Senior Accounts Receivable Specialist
About The Position
The Senior Accounts Receivable Specialist serves as a strategic business partner to the Controller and senior leadership, overseeing all aspects of accounts receivable operations to ensure accurate billing, timely revenue recognition, and strong cash flow performance. This role is responsible for managing invoicing, cash application, collections, credit monitoring, and AR reconciliations, while reducing aged receivables and improving the company’s cash conversion cycle. The position collaborates closely with operations, sales, and customer service to ensure billing completeness and accuracy, develops and enforces receivable procedures and internal controls, and provides regular AR aging and DSO reporting to leadership to support informed financial decision-making.
Requirements
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- Proficiency with accounting systems and software.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks simultaneously in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Associate’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field. Bachelor’s degree preferred.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in accounts receivable or related financial operations.
- Proven experience processing accounts receivable transactions in a mid-sized organization.
- Familiarity with ERP systems and accounting software.
- Advanced proficiency with accounting software and Microsoft Excel.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in the automotive or distribution industries, preferred
Responsibilities
- Act as a business partner to Controller and other senior leaders within the organization.
- Ensure billing accuracy, prompt processing of customer invoices, and timely revenue recognition, by applying cash receipts to customer accounts and updating accounting records.
- Monitor and reduce aged receivables to improve cash conversion cycle through collections call, statement reconciliations, mailings and escalations as needed
- Manage daily accounts receivable operations, ensuring the accurate and timely processing of customer invoices.
- Reconcile AR subledger to general ledger and resolve discrepancies on a weekly basis
- Lead collections of past-due accounts, including maintaining proactive customer communication
- Track customer credit limits and escalate risk exposures.
- Maintain accurate and organized records of accounts receivable transactions.
- Collaborate with operations, sales and customer service team members to ensure billing completeness, correct invoice discrepancies, and percent of completion accuracy.
- Prepare and send account statements to customers on a regular basis.
- Prepare weekly AR aging reports and DSO metrics to leadership.
- Develop and implement efficient receivable procedures and internal controls in partnership with the Controller.
- Set up new customers within the ERP system and ensure credit compliance before contract signature.
- Files notices and Liens as required.
- Other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
