Analyst, Financial Operations (AR)

Overview

This role involves supporting accurate, timely, and compliant financial operations activities across Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, billing, cash application, payment tracking, reconciliations, reporting, and operational accounting support. The Analyst, Financial Operations is responsible for day-to-day transaction execution including preparing and reviewing vendor bills, customer invoices, sponsor billing support, payment records, sales orders, project records, account documentation, and variance research. This position requires collaboration with Finance, Accounting, Clinical Operations, Project Management, Procurement, Delivery, Vendors, Customers, and other cross-functional stakeholders to ensure financial activity is properly documented and aligned with business requirements.

Responsibilities

• Perform day-to-day Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), billing, cash application, vendor bill preparation, invoice processing, payment support, and collections follow-up.
• Support reconciliations, month-end close activities, reporting updates, account research, accrual support, invoice status tracking, and customer/vendor account documentation.
• Respond to routine internal and external inquiries, research discrepancies, follow up on missing information, and escalate issues appropriately.
• Assist with process improvements, provide team backup coverage, support training, participate in system testing, and contribute to special projects.

Requirements

• Understanding of core AP and AR processes including vendor bills, customer invoices, billing support, payment tracking, cash application, account reconciliations, and aging review.
• Ability to prepare, review, and support vendor bills, customer invoices, sponsor billing, payment records, and related financial documentation ensuring accuracy and alignment with contracts, purchase orders, approvals, milestones, or other business requirements.
• Experience supporting reconciliations, account research, invoice aging reviews, variance analysis, accrual support, and month-end close activities.
• Proficiency with ERP, billing, procurement, workflow, or financial systems to enter, maintain, review, and research financial transactions and records.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in data entry, invoice review, coding, reconciliations, and documentation.
• Ability to research basic transaction, billing, payment, vendor, customer, or account discrepancies and escalate complex issues with appropriate documentation.
• Effective communication skills to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Commitment to handling sensitive financial and sponsor data with discretion and professionalism.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related discipline preferred.
• 0-3 years of relevant experience in accounting, finance operations, AP, AR, billing, cash application, procurement, accounting support, or related business functions.
• Experience with ERP systems such as NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, billing systems, procurement platforms, workflow tools, Microsoft Excel, or Google Sheets.
• Experience in clinical research, healthcare, pharmaceutical, life sciences, or professional services industries is a plus but not required.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range: $50,000 - $70,000 USD per year (full-time).
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and company-paid holidays.
• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance plan options.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) with bi-weekly employer contributions.
• Company-paid Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match.

Location

• Remote position within the United States.
• Requires 100% remote work.
• Less than 10% travel may be required.
• Physical demands include the ability to use keyboards and other computer equipment.

Legal Notices

• Applicants in Illinois are not obligated to disclose expunged juvenile records or adjudication, arrest, or conviction.
• Applicants in Connecticut may be required to submit to a urinalysis drug test.
• Compliance with applicable laws prohibiting smoking in and around places of employment in Arizona, Georgia, Indiana, North Dakota, and Rhode Island.
• Massachusetts law prohibits requiring or administering lie detector tests as a condition of employment.
• Maryland law prohibits requiring lie detector or similar tests as a condition of employment.

Equal Opportunity

The employer is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Work Authorization

This employer is unable to sponsor work visas at this time.