Position: General Accountant – Cash Applications Specialist
Location: Remote – (Global)
Employment Type: Full-time
Type of contract: Independent contractor
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Position Overview:
Support the finance team by owning the cash application process for distributor and wholesale customers, ensuring the timely and accurate application of payments, deductions, chargebacks, and adjustments. This role is ideal for candidates with experience in wholesale, distribution, retail, CPG, food & beverage, manufacturing, or other finished-goods environments where customer remittances and trade deductions require detailed investigation and reconciliation.
Responsibilities:
- Apply distributor and wholesale customer payments to accounts within ERP systems (NetSuite or similar)
- Review remittance advice and supporting documentation to accurately apply cash, credits, deductions, and offsets
- Investigate and reconcile payment discrepancies, short-pays, chargebacks, pricing disputes, and trade deductions
- Track, document, and assist in resolving retailer and distributor deductions, including promotional and freight-related deductions
- Maintain accurate AR subledger records and support customer account reconciliations
- Prepare AR aging, deduction, unapplied cash, and reconciliation reports for management
- Support month-end close activities, including reconciliations, schedules, and journal entries as needed
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Operations, Customer Service, Logistics, and Accounting teams to resolve payment and deduction issues
- Assist with audits, ad hoc reporting, and other general accounting tasks as needed
Requirements:
- 3+ years of experience in accounting, accounts receivable, or cash applications
- MUST have experience supporting wholesale, distributor, retail, manufacturing, CPG, food & beverage, or other finished-goods environments
- Hands-on experience processing high volumes of payments, deductions, short-pays, and chargebacks
- Experience handling distributor or retailer remittance discrepancies and trade deductions strongly preferred
- ERP experience required; NetSuite experience strongly preferred
- Strong reconciliation, analytical, and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail
- Strong Excel / Google Sheets skills (VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, reconciliations, reporting)
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
- Ability to work US business hours and manage tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment
Nice to Have:
- Experience with trade spend, promotional deductions, freight deductions, or retailer chargebacks
- Experience supporting large retail or wholesale accounts
- Familiarity with EDI remittance workflows and deduction management processes
- Experience in multi-entity or multi-currency environments
