Accounts Receivable Specialist
Just HR 720 SS ·www.just-hr.ca
Apply directHorizon Recruitment is recruiting for a Senior Accounts Receivable Specialist to take ownership of the full accounts receivable cycle for a Vancouver-based organization. Reporting to the VP, Corporate Finance, this role plays an important part in maintaining accurate financial records, improving cash flow, strengthening collection performance, and supporting a reliable month-end close.
This is an opportunity for an experienced AR professional to bring strong analytical skills, sound judgment, and a continuous improvement mindset to a role with meaningful ownership and cross-functional impact.
Responsibilities:
- Manage the full accounts receivable cycle, including invoicing, collections, cash application, reconciliations, and reporting.
- Prepare and review customer and intercompany invoices, including management fees and recoverable billings, ensuring accuracy and proper supporting documentation.
- Maintain accurate AR records in Yardi, including invoices, credit notes, adjustments, and customer account details.
- Monitor receivables aging, prioritize overdue balances, and lead proactive collection follow-ups.
- Build strong customer and internal relationships while resolving billing questions, disputes, and payment issues professionally.
- Apply cash receipts accurately and investigate short payments, duplicate payments, unapplied cash, and other discrepancies.
- Complete AR subledger-to-general-ledger and customer account reconciliations, resolving outstanding items and supporting month-end close.
- Prepare AR aging reports, collection forecasts, and management reporting.
- Monitor key AR metrics, including days sales outstanding (DSO), AR turnover, overdue balances, and collection effectiveness.
- Identify collection risks, investigate payment delays, and communicate meaningful trends and recommendations to management.
- Improve AR processes through standardization, automation, stronger controls, and more effective reporting.
- Load Concur employee expense ETL files into Yardi and approve corporate entity expenses, as assigned.
- Support audits, cross-functional projects, and ad hoc financial analysis as needed.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Minimum 4 years of hands-on accounts receivable experience, preferably within a multinational organization.
- Strong experience managing the full AR cycle, including invoicing, collections, cash application, reconciliations, and month-end reporting.
- Ability to analyze AR aging, DSO, and AR turnover, identify collection risks, and take action.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office.
- Yardi experience is an asset.
- Real estate operations experience is an asset but not required.
- Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and ownership of deliverables.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to manage customer disputes and collection discussions professionally.
- Proactive problem-solving skills and a continuous improvement mindset.
- Ability to work independently, manage competing deadlines, and collaborate across teams.
Remuneration:
- $65,000 - $75,000 Base Salary
Only candidates eligible to work in Canada will be considered
Horizon Recruitment Inc. is a specialized recruitment and search firm with two complimentary practice areas: Finance & Supply Chain.