The accounts receivable administrator verifies shipment paperwork and creates invoices. He processes and applies cash receipts to appropriate invoices. He may follow up on past due accounts to obtain payment.

Main Work Tasks

To See

Create an invoice, either on the basis of a sales order, or without a pre-existing sales order.

Invoice Sales Activities

Issue an invoice for pre-payment before the goods or services are shipped.

Invoice Prepayments

Post a receipt in the cash receipt journal.

How to: Process Cash Receipts

Apply a receipt to a sales invoice.

Apply Sales Transactions

Remind customers of overdue amounts, calculate interest and finance charges, and manage accounts receivable.

Collect Outstanding Balances

Fill in and post general journals and recurring journals.

Work with General Journals

Manage bank accounts.

Manage Cash

Use intercompany documents and journals to minimize data entry when you post transactions between intercompany partners.

Manage Intercompany Transactions

Related Tasks

To See

Manage inventory and manufacturing costs, report costs, and reconcile costs with the general ledger.

Manage Inventory Costs

Record a customer request in a sales quote and send it to the customer for acceptance.

Process Inquiries and Quotes

Create sales orders for items or services as requested by customers.

Process Sales

Investigate return reasons and manage order documents involved in receiving returned items from customers.

Manage Sales Returns

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