Accounts Receivable Resume Examples & Format

Accounts Receivable resume examples by experience level

All three samples are illustrative: the people, employers and every figure are made up.

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What does an accounts receivable do?

O*NET groups this work with bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks, whose tasks include receiving, recording and banking cash and checks, calculating amounts due and interest charges, and reconciling or reporting discrepancies in records. In the US, titles include AR clerk, AR specialist and collections specialist, and an accounts receivable resume should show invoice volume, collection results and days sales outstanding (DSO).

Accounts Receivable duties to put on a resume

• Prepare and send customer invoices and statements.
• Receive, record and deposit checks, ACH and card payments, and apply them to customer accounts.
• Calculate amounts due, late charges and balances.
• Follow up on overdue accounts by phone and email and set up payment plans.
• Reconcile the receivables ledger and report discrepancies.
• Prepare aging reports and help with month-end close.

Best resume format for an accounts receivable

• Lead each job with scope: accounts, monthly billing and DSO.
• Name the system the job posting names: QuickBooks, NetSuite, SAP or Oracle.
• One page up to about five years; two pages for supervisors with team and reserve duties.

The section order and what goes in each are on the how to write a resume guide; the resume format guide covers every format by type and country.

Summary examples by level

• Entry-level: Accounting graduate with a five-month AR internship applying 1,200 payments and collecting $38,000 from overdue accounts, seeking an entry-level AR role.
• Mid-level: Accounts receivable specialist with five years in B2B distribution, managing 450 accounts and $3.2M monthly billing, with DSO cut from 52 to 38 days.
• Senior: AR supervisor with ten years leading a team of five over $40M in annual receivables, cutting bad-debt write-offs by 45%.

Work experience bullet points

• Invoiced 450 customer accounts worth $3.2 million a month with under 1% billing errors.
• Applied 1,800 check, ACH and card payments a month, clearing unapplied cash within 2 days.
• Cut DSO from 52 to 38 days in 18 months with a weekly aging review and call list.
• Collected $1.1 million in balances over 90 days from 120 enterprise accounts.
• Closed billing disputes in 7 days on average, down from 21, by working with sales.
• Reconciled 2 lockbox accounts daily and the AR subledger monthly with zero open differences.
• Cut bad-debt write-offs by 45% with earlier credit holds and payment plans.
• Moved 70% of customers to ACH, halving cash application time.

Key skills to list

Hard skills: Invoicing and billing, Cash application, Collections calls and emails, Aging reports, DSO tracking, Dispute resolution, AR reconciliation, Credit holds and reviews, QuickBooks, NetSuite or SAP, Excel (pivot tables, XLOOKUP), Lockbox and ACH processing, Bad-debt reserve support.

Soft skills: Firm but polite phone manner, Attention to detail, Persistence, Working with sales and customers, Confidentiality.

Education and certifications

• O*NET reports that 41% of bookkeeping and accounting clerks say a high school diploma is required, 21% a post-secondary certificate and 12% a bachelor's degree. Name your degree or certificate and the year.
• Accounting software certificates are optional; list one with the year only if you hold it.
• No license is needed for AR work; list professional courses only if you completed them.

Sources

Checked on 5 October 2026.

• O*NET OnLine 43-3031.00 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks: tasks, education, technology