Accounting Receivable Clerk I

Job Description

Accounting Receivable Clerk I (Cash Application) | HSI

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at HSI, located remotely in the United States. HSI is committed to helping organizations create safer and more productive workplaces through innovative training, compliance, and workforce development solutions. As the business continues its global growth, this role is crucial for expanding the Finance team to support a centralized accounts receivable operation, ensuring accurate financial records across multiple international entities and currencies.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Remote, United States
• Pay: $40000–$45000 yearly
• Team: Finance team
• Mission: Accurately apply and record customer payments across multiple global entities and currencies, ensuring financial records remain current and precise.
• Tech Stack: Sage Intacct, Microsoft Office applications, Excel, Salesforce

What You’ll Actually Do
• Apply Payments: Accurately apply customer payments to the appropriate accounts and invoices, including ACH, wire, check, and credit card transactions within the accounting system.
• Process Globally: Process cash applications across multiple global entities, currencies, and bank accounts, serving North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific operations.
• Reconcile Discrepancies: Investigate payment discrepancies, short payments, and application exceptions, and process and reconcile internal credit card transactions.
• Collaborate on Issues: Collaborate with internal accounting and finance team members to efficiently resolve payment issues and maintain accurate financial records.
• Support Operations: Create and maintain supporting documentation related to payment processing activities, and support audit preparation and other departmental initiatives as needed.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Understanding of accounting principles, including debits and credits, essential for accurate financial record-keeping.
• Experience: 3+ years of accounts receivable experience with a strong focus on cash application or payment posting, including exposure to global or multi-entity accounting environments, multiple currencies, and international transactions, along with experience using Sage Intacct and processing credit card merchant transactions.
• Skills: Ability to accurately reconcile and apply payments to customer accounts, strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy, and proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel.
• Bonus: Experience using Salesforce is a plus.