Sr. Accounting Associate - Accounts Receivable

CBRE; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE is seeking a Senior Associate in AR Accounting to handle advanced clerical duties, including payable and receivable processing, invoice payments, and journal entries. You will support month-end activities and reconciliations in a fast-paced environment.

The role emphasizes accuracy, strong Excel skills, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure timely financial reporting and issue resolution.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED with 2-3 years of related experience.
• Understanding of work routines and standards across processes and systems.
• Intermediate problem-solving skills with independent decision-making.
• Ability to explain detailed information clearly within the team.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Strong organizational skills and meticulous mindset.
• General math skills for percentages, fractions, and calculations.

Responsibilities

• Reconcile records with internal employees, management, external vendors, and customers.
• Review bills, invoices, account statements, and other financial statements; ensure information is accurate.
• Prepare and maintain journal entries, ledgers, and month-end reporting.
• Process disbursements, expense vouchers, cash receipts.
• Resolve questionable or irreconcilable differences and report issues to management.
• Verify and post details of business transactions; prepare reports for validation.
• Provide informal training and coaching to coworkers.
• Recognize and resolve typical and atypical problems that can occur without supervision.

Skills

Problem-solving

Communication

Organizational skills

Analytical thinking

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Job description

As a CBRE AR Accounting Sr. Associate, you will be responsible for advanced clerical accounting duties. This includes complex processing payable and receivable transactions, paying invoices, account recording, and reconciliations.

This job is part of the Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable function. They are responsible for reviewing and paying invoices and cash management activities such as reconciliation and bank account reviews.

What You'll Do:

• Reconcile records with internal employees, management, external vendors, and customers.
• Review bills, invoices, account statements, and other financial statements. Ensure order forms and invoices have the correct information.
• Prepare and maintain journal entries, ledgers, and take part in month-end reporting.
• Process transactions such as disbursements, expense vouchers, cash receipts.
• Resolve questionable or irreconcilable differences and escape vendor or invoice issues. Report issues to management.
• Verify and posts details of business transactions. Prepare reports for transaction validation.
• Provide informal training and coaching to coworkers.
• Recognize and solve typical and atypical problems that can occur in own work area without supervisory approval

What You'll Need:

To perform this job successfully, an individual will need to perform each crucial duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• High School Diploma or GED with 2-3 years of job-related experience.
• An established understanding of work routines and standards and applying skills and knowledge in a range of processes, procedures, and systems are required.
• Requires intermediate problem-solving skills with the capacity to review and select solutions from available options without supervisory approval.
• Ability to explain detailed and complicated information within the team in a clear and concise manner.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Strong organizational skills with a robust inquisitive mindset.
• General math skills. Ability to calculate difficult figures such as percentages, fractions, and other financial-related calculations.