Overview
A leading organization is seeking a detail-oriented Accounts Receivable (AR) Accountant with strong accounting foundations and experience managing the full AR cycle. This role combines accounting-focused AR responsibilities—including month-end close, reconciliations, and accurate transaction recording—with operational AR duties such as dispute resolution, credit memos, collections follow-up, and cross-functional collaboration.

The ideal candidate brings deep knowledge of AR accounting, strong reconciliation skills, and the ability to ensure subledgers tie accurately to the general ledger, while also maintaining productive customer and intercompany relationships.

Key Responsibilities

Accounting & Month-End Close

• Support month-end and quarter-end close activities, including preparing accruals, schedules, journal entries, and reporting.

• Reconcile the AR subledger to the general ledger, ensuring completeness and accuracy of all balances.

• Accurately record all AR-related transactions in the ERP system (invoices, payments, credit memos, write-offs, allowances, adjustments).

• Reconcile and clear intercompany AP/AR balances, ensuring proper setup of customer master data and alignment across entities.

• Apply strong understanding of debit/credit accounting, including proper accounting treatment for:

  • Credit memos

  • Refunds

  • Intercompany transactions

  • Allowance for doubtful accounts

• Ensure subledger integrity, identifying and resolving discrepancies and reconciling aged balances.

Collections & Customer Account Management

• Lead proactive collection efforts, conducting dunning activities and following up with domestic and international customers to drive timely payment of open invoices.

• Monitor aging reports and past-due receivables (31+ days), documenting collection notes and escalating issues appropriately.

• Research and resolve complex billing issues, payment discrepancies, unapplied cash, and customer disputes.

• Process and validate customer credit memos and investigate irregularities in customer accounts.

Intercompany & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Oversee reconciliation of intercompany AR/AP during close cycles and ensure accuracy of intercompany settlements.

• Work closely with Sales, Customer Service, and Operations to resolve billing issues, customer disputes, and order release challenges.

• Review and release sales orders in accordance with customer credit limits, payment history, and risk considerations.

Process Improvement & Systems

• Leverage strong ERP experience (Oracle preferred; SAP, NetSuite, or similar acceptable) to ensure accurate data and improve process efficiency.

• Use advanced Excel skills to support reporting, analysis, and reconciliation activities.

• Identify opportunities to streamline and standardize processes, contributing to AR automation and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Accounts Receivable, AR Accounting, or a related finance/accounting role.

• Strong understanding of accounting principles, including reconciliations, debits/credits, allowances, accruals, and intercompany transactions.

• Hands-on experience reconciling AR subledgers to the general ledger and resolving discrepancies.

• Experience with collections, dispute resolution, credit memos, and high-volume AR operations.

• Proficiency with ERP systems (Oracle strongly preferred); familiarity with intercompany processes a plus.

• Intermediate to advanced Excel skills (VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, pivot tables, modeling, analysis).

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work cross-functionally and manage customer interactions professionally.

• Strong attention to detail, analytical problem-solving, and commitment to accuracy.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field preferred.