Job Description
AR Specialist
About the AR Specialist Opportunity
We are seeking a detail-oriented AR Specialist to join a growing accounting team. This AR Specialist role is ideal for someone who enjoys cash applications, collections support, customer account management, and working directly with sales and customer service teams to resolve deductions and payment issues.
Why This AR Specialist Opportunity Stands Out
- Stable, full-time onsite schedule
- Opportunity to own customer accounts and cash application activities
- Collaborative accounting team with strong leadership support
- High visibility across Accounting, Sales, and Customer Service
- Diverse responsibilities including collections, deductions, reconciliations, and reporting
- Great opportunity for an experienced AR Specialist looking to make an immediate impact
Key Responsibilities for the AR Specialist
- Apply daily customer payments and process cash receipts
- Prepare and monitor Accounts Receivable aging reports
- Research and resolve customer deductions and account discrepancies
- Develop payment plans and work with customers on past-due balances
- Perform monthly bank reconciliations and cash reporting
- Calculate customer rebates and maintain supporting documentation
- Prepare journal entries related to cash receipts and other transactions
- Respond to customer inquiries in a professional and timely manner
Qualifications for the AR Specialist
Required:
- 2-4 years of Accounts Receivable and collections experience
- Strong cash application and deduction resolution experience
- Microsoft Office proficiency and Excel experience
- Strong communication and customer service skills
- Excellent attention to detail and follow-through
Preferred:
- SAP experience
- Associate's Degree or higher
- Manufacturing environment experience
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Lansing, IL |
| Industry | Financial Services |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1994 |
| Website | http://www.cfstaffing.com/ |
About Company
Founded by CPA firms in 1994, Creative Financial Staffing has spent over 30 years helping job seekers and employers succeed. In fall 2025, we rebranded as CFS—a name that reflects our full range of expertise while staying true to the trusted company you know.
CFS is the industry’s leading employee-owned staffing firm, connecting top talent in accounting, finance, technology, and human resources. We provide skilled professionals on both a temporary and permanent basis across diverse industries, leveraging our extensive network to match the right people with the right opportunities.
Our dedication to excellence extends to our award-winning culture, recognized repeatedly for growth, recruiting, workplace environment, and employee support. Honors include Forbes’ “America’s Best Recruiting and Temporary Staffing Firms,” Staffing Industry Analysts’ top U.S. staffing rankings, FlexJobs’ Top 100 Companies for Remote and Hybrid Work, Top Workplaces USA, Newsweek’s Best Practices awards, and more.
Skills
- Accountingunmatched
- Accounts Receivableunmatched
- Cash Applicationsunmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Credit and Collectionsunmatched
- Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
- Detail Orientedunmatched
- Documentationunmatched
- Follow Throughunmatched
- Journal Entriesunmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- Manufacturingunmatched
- Microsoft Excelunmatched
- Microsoft Officeunmatched
- Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
- Reconciliationunmatched
- SAPunmatched
- Salesunmatched
- Sales Managementunmatched
- Team Playerunmatched
- Time Managementunmatched
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