Accounts Receivable Clerk

Job Description

Job Description

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Are you the kind of AR professional who loves cleaning up aging, posting cash with precision, and making sure customers actually pay what they owe? Do you know how to balance strong collections instincts with solid customer relationships? If so, this one’s for you.

Our client, a stable and growing manufacturing company , is looking for an Accounts Receivable Clerk / AR Specialist to own key pieces of the receivables process. This is a high-impact role for someone who knows AR inside and out — or for a degreed accountant early in their career who wants a strong launchpad into corporate accounting .

What You’ll Be Doing

• Post daily cash receipts, ACH, wires, checks, and lockbox payments
• Apply cash accurately and resolve unapplied cash issues
• Manage the AR aging report and keep overdue balances from getting comfortable
• Handle commercial collections with professionalism, urgency, and backbone
• Investigate short pays, deductions, chargebacks, and invoice discrepancies
• Monitor customer accounts and support credit review and approval
• Work cross-functionally with sales, customer service, and accounting to solve account issues
• Reconcile AR activity and assist with month-end reporting and close
• Maintain accurate customer account records and supporting documentation
• Help improve AR processes, tighten controls, and keep cash flowing

Why This Role Stands Out

• Bread-and-butter AR with real ownership
• Visibility across accounting and operations
• A strong fit for a seasoned AR professional or an ambitious accountant ready to grow
• Opportunity to build experience that can lead into broader corporate accounting responsibilities
• Stable company, tangible product, and work that directly impacts cash flow

If you like your accounting roles with a little more pace, a little more ownership, and a lot more impact, we should talk.

What Our Client Wants

• 5+ years of broad-based AR, cash applications, and collections experience
• Strong background in payment posting , aging management, and B2B collections
• Experience with commercial collections and customer account resolution
• Exposure to credit monitoring and approval
• Manufacturing experience preferred
• ERP system experience and solid Excel skills
• Strong communication skills, attention to detail, and a sense of urgency
• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business is a plus