Accounting Specialist, Accounts Receivable – Accounts Receivable

Job Description

Accounting Specialist, Accounts Receivable | A+E Global Media

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at A+E Global Media, with flexible options including remote work (in eligible states), hybrid, or full-time in office at locations such as New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Stamford, CT. A+E Global Media is a leading media company, and its Finance department ensures seamless business operations by forecasting, managing budgets, and analyzing data to inform leadership decisions. This role is essential for the financial stability of the Media Solutions (Ad Sales) business, ensuring that billing, cash application, and the resolution of outstanding receivables are handled accurately and promptly. The position offers a valuable opportunity to build expertise in media advertising revenue and financial processes.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Flexible
• Location: Remote, Hybrid, or In-Office (NYC, LA, Chicago, Stamford, CT)
• Pay: $33.75–$38.81 hourly
• Team: Accounts Receivable team supporting the Media Solutions (Ad Sales) business, assisting the AR Manager.
• Mission: To support day-to-day accounts receivable operations, ensuring the timely and accurate billing, cash application, account reconciliation, and resolution of outstanding receivables across the Ad Sales customer base.
• Tech Stack: SAP, SAP S/4 HANA, Operative, WideOrbit, Microsoft Office (Excel), ChatGPT, Shortcut AI

What You’ll Actually Do
• Monitor AR: Support Domestic Ad Sales accounts receivable activities by monitoring billing, cash application, and outstanding receivables across both Linear and Digital advertising revenue streams.
• Resolve Issues: Monitor and analyze Accounts Receivable aging reports, investigate outstanding items, and assist with manual cash application, billing adjustments, and account corrections when automated processes require intervention.
• Collaborate: Partner with Sales, Sales Operations, Traffic, Revenue Management, Revenue Accounting, Finance, and external customers to investigate discrepancies, resolve issues, and support an efficient order-to-cash process.
• Report & Close: Prepare AR reports, aging summaries, cash reports, and account reconciliations for management review monthly, and support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities including journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Improve Processes: Identify trends, recurring issues, and process improvement opportunities that enhance billing accuracy, cash application efficiency, reporting, and internal controls, while maintaining and updating Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field is preferred.
• Experience: 1–3 years of experience in Accounts Receivable, Accounting, Finance, or a related business function, with proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Skills: Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail; strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively; ability to manage competing priorities while delivering accurate, high-quality work.
• Bonus: Experience with SAP, including S/4 Hana, Operative, WideOrbit, or similar ERP and media order management systems; experience using AI tools such as ChatGPT and Shortcut AI to improve efficiency, reporting, and workflow automation; an interest in learning the media advertising business and developing expertise in the complete order-to-cash lifecycle.