Accounts Receivable Specialist

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Accounts Receivable Specialist

Contract: Framingham, Massachusetts, US

Salary Range: 17.00 - 18.00 | Per Hour

Job Code: 372371

End Date: 2026-11-14
Days Left: 28 days, 4 hours left

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Job Title: Accounts Receivable Specialist

Duration 3+ Months

Location: Framingham, MA - 01701

Hybrid : Tues-Thur in office - Mon/Fri will be Remote

Pay Rate: $17 - 18/hr

Summary :

The Accounts Receivable Specialist is responsible for managing accounts receivable, ensuring timely cash application, and resolving customer deductions. This role focuses on improving the cash conversion cycle while providing high-quality service to internal and external stakeholders. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, proactive, and capable of working in a fast-paced, transformational environment.

Key Objectives & Accountabilities

• Act as the primary contact for customer account inquiries, payment status, and receivables issues.
• Monitor customer payment behavior and ensure compliance with payment terms.
• Drive customer payment adherence through collections, negotiations, and dunning processes.
• Apply cash payments accurately to open accounts receivable balances.
• Reconcile accounts, match payments to invoices, and resolve discrepancies.
• Investigate and resolve unidentified payments, overpayments, and misapplied payments.
• Work closely with internal teams (Order Management, Sales, Treasury, Finance, Accounting, etc.) to optimize processes and customer experience.
• Support month- and year-end closing procedures and audit requests.
• Contribute to process improvements, automation, and efficiency initiatives.
• Report on accounts receivable KPIs and cash flow performance.
• Focuses on three primary pillars: Deductions, Collections, and Cash Application.
• Investigates deductions and disputes from major accounts (e.g., Amazon, Walmart, Target, Costco) to verify validity and gather necessary supporting evidence.
• Collaborates cross-functionally with Logistics, Sales (VPs), and Finance to resolve pricing disputes and secure missing documents.
• Monitors account statements, past due balances, check payments, and remittances.
• Conducts reporting and presents account challenges/open AR status to internal sales leadership.

Experience:

• Minimum of 1 year in AR/Finance
• 2-5+ years preferred. Background in Finance or Accounting is ideal.

Technical Skill:

• Familiarity with ERP systems (SAP ECC preferred)
• Power BI (navigating slicers/filters)
• Excel (pivot tables, data structuring).

Soft Skill & Competencies:

• Ability to work independently across multiple time zones, strong analytical mindset, assertive communication, and problem-solving skill to drive collections and deduction resolutions.

Hard Skill

• Strong knowledge of the customer-to-cash process.
• Proficiency in Excel (pivot tables, formulas) and Office tools.
• Experience with SAP Finance, Adyen, or similar financial software.
• Analytical skill for trend identification and payment discrepancy resolution.
• Power BI and automation tools (preferred).
• Fluency in English (mandatory).

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, paid time off, paid sick and safe time, hours of paid vacation time, weeks of paid parental leave, and paid holidays annually - as applicable.

Job Requirement

• Accounts Receivable
• AR
• A/R

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• Sharvari Doke
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