# Accounts Receivable Lead

**Company:** [Checkr](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/checkr)
**Location:** Denver, CO, San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Finance & Accounting
**Salary:** $112k – $156k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Accounts Receivable, US GAAP, Sox, Cash Application, NetSuite, Oracle Fusion, Alteryx, Snowflake, SQL, Excel, Stripe, Reconciliations, Journal Entries, Collections, Chargebacks
**Posted:** 2026-08-21

> Leads global Accounts Receivable operations, monthly close, reconciliations, controls, audit readiness, collections, and automation while managing an offshore team. Requires 8+ years of accounting experience, substantial receivables ownership, and strong GAAP and SOX expertise.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

### Close, Reconciliation, and Accounting
- Own the monthly Accounts Receivable close, including subledger-to-general-ledger tie-outs, cash application clearing, unapplied and on-account cash, aging roll-forwards, and flux commentary.
- Own the allowance for credit losses, including reserve methodology, quarterly loss-rate updates, documentation, and audit support.
- Prepare and review AR reconciliations, investigate reconciling items, classify root causes, and maintain clearing plans.
- Reconcile Stripe and other payment service processor activity to the general ledger, including settlements, fees, refunds, chargebacks, and reserves.
- Prepare and review AR journal entries, write-offs, credit and debit memos, reclasses, and reserve true-ups.

### Controls, Review, and Audit
- Design, document, and maintain Accounts Receivable controls covering cash application, credit memos, adjustments, write-offs, customer master changes, and dunning exceptions.
- Serve as reviewer of record for AR team work, documenting review procedures, evidence, testing, and conclusions.
- Own AR SOX 404 readiness, including process narratives, walkthroughs, control matrices, PBC responses, and remediation.
- Maintain AR accounting policies, SOPs, and desktop procedures.
- Act as the primary AR contact for internal and external audits.

### Operations, Team, and Systems
- Manage collections strategy, dispute resolution, escalation paths, stale-balance reduction, and responsibilities across internal and outsourced teams.
- Establish dispute and chargeback resolution processes in Stripe and other payment service providers, including accounting treatment and authorization controls.
- Hire, train, mentor, and develop the AR team, including offshore or BPO staff.
- Publish AR KPIs and dashboards for DSO, aging, unapplied cash, reserve coverage, and collections forecast accuracy.
- Implement scalable AR and close automation using Excel, SQL, NetSuite, Oracle, or similar systems.
- Partner with Billing, Revenue Accounting, Data Engineering, Sales Operations, Legal, and Product on new monetization models and related accounting controls.

## Requirements
- 8+ years of accounting experience with substantial ownership of receivables, billing, or the order-to-cash cycle in a technology-enabled or services environment.
- 2–3 years in a lead or manager capacity.
- Experience owning monthly close activities, including reconciliations, journal entries, flux analysis, and review of others’ work.
- Experience managing offshore or BPO accounting teams.
- Strong understanding of GAAP, SOX controls, and audit readiness.
- Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Hands-on experience with Oracle Fusion, NetSuite, Alteryx, Snowflake, or similar tools.
- Demonstrated success with automation or process transformation in AR or finance operations.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Salary range: **$112,000–$156,000 USD annually**, varying by location.
- San Francisco, CA: **$133,000–$156,000 USD**.
- Denver, CO: **$112,000–$132,000 USD**.
- Competitive cash and equity compensation.
- Learning and development allowance.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Up to $25,000 reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services.
- Flexible paid time off.
- Monthly wellness stipend.
- Commuter stipend and in-office perks.
- Relocation stipend may be available.

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