Accounts Receivable Clerk

We are looking for an Accounts Receivable Clerk to join a manufacturing organization in Youngstown, Ohio. This contract opportunity with permanent potential is well suited for someone who is highly organized, accurate, and confident managing billing, cash application, and customer account support in a busy accounting environment. The person in this role will help keep receivables current while supporting related administrative and accounting activities across the business.

Responsibilities:

• Examine purchase orders to confirm information is complete and accurate before billing moves forward.
• Create and issue invoices each day while maintaining timely and accurate records of customer charges.
• Receive incoming mail, sort payments and correspondence, and route documents to the appropriate internal teams.
• Apply paper check, electronic, and lockbox payments to customer accounts with close attention to detail.
• Contact customers to resolve short payments, missing remittances, invoice issues, and other account discrepancies.
• Establish new customer and vendor records in the company system and QuickBooks, including collection of required documentation.
• Perform credit reference reviews for prospective customers to support account setup decisions.
• Prepare billing for next-day delivery activity and provide backup scheduling assistance when logistics or inside sales coverage is needed.
• Process monthly sales commission payments and complete recurring tax filings, including monthly sales tax and quarterly commercial activity tax reporting.
• Previous experience in accounts receivable and broader accounting support functions.
• Hands-on ability in billing, cash applications, collections, and customer payment follow-up.
• Familiarity with QuickBooks and other accounting or ERP systems is strongly preferred.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to stay organized while managing multiple deadlines.
• Clear and effective communication skills for working with customers on payment questions and discrepancies.
• Experience handling sales tax filings and other routine business tax reporting is a plus.
• Notary Public certification is highly preferred; if not currently certified, willingness to obtain notary status is required.