AR Accountant

Key Responsibilities

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

• 1-5 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 (Business Central preferred; Oracle, SAP, NetSuite, or similar acceptable)
• Intermediate to advanced Excel skills (VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, pivot tables, 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. Will substitute experience.