AR Partner - National Accounts

MRC Global serves the oil and gas industry across the upstream, midstream and downstream sectors as well as the chemical and gas distribution market sectors worldwide.

Job Purpose

The AR Partner - National Accounts is responsible for managing accounts and billing of MRC Global’s named accounts and following up with any customer or supplier with outstanding payments. This role will build relationships with key accounts and work to resolve issues regarding payable requirements.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

The Role ’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

- Collections focus will be on named managed /national MRC Global accounts focusing on root cause issues causing account to be delinquent in payment to MRC Global .

- Build, maintain , and grow relationships both internally and externally to strengthen the business relationship MRC Global has with these key accounts which includes traveling to customer sites on an annual basis

- Using large data sets to analyze, interpret, and come up with solutions to complex issues that exist between MRC Global and key accounts

- Using periodic aging data as a guide, research issues which may be contributing to root cause problems in collection of amounts outstanding .

- Gain understanding of customers’ accounting systems and procedures to modify the transfer of data to meet customers’ payables requirements.

- Using weekly priority collection list, monthly aging, and follow-up comments, make collection calls to those managed account customers who are delinquent .

- Arrange and follow-up payment schedules, or work with customers and branches to resolve issues preventing payment.

- Review daily payment discrepancy notices , forwarding to customer or service center as appropriate .

- Work with customer and/or service center for solution through clearing of discrepancy from customers’ account using interpersonal communication and research of transaction through SIMS and other MRC systems.

- Focus on resolving issues for managed accounts.

- Take reasonable care for the safety and health of yourself and others, report workplace hazards, injuries, or illness immediately .

- Other departmental duties or projects as assigned.

Required Experience

- High school diploma or a GED (general education degree) with three to five years’ work experience.

- Strong logical reasoning skills

- Ability to travel as needed to customer sites to work in tandem to resolve issues

- Ability to contribute to the quality process by learning new procedures and functions within the department as needed . Good business math skills to accurately understand and process customer account status.

- Excellent knowledge of MS Office, with excellent skills in Excel; ability to learn SIMS and other web-based applications .

- Ability to establish a good rapport with customers, service center employees, department personnel, and other corporate employees using written correspondence, proper phone etiquette, and other effective interpersonal skills.

- Strong organizational and prioritizing skills, customer service skills.

Preferred Experience

- High school diploma or a GED (general education degree) with three to five years’ work experience.

- Strong logical reasoning skills

- Strong data analytic skills

- Master user in Excel and other data analytic software

- Ability to contribute to the quality process by learning new procedures and functions within the department as needed . Good business math skills to accurately understand and process customer account status.

- Ability to establish a good rapport with customers, service center employees, department personnel, and other corporate employees using written correspondence, proper phone etiquette, and other effective interpersonal skills.

- Strong organizational and prioritizing skills, customer service skills.

Skills & Abilities

- Proven experience as an AR Resolutions Specialist or similar role .

- Strong organizational and prioritizing skills .

- Ability to pinpoint on root cause problems and resolve problems timely .

- Customer service skills

- Ability to establish excellent rapport with customers, sales representatives, branch management and other corporate employees using written correspondence, proper phone etiquette and other interpersonal skills.

- Excellent knowledge of MS Office, especially Excel.

- Knowledge of billing procedures and collection techniqu es.

Working Conditions

- Work is performed in an office environment .

- May require prolonged periods of sitting/ standing.

- For position-specific details regarding the physical and mental demands and working conditions, contact Human Resources.

- Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals to perform essential functions.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.

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