Accounts Receivable & Collections Analyst

We are looking for an Accounts Receivable & Collections Analyst to join a finance team in Northborough, Massachusetts. This position focuses on managing receivables, improving collection performance, and supporting cash flow visibility through accurate reporting and analysis. The ideal candidate brings strong experience in commercial collections, cash application, reconciliations, and credit-related activities, along with the ability to collaborate effectively across leadership, treasury, and legal teams.

Responsibilities:

• Review outstanding customer balances, prioritize overdue accounts, and create regular reporting that highlights collection status, trends, and areas of risk.

• Lead recurring account review meetings, document decisions, and drive follow-up actions to keep resolution plans on schedule.

• Communicate collection progress to senior leadership, escalating complex issues when additional support is needed to resolve aging balances.

• Evaluate accounts receivable aging data, prepare weekly and monthly collection summaries, and provide analysis to support informed financial decisions.

• Partner with treasury leadership and legal stakeholders to assess customer creditworthiness, gather supporting financial information, and recommend appropriate credit limit changes in line with company guidelines.

• Coordinate annual credit insurance renewal activities by compiling required data and working with external broker and insurer contacts to align coverage with receivables exposure.

• Process customer payments promptly and accurately, investigate unapplied cash and deduction issues, and resolve short-paid invoices in a timely manner.

• Perform routine banking support activities, including wires, check processing, lockbox transactions, account documentation updates, and responses to bank-related inquiries under appropriate supervision.

• Reconcile receivable and cash records to the general ledger, assist with month-end close, and contribute to cash forecasting, daily cash reporting, positive pay preparation, audit support, and ongoing process improvements.

• Maintain complete and accurate customer account records while documenting collection activity and preparing reporting and analysis for treasury leadership review.

**for immediate consideration, please call me directly, 508-205-2127, Eric Lebow**

 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 3 years of hands-on, full-cycle accounts receivable experience, or equivalent experience in a similar finance role.

• Demonstrated background in business-to-business collections, cash application, aging analysis, and reducing overdue receivables.

• Experience with account, bank, cash, and lockbox reconciliations, with strong accuracy in processing and reviewing financial transactions.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Excel, including tools such as pivot tables and lookup functions for reporting and analysis.

• Comfortable working in ERP or mid-sized accounting systems, with the ability to learn new platforms and maintain accurate system records.

• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities while meeting deadlines.

• Effective written and verbal communication skills, sound judgment, and discretion when working with sensitive financial information.

**for immediate consideration, please call me directly, 508-205-2127, Eric Lebow**

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Compensation

$55,000.00-$70,000.00 Yearly

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