Accelerate your career with the most awarded Air Cargo Airline in Canada!
Cargojet is Canadas leading provider of time-sensitive overnight air cargo services and carries over 1,300,000 pounds of cargo each business night. Cargojet operates its network across North America each business night, utilizing a fleet of all-cargo aircraft Cargojet has been awarded one of Canadas 50 Best Managed Companies as well as being awarded the Shippers Choice Award for the best Air Cargo Carrier in Canada for the past number of years. Being part of Cargojet will allow you to become a part of a diverse and vibrant family at the leading edge of the air cargo industry both domestically and internationally. Cargojet team members are dedicated, hardworking, and have a strong sense of leadership and commitment.
Primary Objective of the Position:
Under the general direction of the Manager, Collections, the successful applicant will review, and process daily payments received in accounting system from mail, credit card payment and bank deposit reports, will process high volumes of transactions and remittances, scanning, invoicing, and reconciling items from potentially disparate pieces of the companys financial interests and will produce reporting analysis within the Accounts Receivable Department.
Essential Position Functions:
- Review and process payments received against outstanding balances for customer accounts based on remittance information from customers.
- Review credit balances, refunds, adjustments, and claim denials; reconciles, corrects and applies adjustments to billing records.
- Research and resolve issues related to the application of payments received against open invoices on accounts.
- Ensure balancing between bank deposits and cash applied in the system and correct and discrepancies between AR processing and general ledger activity.
- Process journal entries based on Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ‘GAAP and company policy.
- Resolve and process exceptions to credit card transactions.
- Support month-end close responsibilities and deadlines as needed.
- Report disputed items on a recurring basis.
- Address payment issues like double payments or other discrepancies
- Keep detailed record of communication shared with customers relating to any issue resolution of past due balances on account.
- Proactively implement process improvement.
- Assist department supervisors and managers with day-to-day activities.
- Performs other job duties and support to accounting department as required.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Post-Secondary education in accounting is preferred and/or a minimum of 3 years experience in Accounts Receivable with good knowledge of bookkeeping concepts and procedures.
- Must have 3 years experience in a multi-currency, multi-division environment.
- Must have 3 years experience in relevant order processing experience, in a computerized Billing or Order Management environment.
- Must have advanced knowledge in Microsoft Excel and other Office 365 applications.
- Must have ability to quickly analyze data and provide inputs.
- Must have good interpersonal skills and work as a self-starter who takes initiative.
- Able to work in a fast-paced environment and prioritize workload and handle workload changes as they occur within a fast-paced environment whilst meeting deadlines.
- Able to communicate precise information to customers relating to their account status, and to facilitate conflict resolution starter and maintain a high degree of confidentiality.
- Able to work well in a team environment and develop relationships with internal departments to resolve disputes and outstanding issues quickly.
- Experience with SAP or any leading ERP system is an advantage.
- Good data-entry skills with strong attention to details.
- Billing experience in the logistics and/or Cargo industry would be an asset.
Important to Know:
- Cargojet is an equal-opportunity employer. We thank you for your interest. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
- We are committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities. If you require accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs.
- At Cargojet, we make safety the highest priority. Because of this priority and as we operate in a safety-sensitive environment, we require all employees to abstain from consuming Cannabis, in and outside of the workplace. This is a critical element of our drug and alcohol policy that all employees must comply with at all times.
