Collections Specialist, Accounts Receivable

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🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

💵 $1.2k - $1.6k / month

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

💰 Accounts Receivable

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Assist World

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2022

🎯 Recruiter

🤝 B2B

Recruitment • B2B

<Assist World> Assist World is a virtual assistant staffing and outsourcing company that matches businesses with vetted remote assistants across administrative, accounting, customer service, sales, social media, e-commerce, and industry-specific roles. They provide rapid discovery, matching, and onboarding, a management dashboard and dedicated account managers, and a satisfaction guarantee with rematch or refund options. Assist World serves businesses globally, emphasizes cost-effective, flexible staffing (part-time or full-time) with no long-term lock-ins, and promotes a bench of thousands of pre-vetted assistants for scalable teams.

📋 Description

• Take full responsibility for unpaid balances, past-due accounts, and outstanding invoices • Contact clients, follow up on late payments, and negotiate payment arrangements • Identify reasons for payment delays and resolve billing disputes • Maintain accurate records of collection efforts, payment statuses, and client communications • Generate, issue, and track invoices accurately and on time • Maintain account records and reconcile entries • Assist with basic administrative accounting tasks using QuickBooks • Identify billing and collections bottlenecks and improve cash flow • Work closely with a successful business owner and take full ownership of Accounts Receivable functions • Record a 2–3 minute application video covering AR and collections background, handling difficult accounts, a successful collection example, and role fit

🎯 Requirements

• Extensive experience handling Accounts Receivable and chasing payments • Proven track record managing receivables, handling past-due accounts, and lowering aged balances • Ability to negotiate effectively, overcome objections, and push for resolutions • Hands-on experience with QuickBooks, invoicing workflows, and basic bookkeeping or financial administration (nice to have) • Excellent written and verbal English skills • Ability to work independently in a fast-paced remote environment and manage multiple priorities • Assertive and persistent when holding clients accountable and following up on payments • Comfortable handling phone and direct outreach • Able to handle challenging conversations without losing focus • Able to receive payments via Wise; Wise must support local bank transfers in the candidate's country of residence/bank location • Available for U.S. Eastern Standard Time working hours

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% remote • $50 birthday bonus • $200 testimonial bonus • No tracker • Full-time, 40 hours/week • Remote-first team