Accounts Receivable Specialist

AppleOne Employment Services; La Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 64,472,000 - 77,311,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Major medical

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k

Job summary

AppleOne Employment Services seeks an experienced Accounts Receivable Specialist for a temporary assignment in El Cajon, CA. You will support the accounting team with collections, cash posting, and customer account maintenance, collaborating with customers, dealers, and sales partners to ensure healthy cash flow.

Qualifications include 3–5 years in AR/collections, strong Excel skills, and the ability to learn new software.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of accounts receivable, collections, or accounting experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting is a plus but not required, or equivalent experience.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office and Excel; ability to learn new software.

Responsibilities

• Contact customers and dealers by phone, email, or other; collect past due balances.
• Post cash receipts for various payment methods.
• Maintain domestic and international customer accounts; reconciliations and aging review.
• Support credit reviews with financial info and ratio analysis.
• Provide invoices, statements, and payment support to customers and internal teams.
• Perform administrative support for finance-related functions.

Skills

AR collections

Customer communication

Attention to detail

Organization

Typing 50+ wpm

Learning new software

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Accounts Receivable Specialist for a temporary temporary opportunity to cover a LOA in El Cajon, CA. This role will support the accounting and finance team during a leave of absence and will be responsible for collections, cash posting, customer account maintenance, credit review support, and general A/R administration. This is a strong opportunity for an accounting professional who enjoys a structured weekday schedule, detail-focused work, and regular interaction with customers, dealers, sales partners, and internal finance leadership. The role offers the chance to contribute to a collaborative team environment where accuracy, follow-up, and strong communication directly support healthy cash flow and customer account management.

Key Responsibilities

• Contact customers and dealers by phone, email, fax, or other correspondence to collect past due balances and document collection activity.
• Post cash receipts in the accounting system for credit cards, checks, wires, ACH, and other payment methods.
• Maintain domestic and international customer accounts, including account reconciliations, aging review, credit hold review, and unapplied payment research.
• Support credit review activities by gathering credit information, analyzing financial statements, calculating ratios, and assisting with credit limit recommendations.
• Provide invoices, statements, proof of delivery, credit memos, and payment support to customers and internal teams.
• Perform administrative support for finance-related functions, including dealer file maintenance, resale certificate tracking, and backup support for accounting staff.

Compensation and Benefits

• Pay: $22.50 to $26.98 per hour. DOE
• Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM.
• For temporary assignments lasting 13 weeks or longer, AppleOne is pleased to offer major medical, dental, vision, 401k and any statutory sick pay where required.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• Manage accounts receivable collections and follow-up for past due customer and dealer accounts.
• Post and reconcile customer payments across multiple payment methods.
• Review aging reports, credit holds, account balances, and unapplied payments.
• Support credit reviews, customer account setup, and credit limit evaluation.
• 3 to 5 years of related accounts receivable, collections, or accounting experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting is a plus but not required, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office and Excel.
• Ability to learn new accounting software applications as needed.
• Ability to type 50 or more words per minute.
• Strong attention to detail, follow-through, organization, and documentation skills.
• Professional communication skills with the ability to work with customers, dealers, sales teams, and accounting leadership.
• Ability to climb stairs, as there is no elevator.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cash receipts posting, account reconciliation, aging reports, and credit hold management.
• Experience reviewing customer credit information or supporting credit limit decisions.
• Familiarity with ACH, wire, check, credit card, COD, and prepaid payment processing.
• Experience in a dealer, distribution, manufacturing, or product-based business environment.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disabled / Protected Veterans

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We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact your staffing representative who will reach out to our HR team.

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We also consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements, including, if applicable, the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, we will consider for employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, including, if applicable, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For Los Angeles, CA applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.