Accounting Manager and focus. Looking for an organized self-starter with strong communication and computer skills. primarily on collections. This position transition to hybrid once training is complete (3 days in, 2 days out). The ideal candidate has 3+ years of collections experience, has a background handling cash applications, and ideally has experience working in the healthcare industry (highly preferred, but not required).
Responsibilities: - Maintain high volume of daily collection calls and e-mail communication with customer base
- Arranging for debt repayment or establishing repayment schedules based on customer's financial situations.
- Constantly following up with customers to ensure a quick and easy repayment process.
- Reconcile unapplied customer payments
- Maintain and resolve customer balances on credit hold
- Report on aged balances to Management monthly
- Resolving unpaid balances, advising customer of necessary action steps and useful strategies for repayment.
- Maintaining an updated financial status report for assigned accounts.
- Reviewing the terms of sales, service and/or credit contracts with customers.
- Performing various administrative functions for assigned accounts, such as recording address changes, sorting, filing and answering correspondence.
- Locating and monitoring overdue accounts, using aging report and an automated system.
Requirements
- MUST HAVE: 3-5 years' experience making high volume collection calls, in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience managing an abundant aging report of at least 3500 accounts.
- Great energy and can-do attitude.
- Creative problem solver with great customer service skills.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, & Word.
- Possess a high sense of urgency and be detail oriented.
- In lieu of a Bachelor's degree, a minimum of 3 years of equivalent work experience required.