Accounts Receivable Specialist - Collections (TEMPORARY)

Element Materials Technology; Blue Ash (OH); On-site; USD 34,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Element Materials Technology seeks an Accounts Receivable Collections Specialist for a short-term assignment through December 31, 2026. The role focuses on B2B collections across an assigned portfolio, onsite five days a week at our Blue Ash headquarters.

You will manage collections, follow up on past-due balances, reconcile accounts, and coordinate with internal teams to resolve billing issues, with emphasis on reducing delinquent receivables by year-end.

Qualifications

• 1+ year of B2B collections or accounts receivable experience, preferably supporting multiple locations or business units.
• Demonstrated experience collecting on past-due commercial accounts.
• Strong account reconciliation and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage B2B collections for an assigned portfolio of customer accounts.
• Proactively follow up on past-due balances and drive accounts toward resolution.
• Reconcile customer accounts and research unapplied cash and payment discrepancies.
• Maintain clear, accurate collection notes and account status updates.
• Distribute customer statements and invoices as needed.
• Research disputed invoices and partner with internal lab teams to resolve billing issues.
• Review aging reports and identify accounts requiring immediate collection activity.
• Partner with lab leadership and General Managers to reduce delinquent receivables.
• Escalate account issues or collection concerns when appropriate.

Skills

B2B collections

Accounts receivable

Past-due collections

Excel

Customer communication

Time management

Tools

D365 Finance & Operations

Microsoft Office

Job description

Overview

Element Materials Technology is seeking an Accounts Receivable Collections Specialist for a short-term engagement running through the end of 2026. This role is focused primarily on B2B collections and reducing outstanding receivables across an assigned portfolio of customer accounts.

Assignment Details

• Very short-term engagement through December 31, 2026
• 5 days per week onsite at our Blue Ash HQ
• Best suited for someone who canstep in quickly, take ownership of a collections portfolio, and make an immediate impact on outstanding AR before year-end.

Responsibilities

• Manage B2B collections for an assigned portfolio of customer accounts.
• Proactively follow up on past-due balances and drive accounts toward resolution.
• Reconcile customer accounts and research unapplied cash and payment discrepancies.
• Maintain clear, accurate collection notes and account status updates.
• Distribute customer statements and invoices as needed.
• Research disputed invoices and partner with internal lab teams to resolve billing issues.
• Review aging reports and identify accounts requiring immediate collection activity.
• Partner with lab leadership and General Managers to reduce delinquent receivables.
• Escalate account issues or collection concerns when appropriate.

Skills / Qualifications

• 1+ year of B2B collections or accounts receivable experience, preferably supporting multiple locations or business units.
• Demonstrated experience collecting on past-due commercial accounts.
• Strong account reconciliation and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to interpret invoices, purchase orders, account statements, and customer payment terms.
• Strong Excel and Microsoft Office skills; D365 Finance & Operations experience is a plus.
• Strong communication skills with the confidence to professionally pursue outstanding payments.
• Highly organized with the ability to manage a portfolio of accounts and competing priorities.

Company Overview

Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to ‘Make tomorrow safer than today’.

When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.

While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.

Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.

Diversity Statement

At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”.

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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