Accounts Receivable Specialist

The Opportunity: 

We are seeking a detail-oriented and highly organized Accounts Receivable Specialist to join our finance team. In this role, you will manage collections, resolve payment discrepancies, handle domestic/international tax management, and maintain precise documentation. You will act as a key liaison between our finance team, customers, and sales team ensuring timely cash flow and accurate ledger management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collections: Contact customers daily on payment status for open invoicing, resolve invoicing issues, and manage the aging report. 

• Portal & Procurement Navigation: Master multiple customer procurement systems (e.g., Ariba, Coupa, iSupplier) and submit accurate electronic invoicing directly through various third-party client portals

• Tax & Withholding Management: Handle account-level tax withholdings, process tax exemption certificates, and ensure accurate withholding documentation for multi-jurisdiction accounts.

• Document & Contract Management: Organize and manage AR-related legal documents, including customer contracts, entity documents, and customer specific documents, such as Payment Authorization forms and acceptance documents.

• Discrepancy & Detail Resolution: Dig into complex accounting details to identify, investigate, and resolve short-payments, billing errors, and unreceived funds.

• Collections & Communication: Engage directly with client accounting teams via phone and email to follow up on outstanding balances and build strong vendor relationships.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with sales and legal teams to confirm contract terms and ensure proper billing schedules.

Job Qualifications:

• Experience: 1–3 years of experience in accounting, bookkeeping, or accounts receivable.

• Contract Review: Practical knowledge of reviewing commercial contracts specifically to identify, interpret, and enforce payment terms, invoice schedules, and tax requirements.

• Autonomous & Agile Learner: Strong ability to work independently with minimal supervision, take initiative, and quickly learn new processes and tools on the job.

• Problem-Solving Skills: Strong analytical mindset with a passion for investigating complex billing issues and untangling account histories.

• Attention to Detail: Extreme precision when reviewing numbers, line items, and financial records.

• Organization & Multi-Tasking: Ability to prioritize a high volume of accounts, legal documents, and daily deadlines simultaneously without losing accuracy.

• Communication: Clear, professional verbal and written communication skills for interfacing with external clients and internal leadership.

• Software Skills: Proficiency with Microsoft Excel/ Google Sheets (VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables) and ERP software (e.g., Oracle Fusion, NetSuite, SAP, or similar).

Nice to Have: 

• Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration.

• Salesforce experience 

• Tax Knowledge: Direct experience handling tax withholdings, sales tax certificates, or withholding tax documentation.

About 

Ookla, an Accenture company, is a global leader in connectivity intelligence that brings together the trusted expertise of Speedtest®, Downdetector®, Ekahau®, and RootMetrics® to deliver unmatched network and connectivity insights. By combining multi-source data with industry-leading expertise, we transform network performance metrics into strategic, actionable insights.

Our solutions empower service providers, enterprises, and governments with the critical data and insights needed to optimize networks, enhance digital experiences, and help close the digital divide. At the same time, we amplify the real-world experiences of individuals and businesses that rely on connectivity to work, learn, and communicate. From measuring and analyzing connectivity to driving industry innovation, Ookla helps the world stay connected.

About Accenture

Accenture helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed for organizations across industries. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and lead in the safe, widespread adoption of AI, and to be the most client focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world. We bring together the talent of our approximately 799,000 people with proprietary assets and platforms, deep process and industry expertise, and leading ecosystem relationships to deliver end-to-end solutions and measurable outcomes at scale. Through our Reinvention Services, we offer broad expertise across Cybersecurity, Digital Core, Finance, Industry and Enterprise, Song, Supply Chain and Engineering, and Talent, with advanced capabilities in AI and Data, Industry and Process, and Technology. We serve approximately 9,000 clients and generated approximately $70 billion in FY25 revenue. Visit us at accenture.com.

Benefits 

Ookla, an Accenture Company, offers competitive salaries in addition to robust, health and wellness-focused benefits, including comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, as well as life and disability benefits. We are committed to work-life balance with Flexible Time Off, Volunteer Time Off, and paid holidays. We offer family building and caregiving support and generous Family Care and Parental leave, when you need it. We also provide Fitness Reimbursement and access to wellness programs, ensuring our team stays healthy both physically and mentally.

Compensation Range 

Compensation at Ookla, an Accenture company, is determined based on a variety of factors, including the role, geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. As required by applicable law, Ookla provides a reasonable base salary range for this position of $50,000 to $70,000. Actual compensation will depend on the candidate's qualifications and other relevant factors. We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 12/15/2026.

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