Description
Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a detail-oriented and highly organized Accounts Receivable Clerk to support our Accounting team in Dallas or Plano, TX. This part-time role is responsible for accurately processing daily customer payments, maintaining financial records, reconciling discrepancies, and supporting accounts receivable operations to ensure timely and accurate cash application.
The ideal candidate is dependable, detail-oriented, and comfortable working across multiple systems while collaborating with internal teams to resolve payment-related questions and maintain financial accuracy.
Requirements
- Process and apply customer payments accurately and timely on a daily basis
- Manage accounts receivable transactions with a high level of accuracy, organization, and confidentiality
- Research, reconcile, and resolve payment discrepancies to maintain accurate account balances
- Coordinate with project managers and internal stakeholders regarding payment activity and account inquiries
- Monitor and maintain the Accounts Receivable department email inbox, ensuring timely responses and follow-up
- Maintain accurate financial documentation and records within internal systems
- Assist with payment tracking, account reconciliation, and reporting as needed
- Work across various financial systems, banking portals, and software platforms to support AR functions
- Support continuous process improvements and documentation of procedures
- Perform other duties and special projects as assigned
Education & Experience
- High school diploma or GED required
- Associate degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field preferred
- 1+ years of accounts receivable, accounting support, bookkeeping, or related administrative experience preferred
- Experience processing payments or working with banking/payment systems preferred
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong attention to detail with a high degree of accuracy in data entry and financial processing
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to identify and resolve discrepancies independently
- Strong customer service mindset and ability to work collaboratively across departments
- Ability to document and improve existing processes
Skills Required
- High school diploma or GED
- Associate degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field
- 1+ years of accounts receivable, accounting support, bookkeeping, or related administrative experience
- Experience processing payments or working with banking/payment systems
- Strong attention to detail and high degree of accuracy in data entry and financial processing
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
Westwood Professional Services Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Westwood Professional Services and has not been reviewed or approved by Westwood Professional Services.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match plus profit sharing is emphasized, with contributions into the plan noted when performance is strong. This structure is consistently highlighted as a meaningful part of total rewards.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage with HSA/FSA options and an EAP form the core of a comprehensive package. The breadth of health offerings is presented as competitive for the industry.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellness programs, tuition reimbursement, certification support, identity protection, pet insurance, and referral bonuses indicate breadth beyond core benefits. Additional perks like holiday cash and student-loan services reinforce lifestyle support.
Westwood Professional Services Insights
What We Do
Westwood is a leading multi-disciplined AEC industry professional services provider for national wind energy, solar energy, electric transmission, private development, and public infrastructure projects. Westwood was established in 1972 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Through a focus on its people, culture, and clients, Westwood has quickly expanded to serve clients across the nation from multiple U.S. offices. Awards In 2021, Westwood placed #4 and #21 respectively on Zweig Group’s national Hot Firms’ and Best Firms to Work for Lists, and received two 2nd place awards for Zweig’s Marketing Excellence. Westwood also ranked consistently higher four years in a row on the Engineering News Record (ENR) list as a leading design firm in the country. The firm consistently ranks on industry top 25 lists and receives recognition for its involvement on award-winning projects nationwide. Multi-Disciplined Surveying & Engineering Services Westwood’s core services, surveying and engineering, are greatly enhanced by the in-house expertise of our planners, landscape architects, GIS experts, and environmental scientists. As a full-service firm, our clients are able to easily tap into the extra knowledge it sometimes takes to keep projects moving forward. Westwood’s multi-disciplinary services frequently provide all that is needed in one consultant. We offer several services including surveying, aerial mapping and LiDAR, civil engineering, PV engineering, water resources management, transportation engineering, construction management, land planning & design, landscape architecture, environmental permitting, GIS, cultural resource services, NPDES and SWPPP compliance. - See more at: https://westwoodps.com/about-us/our-company
