Accounts Receivable Resume

Securing your next job as an accounts receivable begins with writing a compelling and cohesive resume that highlights your qualifications for the role.

Here are four solid tips to help you write a strong accounts receivable resume:

1. Highlight your technical accounts receivable skills

Hiring managers looking for accounts receivable candidates quickly go through the qualifications, certifications, and technical skills on each applicant’s resume.

Landing your desired job as an accounts receivable starts with writing an eye-catching resume skills section that showcases your skills and relevant expertise, because if companies are going to trust you to handle their money then you better be both skilled and trustworthy.

Here are some of the best accounts receivable skills to add to your resume to gain a competitive advantage over other candidates and get employers to buy into your ability to do the work:

•   Accredited Receivables Manager (ARM)
•   SOX guidelines
•   Accredited Receivables Specialists (ARS)
•   Customer Information Control System (CICS) 
•   GAAP
•   IFRS
•   Intuit QuickBooks
•   JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
•   Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
•   Microsoft Dynamics
•   NetSuite ERP
•   Contract negotiation
•   Financial reporting
•   FreeAgent
•   SAP
•   Costpoint
•   Alpha-numeric data entry skills
•   Freshbooks
•   Tipalti
•   Invoiced
•   Auditing
•   Bookkeeping
•   DocuPhase
•   Zoho Books

2. Include strong accounts receivable action verbs

The professional experience section on your resume needs to be compelling enough to help you stand out among other accounts receivable candidates.

Action verbs are one way to make this section more interesting, as well as more actionable.

Here are some strong action verbs to add to your accounts receivable resume’s work experience bullet points:

•   Research
•   Organize
•   Conduct
•   Review
•   Collect
•   Document
•   Administer
•   Manage
•   Resolve
•   Compile
•   Verify
•   Analyze
•   Process
•   Implement
•   Execute
•   Monitor
•   Calculate
•   improve
•   Train
•   Achieve
•   Oversee
•   Create

3. Add hard numbers to your achievements

Your past professional achievements are one of the most important parameters by which hiring managers will evaluate your accounts receivable application because you’ll be dealing with numbers every day.

It’s important to showcase your accomplishments in quantifiable terms to clearly demonstrate your impact in similar roles (ideally with the same accounts receivable job title).

The best way to quantify your experience is to add hard numbers to your resume experience section.

For example, you could mention:

• The dollar value of the portfolio of annual billings and collections that you managed
• Your impact on enhancing productivity/efficiency in percentage terms
• The number of invoices you processed per week
• The number of people you managed or trained

Below are two examples of how a sample candidate uses hard numbers to show their professional impact as accounts receivable professionals:

Managed approximately $350M in annual billings and collections

Devised and implemented new billing procedures which enhanced productivity and tracking efficiency by 15%

4. Include accounts receivable-related keywords in your resume

Companies often use Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) to scan resumes for specific resume keywords, so if you’re missing important words related to your duties as an accounts receivable, then you’re hurting your chances of getting hired.

Carefully scan the job listing and note the important skills and experience mentioned in the description. Adding any of those keywords to your accounts receivable resume immediately makes your resume more ATS friendly (just don’t lie and say you have skills that you don’t).

Here is a list of popular keywords found in accounts receivable resumes:

•   Billing and collections
•   Revenue
•   Budget
•   Accounting
•   Invoice statements
•   Financial records and reporting
•   Spreadsheets and journal entries
•   Deposit verification
•   GL reconciliation
•   Customer relations
•   Billing automation
•   Transaction processing
•   Efficiency gains
•   Aged receivables improvement
•   DSO improvement