SR AR Specialist

About the role

Location: Arlington, VA. Type: Contract.

Responsibilities

• Manage full-cycle accounts receivable processes for a portfolio of clients.
• Prepare and issue invoices and maintain accurate billing records.
• Process cash applications and post customer payments accurately.
• Verify and post receipts, settle open invoices, and resolve payment discrepancies.
• Investigate and resolve customer invoice disputes.
• Perform account reconciliations and maintain related balance sheet accounts.
• Review aging schedules and assist with month-end close activities, including bad debt allowance analysis.
• Support collections activities primarily through email communication.
• Handle a high-volume workload, particularly during month-end close periods.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure accurate and timely accounts receivable reporting.
• Utilize Excel to analyze data, create reports, and manage reconciliations.

Required Qualifications

• 2+ years of accounts receivable experience.
• Strong full-cycle AR experience with hands-on responsibility for invoicing, billing, cash applications, and account reconciliations.
• Experience processing cash applications manually and independently, not solely through automated system processes.
• Advanced Excel skills, including VLOOKUPs, SUMIFS, and data manipulation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently, take initiative, and manage multiple priorities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred but not required.
• Experience with foreign currency cash transactions.
• Audit support experience.
• Experience with Dynamics 365, Power BI, or similar financial systems and reporting tools.
• Background in accounts payable with advanced Excel skills and a desire to grow into AR may also be considered.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision insurance.
• 401(k) plan.
• Monetary bonuses (eligible).

Pay

$28–$33 per hour.