Accounts Receivable Specialist

Express Employment Professionals; Arcola (IL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Express Employment Professionals in Arcola, IL is seeking an Accounts Receivable Specialist to manage customer payments, maintain accurate ledger records, and resolve billing discrepancies.

The role requires 2–3 years of accounting experience, proficiency in Excel and Office, strong attention to detail, and clear communication with customers to keep accounts up to date; travel to Arcola is required.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of accounting experience, with accounts receivable, invoicing, or collections.
• Understanding of customer balances, credits, debits, and payment application.
• Proficiency in Excel, Office, and email.
• Strong attention to detail and organization.
• Willingness to travel to Arcola, IL.

Responsibilities

• Process invoices and apply payments to accounts.
• Maintain lockbox records and process credits and debits.
• Research discrepancies and resolve billing issues.
• Contact customers about overdue invoices and balances.
• File freight claims and help resolve customer claim disputes.
• Keep AR records accurate, organized, and current.
• Assist with general office tasks (phones, filing, sorting mail).

Skills

Accounting experience

Accounts receivable

Excel

Office software

Email communications

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Communication

Travel to Arcola

Tools

Excel

Microsoft Office

Email

Job description

Accounts Receivable Specialist

Location: Arcola, IL
Experience: 2–3 years of accounting experience

About the Role

We’re looking for a detail-oriented Accounts Receivable Specialist to help manage customer payments, maintain accurate account records, and resolve billing discrepancies. This role is a good fit for someone who enjoys working with numbers, staying organized, and communicating with customers to keep accounts up to date.

What You’ll Do

• Process customer invoices and apply payments to the correct accounts.

• Maintain lockbox records and process account credits and debits.

• Research payment discrepancies and resolve billing issues.

• Contact customers by phone and email regarding overdue invoices and outstanding balances.

• File freight claims and help resolve customer claim disputes.

• Keep accounts receivable records accurate, organized, and current.

• Assist with general office tasks, including answering phones, filing, and sorting mail.

What We’re Looking For

• 2–3 years of accounting experience, ideally involving accounts receivable, invoicing, payment processing, or collections.

• Understanding of customer account balances, credits, debits, and payment application.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, and email.

• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.

• Clear, professional communication and the ability to work through account discrepancies.

• Willingness and ability to travel to Arcola, IL.

Skills & Equipment

Experience using computers, Excel, email, adding machines, copiers, scanners, fax machines, and standard accounting or office equipment is helpful.

If you have an accounting background and enjoy keeping financial records accurate while helping resolve customer account issues, this could be a good opportunity to put those skills to work.