Job Description
Responsibilities primarily include maintaining bookkeeping and administrative records; assist in the service of customer inquiries, handle incoming and outgoing mail and perform general office assistance as appropriate and needed.
Essential Job Duties:
1\. Receive, match, verify and process accounts payable for proper entry. May assist with cash collection and proper posting of customer accounts receivables.
2\. May assist the check-in of Route Salespeople to verify receipt of signed invoices and proper payment of C.O.D. invoices.
3\. Research items returned for credit by customers. Handle customer requests for invoice copies.
4\. Insure proper filing of invoices and administrative paperwork on a daily basis.
5\. Key off statements, so as to track invoices that may be missing from files, or misapplied to customer accounts.
6\. Set up new accounts, verifying client data and proper billing information, including resale tax information.
7\. May manage general services, including purchasing of office supplies, mail distribution, office equipment maintenance and repair, facility related issues.
8\. May implement and maintain general office systems, procedures and methods in regards to record retention, administration of budgets and/or expenses, office equipment inventory.
9\. May provide data and information reporting to management.
11\. Assumes other duties as assigned.
Requirements
Basic Qualifications (Minimum Required Experience, Education, Knowledge/Skills/Abilities, Essential Physical Demands):
EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE: High School graduate or G.E.D. equivalent required. experience in accounting related field. Have prior general office experience.
KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES: Must demonstrate good interpersonal and telephone communication skills. Demonstrate basic understanding of elementary bookkeeping. Must be able to work in cooperation with others. Must be attentive to detail and ensure accuracy in work assignments. Must be able to communicate effectively with others.
MACHINES, EQUIPMENT, AND SOFTWARE: Computer, 10-key calculator, multi-user telephone system, copier, fax machine, and Microsoft Office software.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORKING CONDITIONS: Must have the ability to work under conditions of frequent interruptions and be attentive to details. Must be able to be patient with other, have the ability to listen, and be able to work under pressure comfortably.
Position Type
Full-time
Chicago, IL
LKQ Corporation is an American provider of alternative and specialty parts to repair and accessorize automobiles and other vehicles. LKQ has operations in North America, Europe and Taiwan. LKQ offers its customers a broad range of replacement systems, components, equipment and parts to repair and accessorize automobiles, trucks, and recreational and performance vehicles. As of 2018, it was #300 on the Fortune 500 list. In March of 2017, Dominick P. Zarcone was selected to become the new President and Chief Executive Office.
LKQ was initially formed in 1998 through the combination of a number of wholesale recycled products businesses located in Florida, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin. We subsequently expanded through internal development and over 220 acquisitions of aftermarket, recycled, refurbished, and remanufactured product suppliers and manufacturers; self service retail businesses; and specialty vehicle aftermarket equipment and accessories suppliers. Our most significant acquisitions include:
• 2007 acquisition of Keystone Automotive Industries, Inc., which, at the time of acquisition, was the leading domestic distributor of aftermarket products, including collision replacement products, paint products, refurbished steel bumpers, bumper covers and alloy wheels.
• 2011 acquisition of Euro Car Parts Holdings Limited ("ECP"), a vehicle mechanical aftermarket parts distribution company operating in the United Kingdom. This acquisition allowed us to expand our operations into the European automotive aftermarket business.
• 2013 acquisition of Sator Beheer B.V. ("Sator"), a vehicle mechanical aftermarket parts distribution company based in the Netherlands, with operations in the Netherlands, Belgium and Northern France. This acquisition allowed us to further expand our geographic presence into continental Europe.
• 2014 acquisition of Keystone Specialty, which expanded our product offering and increased our addressable market to include specialty vehicle aftermarket equipment and accessories.
• On December 22, 2015, LKQ announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the holding company of Rhiag-Inter Auto Parts Italia
• S.p.A (“Rhiag”), a leading pan-European business-to-business distributor of aftermarket spare parts for passenger cars and commercial vehicles. Rhiag has operations in Italy, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Poland and Spain. The transaction is expected to be completed in the first half of 2016 and is subject to customary closing conditions and necessary regulatory approvals.