[Hiring] AR / AP Accounting Analyst @Kognitiv Inc.

Role Description

At Kognitiv Inc., we’re redefining what it means to be a Workday partner. As one of the fastest-growing companies in the ecosystem, we bring deep expertise, innovative thinking, and a people-first mindset to everything we do. We’re not just building better Workday solutions—we’re building a company where talented people thrive. Ready to do your best work? Join us.

Working hours: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time. This is a night shift locally, with full overlap with U.S. clients and the finance team, including during training.

What You'll Do

• Own Global AR and Collections
  • Generate accurate customer invoices on schedule, checking terms against contracts, purchase orders, and non-standard agreements.
  • Maintain invoicing schedules and global customer master records in financial systems, and use customer invoicing portals to submit invoices and follow up.
  • Proactively contact business clients about past-due balances by phone and email across international time zones. Discuss payment arrangements, respond to incoming calls, and maintain professional client relationships.
  • Research and resolve billing discrepancies, disputes, and customer questions with project managers, commercial teams, and finance colleagues.
  • Void invoices, issue credits, and record customer payments, checking amounts, currencies, and transaction dates for accuracy.
  • Prepare, reconcile, and analyze monthly AR aging files, and support monthly and quarterly close procedures with attention to how transactions affect the books.
• Provide Backup AP Support
  • Cross-train across the full AP lifecycle so you can provide coverage while keeping AR as your primary responsibility.
  • Help review, code, and process vendor invoices, expense reports, and travel claims.
  • Support weekly payment runs, fund transfers, and vendor bank detail verification.
  • Monitor global AP mailboxes, help resolve vendor inquiries, and maintain AP standard operating procedures.
• Support Accounting and Audit
  • Prepare balance sheet and ledger reconciliations for AR and AP accounts.
  • Provide transaction documentation for internal and external audits.
  • Maintain accurate financial data and help with ad hoc accounting projects.

Qualifications

• Relevant accounting or finance experience with hands-on responsibility for full-cycle AR, credit control, and business-to-business collections.
• Working knowledge of general ledger accounting, invoice reconciliation, and month-end close, including how invoices, credits, voids, and payments affect accounting records.
• Experience using a large enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, such as Workday, Oracle, or SAP.
• Experience working with multiple currencies and the attention to detail to record invoices and payments correctly.
• Strong spoken and written English, with the confidence to initiate calls, discuss and negotiate payments, and resolve questions with customers across regions and time zones.
• A collaborative approach: you follow up proactively, ask questions, and work through issues with project managers and the finance team.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including lookups and pivot tables.
• A practical approach to solving billing and payment issues, discretion with confidential financial data, and the ability to balance AR priorities with backup AP coverage.
• Availability to work the stated U.S. Eastern Time schedule.

Helpful Experience but Not Required

• Familiarity with accounts payable workflows.
• Working in a professional services environment.
• Using Projector or Workday PSA.
• Working with customer invoicing portals, particularly Coupa or Ariba.
• Using AI tools in your work or personal projects, with examples of how they've been useful.

Kognitiv is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. Kognitiv will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of the law, including any applicable fair chance law.

Work Authorization

Applicants for employment in the country in which they are applying (Employing Country) must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the Employing Country and with Kognitiv.

Recruitment Fraud Alert

Kognitiv Inc. will only contact job applicants via official email addresses ending in @kognitivinc.com or through our official Workday candidate portal. While our team may occasionally reach out by phone during the recruitment process, we will never ask candidates for money, banking details, or sensitive personal information as a condition of employment. Please ensure you are communicating through our official channels.

Estimated Application Deadline

This job postings' application deadline is an estimate, but ultimately the fill date is flexible and the job will remain open until filled. Any updates on deadlines will be communicated through this job posting.