Accounting Officer: Accounts Receivable & Billing
We are hiring: Accounting Officer – AR, Billing & Collections
Are you highly organized, detail-oriented, and experienced in handling accounts receivable, invoicing, reconciliation, and collections?
We are looking for an Accounting Officer – AR, Billing & Collections who can help strengthen our finance operations by ensuring accurate billing, timely collections, clean reconciliations, and proper monitoring of customer accounts.
This role is ideal for someone who is not only strong in accounting procedures but also proactive in follow-ups, comfortable coordinating with clients and internal teams, and capable of building a more organized AR and collections system for a growing company.
Key Responsibilities
As the Accounting Officer – AR, Billing & Collections, you will be responsible for overseeing the company’s receivables process from billing to collection.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Preparing, reviewing, and monitoring customer invoices, billing documents, statements of account, and related supporting documents.
- Ensuring invoices are accurate, complete, properly approved, and issued on time.
- Monitoring accounts receivable aging and ensuring timely collection of customer payments.
- Following up with clients regarding unpaid invoices, overdue accounts, and payment schedules.
- Reconciling customer accounts, payments, deposits, invoices, and outstanding balances.
- Coordinating with Sales, Operations, Projects, and other internal teams to verify billing details, delivery status, project completion, or service fulfillment.
- Recording and monitoring collections, official receipts, payment confirmations, and related AR transactions.
- Preparing AR aging reports, collection reports, reconciliation reports, and management updates.
- Identifying discrepancies, billing concerns, short payments, overpayments, unapplied payments, and customer account issues.
- Assisting in improving AR, billing, reconciliation, and collection processes.
- Supporting month-end closing activities related to accounts receivable and revenue reporting.
- Ensuring compliance with company accounting policies, documentation standards, and internal controls.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate should have:
- A Bachelor’s Degree in Accountancy, Accounting Technology, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
- At least 3 to 5 years of experience in accounting, with strong exposure to accounts receivable, billing, invoicing, reconciliation, and collections.
- Strong knowledge of AR monitoring, customer account reconciliation, billing documentation, and collection follow-up.
- Good understanding of basic accounting principles and month-end closing procedures.
- Proficiency in accounting systems, spreadsheets, and reporting tools.
- Experience with Odoo, ERP systems, or similar accounting software is an advantage.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- Good communication and follow-up skills, especially when coordinating with clients and internal teams.
- Ability to organize records, track multiple accounts, and meet deadlines.
- High level of integrity, accountability, and confidentiality.
Ideal Candidate Profile
We are looking for someone who is:
- Systematic – able to organize invoices, payments, records, and reports clearly.
- Firm but professional – confident in following up collections without damaging client relationships.
- Detail-oriented – able to catch billing errors, reconciliation issues, and documentation gaps.
- Proactive – does not wait for problems to become bigger before taking action.
- Accountable – takes ownership of AR aging, collections, and billing accuracy.
- Process-minded – willing to improve existing accounting and collection workflows.
- Reliable – can be trusted with financial records, customer accounts, and confidential information.