Company Description
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.
Job Description
The Accounts Receivable Administrator III is responsible for analyzing and collecting past due invoices for specified accounts, negotiate with customers without jeopardizing our relationship to collect past due invoices, and performs a variety of complicated tasks to minimize financial losses and obtain best possible DSO. The incumbent will be accountable for reconciliations of challenging consignment inventory billings and billing transactions with multiple returns associated, and must have excellent communications skills when dealing with internal and external customers. In this role, the AR Administrator will conduct work activities in compliance within internal and regulatory requirements.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for analyzing and collecting on past due accounts. Determine the collection tool to utilize depending on the collection strategy assigned for the period. Ascertains the degree of delinquency and collection procedure to follow for all assigned accounts.
- Negotiate with customers to collect all past due invoices and resolve payment discrepancies within predetermined time constraints. Maintain standards to ensuring orders are timely.
- Assist with inbound calls during heavy call volumes to resolve customer inquiries.
- Actively participate in resolving major account issues to maintain strong customer relationships and arrive at a mutually beneficial solutions.
- Researches, determines, and implements action necessary to resolve inquiries and claims from customers.
- Exercises sounds judgement and discretion in making all routine decisions to ensure that all claims are handled accurately and to the satisfaction of both parties.
- Resolve disputed claims. Complete monthly assigned collection strategy. Handles complex reconciliations of consignment billings and billings with multiple returns associated.
- Reconciles accounts in a credit balance which includes researching and reconciling any open invoices or deductions to ensure validity prior to refunding the customer. Works with customers providing backup necessary to resolve and clear any outstanding debit prior to issuing refunds.
- Communicates clearly with internal and external customers. Take actions necessary to meet department objectives and at the same time continues to build a relationship with the customer.
- Ensures customers are set up for e-mail invoices and statements and are aware and taking advantage of the company on-line support tools.
- Assists customers with Accounts Receivable functionality available on Allergan Direct to help increase usage and promote self-service.
- Takes corrective action and is actively involved in process improvement teams to correct potential on-going problems. Processes customer refunds and adjustments as needed.
- Identifies problem accounts and notifies Finance and Sales management of situations that could indicate uncorrectable claims or possible bankruptcy to prevent future losses to the company.
- Ensures credit lines are reduced to eliminate additional Bad Debit expenses. Committed to successfully completing assigned monthly strategies and daily follow-ups.
- Accountable to maintain all accounts on an up-to-date basis status to ensure “clean” audits by internal and outside auditors.
- Participates in projects to resolve issues within the department and/or organization.
- Demonstrates leadership and is a subject matter expert and go to person on the team.
- Ability to work independently and plan extensively to meet goals while maintaining consistency and quality in a fast paced, multi tasked environment.
- Must be self-motivated and approach tasks with a positive pro-active attitude while maintaining eagerness and capacity to learn.
Qualifications
- High school graduation required.
- 5+ years experience working in Accounts Receivable, Customer Service, Accounts Payable, or Cash Applications.
- Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or business management.
- Proficiency in Excel.
- SAP and FIS GETPAID experience preferred.
- Healthcare or Pharmaceutical experience preferred.
Additional Information
Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:
- The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
- We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
- This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.
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