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Senior Accounts Receivable Analyst

Summary of role

$65k-$75k

Hybrid in Northlake, IL

The Senior Accounts Receivable Analyst is a key member of the finance team responsible for managing end-to-end accounts receivable operations. This role ensures the timely collection of outstanding receivables, oversees customer account accuracy, and partners cross-functionally to resolve billing issues and disputes. The analyst plays a critical role in month-end close activities, including rebate accruals and A/R reporting, and drives continuous improvement to optimize cash flow and customer satisfaction.

Key responsibilities

• Own a portfolio of customer accounts, proactively managing collections, ensuring timely payments, and minimizing aged receivables.
• Analyze and reconcile customer accounts to ensure accurate invoicing, payment application, and resolution of discrepancies.
• Lead the dispute management process, partnering with Sales, Customer Service, and Operations to investigate and resolve issues, issue credit memos, and prevent recurrence.
• Prepare and post month-end journal entries related to A/R, including rebate accruals, write-offs, and adjustments.
• Generate and analyze A/R aging reports, bad debt trends, and other metrics to support cash forecasting and executive reporting.
• Support internal and external audits by providing documentation and explaining A/R-related transactions and controls.
• Identify and implement process improvements to accelerate collections, reduce manual effort, and enhance reporting accuracy.
• Maintain compliance with company credit policies and SOX/internal control requirements.

You bring these skills, experience & education

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in Accounts Receivable, ideally in a manufacturing or B2B environment.
• Strong understanding of collections processes, credit risk, and account reconciliation.
• Experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics) and advanced Excel skills (VLOOKUP, PivotTables, etc.).
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Strong communication skills and ability to interact with customers and internal teams professionally and effectively.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

We offer

• Generous Day 1 eligibility healthcare & life insurance for you and qualified dependents
• 401K Retirement matching reimbursement 
• Vacation & PSL
• Paid Holidays
• Performance Bonus
• And much more!

SIG competencies

We are looking for people who are willing to consistently achieve results, even under tough circumstances, employees who create a climate where everyone is motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives. If you actively seek new ways to grow and be challenged, if you develop people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals, SIG is the place for you. To deliver better for our customers, our future colleagues build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions. Finally, we are looking for colleagues who build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. Are you someone who applies knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals? Are you someone who can create new and better ways for the organization to be successful? If the answer is ‘yes’, come and join us.

 Our promise

SIG is the place for you to build something incredible. We offer competitive compensation and an opportunity to partially work from home. If you join us, you will be part of a globally successful international company, which is leading its industry in sustainability, technology, and more. We think of ourselves as the career launchpad - a place to develop yourself fast with real work, real experience, real opportunities to build skills. You will be part of a highly motivated and dynamic team, you will have personal development opportunities, trainings and coaching opportunities from senior team members. If you show skill and willingness to learn, we'll back you all the way.

About SIG

SIG is a leading provider of packaging systems and solutions for better. We work in partnership with our customers to bring food products to consumers around the world in a safe, sustainable, and affordable way. We are the only packaging system supplier covering carton, pouch, and bag-in-box. Our versatile technology and product innovation capacity enable us to deliver better for customers, for consumers, and for the world. Sustainability guides us, technology empowers us, but it’s the passion and drive of our people that truly enable us to deliver better. Founded in 1853, SIG is headquartered in Neuhausen, Switzerland, and listed at the SIX Swiss Exchange.