High-Volume AR Cash Application Specialist

MES Life Safety, LLC; Florida; On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

MES Life Safety, LLC is seeking an Accounts Receivable Cash Application Specialist to ensure customer payments are identified, posted, and applied accurately across multiple MES entities and bank accounts. The role involves processing daily lockbox deposits, ACH payments, wire transfers, checks, and card settlements while researching missing remittance information and resolving exceptions.

The ideal candidate has 2–4 years of AR or cash application experience in a high-volume environment, strong

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of AR or cash application experience, preferably in a high-volume environment.
• Experience applying ACH, wire, check, lockbox, and electronic payments.
• Strong understanding of customer accounts, invoices, credit memos, deductions, short payments, and unapplied cash.
• Ability to process a high daily transaction volume accurately and efficiently without sacrificing quality.
• Strong research skills for identifying payments when remittance information is missing or incomplete.
• Comfortable contacting customers, collectors, Sales, and other internal teams to obtain remittance information and resolve discrepancies.
• Strong reconciliation skills, including comparing bank activity, remittance information, and ERP transactions.
• NetSuite experience strongly preferred; Celigo is a plus.
• Strong Excel skills, including filters, lookups, reconciliation, and working with large datasets.
• Demonstrated ability to manage priorities and complete daily cash posting within established deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Retrieve and review daily lockbox, ACH, wire, check and electronic-payment activity.
• Record customer receipts accurately and promptly in NetSuite.
• Apply payments to the correct customer accounts, invoices, credit memos and business entities.
• Follow customer remittance instructions and document all payment applications.
• Process payments involving multiple invoices, deductions, discounts, short payments and overpayments.
• Ensure cash is posted within established daily service level and month-end cutoff requirements.
• Verify that payment totals posted in NetSuite agree with bank and lockbox activity.
• Maintain accurate transaction dates, payment methods, reference numbers and supporting documentation.
• Collaborate with customers, collectors, and internal teams to resolve discrepancies.

Skills

AR experience

cash application

NetSuite experience

Excel skills

ERP systems

attention to detail

communication

prioritization

independent worker

Education

No degree specified

Tools

NetSuite

Celigo

Job description

MES Life Safety, LLC is seeking an Accounts Receivable Cash Application Specialist to ensure customer payments are identified, posted, and applied accurately across multiple MES entities and bank accounts. The role involves processing daily lockbox deposits, ACH payments, wire transfers, checks, and card settlements while researching missing remittance information and resolving exceptions.

The ideal candidate has 2–4 years of AR or cash application experience in a high-volume environment, strong