**Title:** Clerk, Accounting I **Location:** United States-Texas-Grand Prairie **Job Number:** 16519 **SUMMARY:** The Accounting Clerk will provide assistance to the finance department by ensuring that AAR accounts receivable records are up to date, credit and collections are applied. **ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:** + Act as a point of contact with designated customers for collection issues associated with aging accounts. + Liaise and co-ordinate payments, refunds and adjustments to customer accounts + Proactively engage with the Finance Manager to ensure implementation of all contractual requirements to guarantee customer satisfaction and contract performance. + Reconcile customer accounts and identify discrepancies + Contact customers with past due accounts via email and or telephone and reconcile payment + Create reports on status of past due accounts + Provide exceptional customer service by answering customer questions and resolving customer account balance disputes. + daily cash management duties, including posting bank transactions **COMPETENCIES:** Commitment to company values and ethics. + Dependability: personally responsible, completes work in a timely manner, and performs tasks accurately + Motivation: must maintain a positive attitude and strong work energy + Organization: very detail oriented and always comes prepared + Communication: excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills Initiative: plans work and carries out tasks without detailed instructions, prepares for problems or opportunities in advance, undertakes additional responsibilities. Must maintain a professional demeanor at all times for internal and external customer interactions. + Leadership: demonstrated ability to lead people and get results through others Qualifications: **QUALIFICATIONS:** To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. **EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE** : High School Diploma or equivalent. Prior Accounting experience a Plus. **PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT:** The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be regularly required to sit, stand, bend, reach and move about the facility. The environmental characteristic for this position is an office setting. Candidates should be able to adapt to a traditional business environment. *Data Entry and proficiency in Excel and other Microsoft applications are required. *Must have strong organizational skills and attention to details. We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.