Accounts Receivable Specialist

Accounts Receivable Specialist, Accounts Receivable

Classification: Non-Exempt                                                   Reports to:Accounting Manager

Your Impact

The AR Accounting Specialist is responsible for compiling and maintaining accounts receivable records and for the sale of goods and services performed by the organization. This role is also responsible for applying the appropriate sales tax rates to invoices and maintaining the company’s sales tax records. This role serves as an auditor, ensuring invoices are accurate and proper accounting procedures are followed.  

A Glimpse of What You’ll Do

• Create and process Accounts Receivable invoices
• Review all remittances from customers and process payments to appropriate accounts
• Answer Accounts Receivable inquiries pertaining to customer invoices

• Perform customer account reconciliations and maintain accounting spreadsheets for tracking purposes
• Maintain updated files for accounts receivable and follow up with past due accounts
• Apply appropriate sales tax rates to invoices
• File the company’s monthly sales and use tax returns.
• Resolve tax notices received from state and local tax authorities
• Research and apply tax regulations to billing processes
• Validate and reconcile tax records in Avatax
• Assist with monthly closing
• Perform other duties and/or special projects as requested
• Able to serve as backup for Accounts Payable

What You Bring

• Problem Solving/Analysis
• Financial Management
• Communication Proficiency
• Results Driven
• Time Management
• Bachelors’s degree preferred
• Minimum of three years’ experience in Accounts Receivable
• Great Plains and Avatax experience a plus

Additional Information

• Full-time position. Typical days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Travel is primarily local during the business day, little to no travel is expected for this position
• Occasionally required to lift or move up to 25 pounds

Please note this job description, is meant to be a representation of the physical demands, work environment, and day-to-day activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of an employee for this job; it is not meant to be all-inclusive or limited to the above outline. To remain an industry leader, duties, responsibilities and activities of any KLA Laboratories employee may change, at any time, to meet the needs of the Company or the Customer, with or without notice.