Accounts Receivable Specialist

Looking for a place where you can thrive?

SavATree’s mission is to take our passion for nature and keep our outdoors beautiful and flourishing. Through our comprehensive tree, shrub, and lawn care we work hard to make sure our customers have attractive, healthy and cared-for green spaces to enjoy. Over the last thirty years, we have opened new offices across the country, and we are looking for people who want to grow with us.

The Accounts Receivable Specialist will protect and maximize company’s cash flow by ensuring customer payments are posted properly to respective accounts in accordance with the payment methodology. Monitor and partner with Branch Management to ensure bills for services rendered are paid within 90-days. Post 90-days it is Accounts Receivables responsibility to pursue directly and minimize accounts referred to collections.

What a day is like:

• Apply customer payment (cash, credit cards, checks, ACH/EFT and lockbox) against outstanding invoices timely and accurately
• Process daily deposits to company bank accounts
• Process customer adjustments and refunds as indicated by branch management
• Printout customer letters, statements and invoices from Prodeo (company database)
• Respond to customer inquiries regarding payments and resolve any discrepancies
• Manage overdue receivables, partner with branch management to resolve issues and ensure payment
• Follow up on delinquent customers by phone and email post 90-days
• Process the bad debt accounts and forward to collection agency or small claims court
• Daily reconciliation of credit card payments
• Manage chargebacks, returned checks and returned ACH payments
• Monitor bounce back emails to ensure customers are receiving invoices and company is receiving payments

What kind of person are we looking for?  Someone with:

• Ability to process high volumes timely and accurately
• Strong attention to detail
• Customer service skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or related software as well as other accounting software programs
• Ability to work independently and in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to anticipate work needs and interact professionally.
• Associates degree or course work in related field highly preferred or equivalent work experience
• 2 – 5 years of related experience
• Must be authorized to lawfully work in the U.S.

Why you might love working here: 

• We have lots of training opportunities and will support your continuing education in the industry.
• You’ll work alongside some of the best trained and equipped teams in the industry, with an emphasis on quality and safety.
• We’re collaborative, so you’ll have the ability to connect and collaborate with people who are experts in the field.
• We offer a competitive salary and benefits, including health and dental, paid time off, vehicle program, bonus plan, and a matched 401(K)

We want everyone to be able to identify and achieve their own version of success, which means giving each team member the room and opportunity to grow. To ensure that everyone has the best chance to succeed, we invest heavily in training and continuing education. We make it easy for you to reach out and get the help you need, even when it’s from the other side of the country. This means actively fostering a collaborative culture where we come together to learn from each other and help each other succeed. We pride ourselves on creating an environment where each employee has the resources and opportunities to advance his or her career and become a go-to subject matter expert. That’s why we often say that when you work here, you thrive here. 

SavATree is an equal opportunity employer and a Drug Free Workplace