Accounts Receivable Specialist

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Austin, TX, USA
Hybrid
Entry level
Logistics • Sales • Software • 3PL: Third Party Logistics
Arrive Logistics is one of the fastest-growing freight brokerages in the nation.
The Role
Manages accounts receivable and delivery-to-cash processes for assigned customers. Responsibilities include customer onboarding, invoicing, documentation, EDI accuracy, accessorial billing, payment discrepancy resolution, collections support, account health monitoring, reporting, and SOP development. The role partners with sales, operations, cash application, and customers to resolve billing issues, improve processes, and ensure timely and accurate payments.
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Who We Are

Arrive Logistics is a leading transportation and technology company in North America with plans to grow significantly year over year. Our success is a testament to our remarkable team and what we’re building together. We’re committed to providing employees with a meaningful work experience and have established an award-winning culture that supports personal and career development in a fun, casual, and collaborative environment.

Who We Want

The Customer Relations Specialist plays a critical role in managing the delivery-to-cash functions for assigned accounts. Acting as the primary point of contact for the designated RevGen team and customers, this role ensures accurate invoicing, timely payments, and resolution of billing discrepancies. The specialist also monitors key reports, analyzes data, and drives process improvements to support operational efficiency and customer satisfaction.

 

What You'll Do

  • Primary Point of Contact: Serve as the main liaison for customers and your assigned sales team, fostering strong relationships and clear communication.
  • Financial Operations Support: Provide guidance to internal teams on upstream operational processes, including load building, EDI, accessorial management, and credit. Lead projects and process improvement initiatives that make these functions efficient and accurate.
  • Customer Onboarding: Own the financial and invoicing portion of onboarding. Ensure the CRM and internal SOPs capture invoicing requirements, accessorial reimbursement process, external system access, net terms, payment methods, customer contacts, and paperwork requirements. Monitor invoices for successful generation and troubleshoot as needed.
  • Invoicing Operations: Manage end-to-end invoicing, including document collection, invoice uploads, billing methods, and timely submission, ensuring accuracy and compliance with each customer’s requirements.
  • Uninvoiced Revenue and Invoicing Failures: Monitor uninvoiced loads and invoice rejections, identify root causes, and resolve them quickly to keep revenue moving.
  • Load Building and EDI Accuracy: Partner with operations and internal sales teams to ensure loads are built correctly, required paperwork is captured, and EDI transmissions meet customer specifications.
  • Accessorial Management: Analyze accessorial charges, secure required approvals, and ensure charges are billed accurately and timely.
  • Sales Team Support: Collaborate with BizDev representatives to ensure timely responses to rate requests, accessorial approvals, and other time-sensitive tasks. Collaborate on collection initiatives and process improvements leading to more streamlined collection efforts.
  • Reporting and Process Analysis: Monitor key operational reports, analyze customer-level trends, and recommend process improvements to internal and external teams.
  • Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs): Develop, document, and enforce SOPs for invoicing, load-building, and customer-specific requirements.
  • Cross-Team Collaboration: Partner with internal teams to resolve issues related to cash allocation, write-offs, etc. 
  • Payment Discrepancy Resolution: Investigate and resolve short payments, overpayments, misapplied funds, and unapplied cash in collaboration with BizDev and Cash Application teams.
  • Account Health: Maintain accurate notes on account status, follow up on past-due balances as needed, and meet aging targets by addressing the operational issues that cause payment delays.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree required 
  • 0-1 years experience in a customer operations role
  • Industry experience required
  • Oracle NetSuite experience & expert knowledge of Microsoft Suite, with an emphasis on Excel
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Maturity to work effectively in negotiation discussions with customer and sales reps
  • Expert knowledge of Microsoft Suite, with an emphasis on Excel-ability to do vlookups and pivot tables is required
  • Self-starter with ability to work independently and as a team
  • Highly organized with excellent time management skills and a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
  • Ability to handle a heavy workload and adaptability to work in fast paced environment

The Perks of Working With Us

  • Take advantage of our comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and supplemental coverage.
  • Invest in your future with our matching 401K program.
  • A balanced Hybrid Work Environment: Our tech teams all come into the office together 2 -3  days a week and work-from-home the rest of the week! 
  • Build relationships and find your home at Arrive through our Employee Resource Groups.
  • Leave the suit and tie at home; our dress code is casual.
  • Work in the booming city of Austin, TX - we are in a convenient location close to the airport and downtown.
  • Park your car for free on site!
  • Sweat it out using local gym discounts or with the team at our onsite gym.
  • Maximize your wellness with free counseling sessions through our Employee Assistance Program
  • Take time to manage your physical and mental health - we offer company paid holidays, paid vacation time and wellness days.
  • Receive 100% paid parental leave when you become a new parent.
  • Start your morning with a specialty drink from our fully stocked coffee bar, Broker’s Brew.
  • Get paid to work with your friends through our Referral Program!
  • Get relocation assistance! If you are not local to the area, we offer relocation packages.

Your Arrive Experience
When we say “award-winning culture,” we mean it. We’ve been recognized as a top workplace by Inc. Fast Company, Fortune, and earned Top Workplaces and Great Place to Work, to name a few. We intend on topping many more of those lists in the years to come, but we’re not in it for the trophies. We’re committed to culture because it keeps us connected to each other and invested in our shared success while having a blast along the way. Our employee-founded resource groups create communities within Arrive’s walls, including Women in Logistics, Emerging Professionals, Prisms, Black Logistics Group, Salute and Unidos.
 
Notice:
To ensure a safe and transparent interview process, we want to note that Arrive Logistics adheres to strict recruitment practices. Candidates undergo an interview process, and Arrive Logistics does not provide unsolicited job offers. If you have concerns about receiving a fraudulent offer, please contact [email protected] for verification.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree
  • 0-1 years of experience in a customer operations role
  • Industry experience
  • Oracle NetSuite experience
  • Expert knowledge of Microsoft Suite, especially Excel
  • Ability to use Excel VLOOKUPs and pivot tables
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to negotiate effectively with customers and sales representatives
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively
  • Strong organization, time management, accuracy, and attention to detail
  • Ability to manage a heavy workload in a fast-paced environment

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The Company
HQ: Austin, TX
1,700 Employees
Year Founded: 2014

What We Do

Arrive Logistics is a top 4 American truckload brokerage headquartered in Austin, Texas, with 10 locations across North America. Founded in 2014, Arrive delivers unparalleled service and custom strategic solutions to a diverse network of globally recognized brands and vetted carriers. Arrive has 2,000 employees, 5,500 customers, and 10,000 core carriers in its network. The Company has been recognized for its service excellence by more than 50 enterprise shippers in the trailing 36 months. At Arrive, 'We Deliver, So You Can.“ For more information, visit www.arrivelogistics.com.

Why Work With Us

We are an ambitious, high-growth company that pushes the limit of what’s possible for our team and partners. In only 10 years, Arrive surpassed 30,000 competitors to become a Top 7 truckload brokerage — and we’re just getting started. We are on track to break into the Top 5 by 2025 and the Top 3 by 2026.

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