Accounts Receivable Officer
Ensure businesses receive payment for goods and services.
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- What's it like to be an Accounts Receivable Officer?
- How to become an Accounts Receivable Officer
- Latest Accounts Receivable Officer jobs
- Top skills and experience for Accounts Receivable Officers
- Is Accounts Receivable Officer the right role for you?
- Accounts Receivable Officer role reviews
What's it like to be an Accounts Receivable Officer?
Accounts Receivable Officers work as part of a finance team to ensure that an organisation receives payments for goods sold and services provided to customers or clients. Accounts Receivable Officers tend to be individuals who have a strong mathematical background and who have a keen eye for detail.
Tasks and duties
- Maintaining a billing system, processing payments regularly and ensuring payments are made within agreed terms, reconciling debtor accounts and verifying and providing receipts.
- Recording transactions and uploading bank files into the organisation’s accounting and finance system, in addition to providing cashier and reconciliation support to the finance team.
- Escalating overdue payments by contacting a supervisor or manager and helping conduct negotiations with customers in financial difficulty.
How to become an Accounts Receivable Officer
While it is may be an advantage to have experience in accounting, finance, economics or business administration to work as an Accounts Receivable Officer, a bachelor-level qualification is not essential. However, a degree or qualification in a related field may be highly regarded.
- Undertake a qualification in accounting, finance or business administration, such as a Certificate IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping or a Diploma of Accounting.
- Gain work experience in the field and consider studying for a Bachelor degree to improve your chances to be promoted into senior or managerial roles or to an Assistant Accountant position.
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Skills and experience employers are looking for
Having the right skills and experience can make you an in-demand applicant. Accounts Receivable Officer employers on SEEK are looking for job seekers with expertise in the following areas. Accounts Receivable
Invoicing
Reconciliations
Customer Accounts
Billing
Debt Collection
Receipting
Microsoft Excel
Bank Reconciliations
Accounting
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Latest Accounts Receivable Officer reviews
Dec 2024
Challenging but Rewarding
Reviewer's QualificationCertificate IV in Credit Management
Experience10+ years
Organisation sizeLarge (200+ employees)
SpecialisationManufacturing, Transport & Logistics
The good thingsBeing an accounts receivable officer can be both challenging and rewarding. It’s a role that requires a balance of financial acumen, organisational skills, and strong interpersonal abilities.
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The challengesBuilding valuable relationships and assisting customers to adhere to arrangements. In turn, helping my organisation grow.
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Feb 2024
My experience as an Accounts Receivable Officer has been rewarding, involving meticulous account management, providing value to sales teams, and continually seeking out new challenges.
Reviewer's QualificationBachelor of Accounting
Experience5 – 9 years
Organisation sizeLarge (200+ employees)
SpecialisationAccounting
The good thingsI enjoy working as an Accounts Receivable (AR) officer. Unlike a full-time accountant, focusing on AR has honed my attention to detail with the accounts I manage. I take pride in providing value to ou...
The challengesDespite the occasional monotony of routine tasks and the limited variety compared to being an accountant, I casually seek out new challenges, such as streamlining our AR processes or implementing inno...
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