Accounts Receivable Analyst

Purpose of the Job

The Accounts Receivable Analyst will be responsible for complex financial, administrative, and clerical services, and will ensure proper review, timely processing, and communications of all billing and collection. This person will support financial managers to complete assigned receivables by analyzing accounts receivables, applying collection policies and procedures, and recommending accounting treatment for delinquent accounts.

This will be a hybrid position based in our Chicago Headquarters. This role will be required to be in office 2-3 days per week, with the ability to work from home the remaining days.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform daily processing of financial transactions to ensure that finances are maintained in an effective, up-to-date, and accurate manner.
• Maintain the accounts receivable aging for customers, receive incoming customer payments, enter cash receipts, and complete bank deposits.
• Monitor activity on and proactively contact all assigned accounts regarding past due items.
• Communicate with customers via phone and email to reconcile customer accounts, and address customer inquiries.
• Carry out billing, collection, and reporting activities according to specific deadlines.
• Maintain up-to-date billing system and reconciliation of accounts.
• Regularly monitor accounts receivable and report them to management.
• Partner and communicate with supervisor regarding any issues, unusual events, disputes, or deviations of policies or procedures.
• Maintain an efficient collection process to include an organized filing and tracing system, monitor returned checks and chargebacks.
• Assist with month-end activities and year closings, including monthly statements and aged receivable reports.
• Research discrepancy invoices and unapplied or unidentified payments, including identifying problem areas and assisting with finding and implementing solutions.

Knowledge, Skills + Experience

• 2+ years of accounts receivable or collections experience.
• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting or Economic.
• Advanced written and verbal English (90% needed).
• Highly proficient with MS Office software - Advanced level in Excel.
• Must be extremely detail oriented.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to communicate across many organizational levels.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Must possess a high energy and sense of urgency.
• Teamwork.
• Basic SAP knowledge.

Company Benefits

• Healthcare, dental, vision insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• 401k with discretionary company match.
• 16 days of PTO with 9 company holidays + 3 floating holidays.

The U.S base salary range for this position is $60,000 to $65,000 annually. Actual compensation packages are based on a variety of factors that are unique to each candidate, including skill set, experience, education, certifications and work location. This range may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.

Your application will be reviewed by a member of our Recruiting Team and we'll reach out to you directly if there's a fit for the position. We're using video conferencing software to conduct many of our interviews, but all interviews will be live with a member of our Recruiting or Hiring teams.