Collections Specialist
Description
Company: KPA (www.kpaonline.com) provides a combination of SaaS compliance solutions and complementary recurring services, to drive a change in safety, environmental and workflow best practices.
Since 1986 KPA has been refining the core values with which we work together as a team and with our clients. Do you align with our core values of Integrity, Helpful, Excellence, Agile, Respectful, and Teamwork? It is these core values that promote our success through both organic growth and integrating acquisitions. This success and the growing demand for compliance solutions was validated through a 2018 investment by Providence Equity Partners, adding valuable experience in both the automotive and compliance software sectors and continuing to promote an entrepreneurial atmosphere at KPA.
Position Description:
The responsibility of the KPA Collections Specialist will be focused on the company’s monthly collections, aged accounts collections, past due statements, calling past due clients and working with delivery and sales teams to address client issues. The Collections Specialist will optimize KPA’s accounts receivable, manage past due accounts, work with sales and operations teams on collections issues and support the other objectives of the finance team.
Primary Responsibilities:
• Optimize the collections process with periodic collections statements and meetings with finance team.
• Make collections calls, send collection and invoice copies and email statements and invoices to past due clients.
• Prints, reviews and maintains an aging report on a weekly basis
• Initiates, tracks, and maintains all records/files associated with collection activities for each account to include negotiated payment schedules, telephone call documentation, and collection letters
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• Researches customer issues related to AR
Requirements
Education/Experience:
High school diploma or general education degree (GED); and two to four years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Knowledge, Skills and Other Abilities:
• Oral and written communication skills
• Computer skills, including accounting software and Microsoft Office Suite. Intermediate ability in Excel.
• Time management
• Organizational skills
• Ability to work on several projects at once
• Attention to detail
• Professionalism
• Ability to adapt to ever changing work environment
Position Details:
• Reports to the Assistant Controller.
• Full-time, exempt position.
• Based in KPA’s Lafayette, CO headquarters.
