Accounts Receivables Specialist

Sunrise Farms is a group of companies with primary focus in the poultry industry.

From our hatcheries to our “ready to eat” state of the art cooking facilities we service customers in the retail, food service and industrial sectors. We are proud of our support of the Canadian farm as well as our investment in the latest equipment and technologies at our facilities across Canada. Our test kitchens have the most current cooking equipment replicating that used in commercial establishments, to facilitate precision testing. This way you know the product you receive will perform to your expectations. We are proud of our long-standing partnerships with family-owned Canadian chicken farmers to produce high quality products.

Role:

Reporting to the Manager, Accounts Payable and Receivable, the Accounts Receivable Specialist is a key member to the finance operations team in preparing invoices, tracking incoming payments, reconciling customer accounts, and resolving discrepancies for multiple entities efficiently and on a timely manner.  The Accounts Receivable Specialist will also support the company in process and system optimization initiative in finance operations.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for accounts receivable process for multiple companies and locations, including applying customer payments, investigating discrepancies, issuing adjustments and credit notes as needed.
• Reconcile payments received on bank statements to cash book on a weekly basis as part of the bank reconciliation process.
• Build strong relationships and communicate with customers and sales reps.
• Follow company/department procedures and policies, and communicate with manager with any significant deviations or concerns when reconciling customer accounts.
• Work with other internal departments and customers to resolve issues or escalate to manager relating customer invoices, past due accounts, or disputes.
• Ensure documentation is accurately organized and stored.
• Weekly travel to complete bank run Cover receptionist duties during lunch hour (shared duty between AP and AR).
• Other various related duties as assigned by management.

Requirements:

• 2 years previous accounts receivable experience required.
• Strong data entry skills with experience dealing with high volume of invoices.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with great attention to detail.
• Ability to work well within a team and other departments within the organization.
• Valid drivers license and vehicle requirement for bank runs.

At Sunrise Farms we are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or any other identifying characteristic are encouraged to apply.

Please note that the expected new hire salary range provided is derived from a group of like roles within Sunrise Farms. The final offer amount for this role will be dependent on geographical region, applicable experience, and skillset of the candidate.