Accounts Receivable Specialist

24 Seven Talent; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

24 Seven Talent is seeking a Senior Accounts Receivable Analyst to provide temporary support in a high-volume collections and payments function. The role focuses on reducing aged receivables, speeding cash collections, and resolving complex reconciliation issues across invoices, payments, credits, and residual activity.

Ideal candidates have strong B2B AR experience, advanced Excel skills, and the ability to investigate discrepancies independently.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of B2B accounts receivable, collections, cash application, or related financial operations.
• Strong Excel proficiency including PivotTables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, SUMIFS.
• Experience researching customer payments, invoices, credits, deductions, unapplied cash.
• Analytical, investigative, reconciliation and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage complex or high-dollar accounts and prioritize based on exposure.

Responsibilities

• Perform targeted collection activities for aged AR, focusing on 90+ days balances.
• Research account history, payments, credits, deductions, and disputes to find delinquency causes.
• Outreach with customers and partners to obtain payment statuses and plans.
• Prioritize work by aging, exposure, risk, and likelihood of recovery.
• Reconcile outstanding residual documents, overpayments, and related activity.
• Trace transactions to invoices, receipts, credits, and misapplied cash.
• Identify unapplied cash, duplicate transactions, and billing discrepancies.
• Determine resolution paths: collections, cash apps, billing updates, credits, or write-offs.
• Collaborate with Collections, Cash Application, Billing, Finance, Sales, and others.
• Maintain complete collection notes and audit-ready documentation.
• Escalate material balances and blockers as needed.
• Track accounts and provide status updates on collections and exposure.
• Identify root causes and propose AR process improvements.

Skills

Excel proficiency

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Independent work

Tools

SAP

ERP systems

Job description

Our client is seeking a detail-oriented Senior Accounts Receivable Analyst to provide temporary support for a high-volume Collections and Payments function. This role will focus on reducing aged receivables, accelerating cash collections, and researching and resolving complex reconciliation issues involving invoices, payments, credits, deductions, and residual account activity.

The ideal candidate brings strong business-to-business accounts receivable experience, advanced Excel skills, and the ability to investigate account discrepancies independently. Priorities may shift between collections and reconciliation activities based on business needs, financial exposure, and portfolio risk.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform targeted collection activities for aged accounts receivable, with emphasis on balances aged 90+ days and higher-risk exposure.
• Research customer account history, invoices, payments, credits, deductions, and disputes to determine causes of delinquency.
• Conduct professional outreach with customers and external partners to obtain payment status, commitments, and resolution plans.
• Prioritize work based on aging, dollar exposure, risk, and likelihood of recovery.
• Research and reconcile outstanding residual documents, overpayments, underpayments, and related account activity.
• Trace transactions to underlying invoices, receipts, credits, deductions, and short or overpayments.
• Identify unapplied or misapplied cash, duplicate transactions, incorrect clearing activity, billing discrepancies, and other account-level issues.
• Determine the appropriate resolution path, including collections activity, cash application corrections, billing updates, credit/rebill processing, write-off review, or further investigation.
• Partner with Collections, Cash Application, Billing, Finance, Sales, Account Strategy, and other stakeholders to resolve issues.
• Maintain complete collection notes, reconciliation documentation, account statuses, and audit-ready support.
• Escalate material balances, disputes, broken payment commitments, and cross-functional blockers as needed.
• Track assigned accounts and reconciliation items through completion and provide regular status reporting on collections, resolved balances, remaining exposure, and key blockers.
• Identify recurring root causes and recommend opportunities to improve collections, cash application, reconciliation, and AR processes.

Required Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in B2B accounts receivable, collections, cash application, account reconciliation, or related financial operations.
• Strong Excel proficiency, including PivotTables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, SUMIFS, filters, and analysis of large datasets.
• Experience researching customer payments, invoices, credits, deductions, unapplied cash, and other AR transactions.
• Strong analytical, investigative, reconciliation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage complex or high-dollar customer accounts and prioritize work according to financial exposure and risk.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including professional customer outreach.
• Ability to work independently, manage a high volume of accounts or transactions, and clearly document findings and recommended actions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SAP or another enterprise ERP/accounts receivable platform.
• Experience in digital advertising, media agency, ad sales, or a similarly complex billing environment.

Top Skills

• Strong attention to detail
• Advanced Excel and data reconciliation skills
• Clear, effective communication and customer outreach skills