Full-Time

Accounts Receivable and Banking Coordinator

Finance

Jacobs & Thompson

Jacobs & Thompson

51-200 employees

Fabricates foam, film, textile, and adhesives

No salary listed

Toronto, ON, Canada

In Person

Bachelor's

Category
Accounting (1)
Required Skills
Excel/Numbers/Sheets

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Requirements
  • A diploma or degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or equivalent experience is required.
  • Three to five years of accounts receivable, collections, banking administration, or accounting experience is required.
  • Strong Microsoft Excel skills are required.
  • Experience working with enterprise resource planning systems is required.
  • The role requires attention to detail, organization, deadline focus, communication, customer service, problem-solving, manual review and reconciliation, independent work, and cross-department collaboration.
Responsibilities
  • Follow up on outstanding customer accounts and collection items.
  • Apply customer payments accurately and on time.
  • Resolve deductions, short payments, unapplied cash, and account discrepancies.
  • Maintain aging reports and provide collection status updates.
  • Work with Sales, Customer Service, and Operations on billing and payment issues.
  • Assist with customer account maintenance and month-end accounts receivable processes.
  • Maintain coverage with accounts receivable insurance providers and monitor and report delinquent accounts to internal management and insurance providers.
  • Liaise with subsidiary controllers and accounts receivable personnel on company-related accounts receivable and insurance matters.
  • Consolidate company-wide cash receipt and disbursement information for daily executive reporting.
  • Process or verify electronic funds transfers, wire transfers, cheque deposits, and customer receipts.
  • Perform daily cash application and related reconciliations.
  • Complete bank reconciliations and investigate outstanding items.
  • Monitor banking activity and escalate unusual transactions or discrepancies.
  • Process and reconcile Canadian-dollar, U.S.-dollar, and other multicurrency transactions.
  • Maintain banking support and audit documentation.
  • Work across modern enterprise resource planning platforms and legacy business systems.
  • Meet the first-12-month success measures, including timely payment application, consistent customer-account follow-up, accurate bank reconciliations and cash application, clear accounts receivable aging and collection summaries, and bank reconciliation within the first three business days of month-end.
Desired Qualifications
  • Manufacturing, distribution, or high-volume transaction experience is preferred.
  • Multicurrency transaction experience is an asset.
  • Bank reconciliation and cash application experience are preferred.
  • Microsoft Dynamics 365 experience is preferred.
  • WYSE, AS400-style, or legacy manufacturing system experience is an asset.
  • Online banking platform experience is an asset.

Jacobs & Thompson Inc. fabricates foam, film, textile and adhesive components for more than 20 markets, including automotive, medical, military, and general manufacturing across North America. It is Canada’s most vertically integrated foam parts supplier, converting raw materials into finished parts and offering engineered solutions with just-in-time delivery. The company differentiates itself through full vertical integration, a broad market footprint, and its four bedrock principles: integrity, engineered solutions, personalized service, and dependable delivery. Its goal is to provide tailored foam and related components quickly and reliably to a wide range of industries.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Toronto, Canada

Founded

1955

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What believers are saying

  • Ramfoam doubled Alanto turnover from £10 million to £20 million by 2024.
  • Management targets consistent double-digit revenue growth after the Ramfoam integration.
  • Alanto directors stayed on after the 2026 sale, preserving customer relationships and know-how.

What critics are saying

  • Walsall expansion still depends on debt-funded integration after Lloyds' £3.8 million loan.
  • UK manufacturing labor shortages and supply-chain issues pressure margins and delivery reliability.
  • Cross-border integration across Canada, UK, UAE, and Mexico creates execution failure risk.

What makes Jacobs & Thompson unique

  • 1955-founded Toronto group, vertically integrated foam, film, textile, and adhesive components specialist.
  • North America’s largest foam and rubber converter, serving 20 specialized industrial markets.
  • 2026 Alanto acquisition gives J&T its first serious European operating foothold.

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Company News

Alanto
Sep 5th, 2023
Jacobs & Thompson Acquires Ramfoam Ltd.

J&T previously acquired Alanto Ltd., also based in the West Midlands in 2021.