Collections Analyst at Aston Carter

Collections Analyst

St. Louis, MO

Entry level position! Bachelor's degree in accounting, business, or finance, no experience

Job Description

The Collections Analyst manages a high-volume billing and collections portfolio, ensuring timely customer payments, accurate invoicing, and clean accounts receivable records. This role combines customer contact, detailed financial analysis, and cross-functional collaboration to reduce past-due balances, resolve billing issues, and support continuous process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Contact customers by phone and email to secure timely payments, discuss outstanding balances, and resolve concerns in a professional and service-oriented manner.
• Investigate billing discrepancies, identify root causes, and correct errors to ensure accurate and compliant invoices.
• Manage a portfolio of customer accounts by proactively reducing past-due balances and maintaining current account status.
• Identify and resolve cash application errors, ensuring payments are applied accurately and promptly to customer accounts.
• Investigate and resolve chargeback deductions, working with internal stakeholders and customers to validate, dispute, or correct charges.
• Issue and distribute invoices accurately and on schedule, ensuring all supporting documentation is complete.
• Process new contracts and sales into the billing system, verifying that terms, pricing, and customer information are correctly captured.
• Collaborate with other departments, including sales, finance, and operations, to ensure billing accuracy and resolve account issues.

Essential Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent relevant work experience.
• At least 3 years of B2B collections experience in a high-volume environment.
• Strong accounting knowledge, including accounts receivable, accounts payable, reconciliation, and general bookkeeping principles.
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including use of formulas for analysis and reporting.

Job Type & Location: This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Saint Louis, MO.

Pay and Benefits: The pay range for this position is $24.00 - $25.00/hr. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision; Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital; 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available; Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents); Short and long-term disability; Health Spending Account (HSA); Transportation benefits; Employee Assistance Program; Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave).

Workplace Type: This is a fully onsite position in Saint Louis, MO.

Application Deadline: This position is anticipated to close on Aug 2, 2026.