Cash Application Specialist

A Day in Your Life at MKS:
As a Cash Application Specialist at MKS Inc, you will partner with customers and other team members to verify the precision of customer payments by aligning them with the corresponding invoices. Additionally, you play a crucial role in managing supplementary tasks for the accounts receivables department, ensuring adherence to internal and external quality, safety, and environmental regulations. Your responsibilities incorporate the recovery of customer collections, maintaining an up-to-date customer portfolio, preventing account expiration, and facilitating effective reconciliation of accounts. In this role, you will report to the Regional Credit Manager.

• Daily processing of cash receipts for US, CA and MX to customer accounts, including credit card payment, other adjustments for credits/debits and small account write-offs 

• Assist with netting intercompany receivables and payments, e.g. CSA. Processing of intercompany payments received from ACH, EFT, wire transfers, credit cards or checks. 

• Ensure non-customer payments are recorded properly. 

• Identify unapplied amounts, post to customer accounts, inquire on back up and clear unapplied against customer account.  

• Maintenance of accounting records (filing remittances, bank statements and approvals for write offs) 

• Support A/R service support center and Regional A/R Manager with any relevant issues relating to cash receipts, applications, held orders, collections, bankruptcies, and audits. 

• Maintain internal communication regarding the situation of customers. 

• Preparing month end close reporting. 

Skills You Bring:

• High School Diploma or GED. (Associate or bachelor's degree preferred.)

• ERP knowledge (such as SAP) and Microsoft Office. 

• 3+ years experience in Cash Application, customer account reconciliations, accounts receivable and collections- Strongly preffered

• 1+ Data Entry – 10 key efficient. 

• Proficient in English and Spanish spoken and written. 

• Strong negotiation skills to achieve mutually beneficial outcome

• Exceptional attention to details

• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with customers and sales representatives

• High efficiency in managing tasks and delivering results

*Please submit resume in English*

Physical Demands and Working Conditions:
• Perform activities such as sitting, standing, or typing for extended periods of time

• Regularly requires good manual dexterity and coordination

• Must be able to communicate information and ideas so others will understand

• Must be able to exchange accurate information

• The ability to observe documents and details at close range (within a few feet of the observer)

• Operates in a professional office environment

• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery

• Noise level in the work environment is usually average

Globally, our policy is to recruit individuals from wide and diverse backgrounds. However, certain positions require access to controlled goods and technologies subject to various export control regulations.  Applicants for these positions may be limited (by, for example, their countries of citizenship, country of origin, or immigration status) where required by law or governmental contact, and/or employment made contingent upon the issuance of appropriate governmental licensing.

MKS Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries ("MKS") is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer: diverse candidates are encouraged to apply. We win as a team and are committed to recruiting and hiring qualified applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), religion, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability or handicap, marital status, membership in the uniformed services, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law. Hiring decisions are based on merit, qualifications and business needs. We conduct background checks and drug screens, in accordance with applicable law and company policies.  MKS is generally only hiring candidates who reside in states where we are registered to do business.

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