Position Summary CTJ Energy Solutions is seeking an Accounts Receivable Accountant to join its growing Accounting & Finance team. This position will have primary responsibility for customer billing, cash application, collections, account reconciliations, aging analysis, and resolution of customer payment issues. The role will work closely with Accounting, Sales, Operations, Shipping, and management to ensure invoices are accurate, properly supported, issued timely, and collected in accordance with established terms. As CTJ continues to grow and transitions to the Epicor ERP platform, this position will also support AR process design, data validation, testing, reconciliations, and implementation activities. As workload permits, the role will assist with developing inventory and cost-accounting processes, providing an opportunity to broaden into manufacturing accounting and job-cost analysis. Primary Responsibilities - Accounts Receivable

• Own the day-to-day Accounts Receivable process, including customer billing, cash application, aging, collections, and account reconciliation.
• Prepare and issue customer invoices accurately and timely; verify invoices against purchase orders, contracts, shipment information, and supporting documentation.
• Coordinate with Sales, Operations, Shipping, and Accounting to resolve billing discrepancies and customer questions.
• Apply customer payments accurately; research remittances, unidentified cash, unapplied cash, short payments, and deductions.
• Maintain and review the AR aging schedule and proactively follow up on past-due balances.
• Communicate professionally with customers regarding invoices, statements, payment status, and account discrepancies.
• Process and monitor credit memos and customer account adjustments in accordance with established approvals.
• Maintain accurate customer master data and assist with customer statements and account confirmations.
• Reconcile the AR subledger to the general ledger and assist with AR-related month-end close procedures.
• Prepare AR schedules and supporting documentation for management, auditors, banks, and other stakeholders as requested. Cash Flow & Working Capital Support
• Monitor customer payment patterns and identify emerging collection or billing issues.
• Track significant expected customer receipts and assist management with AR cash-flow forecasting.
• Help identify opportunities to improve billing and collection cycle times.
• Provide AR aging, collection status, and Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) information for management reporting.
• Maintain clear documentation of collection activity and customer payment commitments. Epicor ERP Implementation
• Assist with customer master-data cleanup, migration, and validation.
• Help map existing AR processes into Epicor and participate in user acceptance testing.
• Test customer invoicing, cash application, credit memo, and AR reporting workflows.
• Validate converted AR balances and transactions and support post-go-live reconciliations.
• Document AR procedures and internal controls within Epicor.
• Identify process-improvement and automation opportunities and develop strong working knowledge of Epicor AR functionality. Inventory & Cost Accounting Support Accounts Receivable will remain the primary responsibility of this position. As AR priorities permit, the employee will support the Accounting & Finance team's development of stronger inventory and cost-accounting processes.
• Assist with inventory-to-general-ledger reconciliations and cycle-count or physical-inventory reconciliations.
• Research inventory discrepancies and review material and job coding for accuracy.
• Assist with COGS reconciliations, material-cost analysis, and job-costing support.
• Help validate inventory and costing information during the Epicor implementation.
• Support work-in-process, job profitability, customer profitability, and related management reporting.
• Assist with documentation of inventory and cost-accounting procedures and controls. Internal Controls & Cross-Functional Coordination
• Maintain appropriate supporting documentation and follow established accounting and approval procedures.
• Identify unusual transactions or discrepancies and communicate them to management.
• Support appropriate segregation of duties between transaction processing, reconciliation, and management approval.
• Work closely on-site with Accounting, Sales, Operations, Shipping, and management to resolve issues efficiently. Qualifications Required
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent relevant accounting experience.
• Approximately 2-5 years of Accounts Receivable, general accounting, or similar experience.
• Working knowledge of accounting principles, customer invoicing, cash application, account reconciliations, and AR aging.
• Strong Microsoft Excel, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work effectively across departments. Preferred
• Experience in manufacturing, fabrication, construction, industrial services, oil & gas, or another job-cost environment.
• Experience with ERP systems; Epicor experience is a plus.
• Experience participating in an ERP implementation or system conversion.
• Familiarity with inventory accounting, job costing, cost accounting, and subledger-to-general-ledger reconciliations.
• Experience with large-dollar commercial customer accounts and collections. Characteristics of a Successful Candidate
• Accountable and comfortable taking ownership of the AR function.
• Detail-oriented while maintaining awareness of larger business priorities.
• Proactive in identifying and resolving billing and collection issues.
• Comfortable communicating directly with customers and internal departments.
• Able to investigate discrepancies independently and follow issues through resolution.
• Interested in learning manufacturing, inventory, and cost accounting.
• Comfortable working in a growing organization where processes and systems continue to evolve. Initial Priorities
• Learn CTJ's customers, contracts, billing practices, and AR processes.
• Assume primary ownership of billing, cash application, aging, and collection follow-up.
• Establish consistent AR aging and collection-review procedures.
• Develop strong working relationships with Sales, Operations, Shipping, and Accounting.
• Assist with customer and AR data cleanup and participate in Epicor AR testing and implementation.
• Begin cross-training in inventory and cost-accounting processes. Measures of Success
• Timeliness and accuracy of customer invoicing and cash application.
• Reduction in unapplied or unidentified cash and timely resolution of customer discrepancies.
• Quality and accuracy of AR reconciliations and aging follow-up.
• Improvement in collection cycle times and DSO where operationally achievable.
• Effective coordination with Sales, Operations, Shipping, and Accounting.
• Successful participation in the Epicor implementation and development of documented AR procedures.
• Progressive development of inventory, job-cost, and cost-accounting knowledge.

Compensation Target base salary:

$60,000-$70,000 annually, depending on experience and qualifications. Candidates with significant manufacturing, job-cost accounting, cost-accounting, or Epicor experience may warrant consideration toward the upper end of the range. Position Objective The objective of this position is not simply to process receivables. The Accounts Receivable Accountant will help CTJ build a scalable accounting infrastructure capable of supporting continued growth. By establishing dedicated ownership of Accounts Receivable, CTJ can strengthen billing and collections, improve working-capital management, enhance segregation of duties, support the Epicor implementation, and create additional accounting capacity for the continued development of inventory, job-cost, and cost-accounting capabilities.

Pay:

$60,000.00 - $70,000.00 per year

Benefits:

401(k) Dental insurance Health insurance Health savings account Life insurance On-site gym Opportunities for advancement Paid time off Referral program Vision insurance

Work Location:

In person