Cash Application Specialist
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Robert Half Accountemps is seeking a Cash Application Specialist for a long-term contract opportunity in New York, New York. The role supports daily payment application activities, including recording incoming funds, resolving payment issues, and maintaining accurate customer account balances. The ideal candidate brings accounts receivable experience, investigative skills, and a consistent approach to high-volume transactional work.
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Description We are looking for a detail-oriented Cash Application Specialist to support daily payment application activities for a long-term contract opportunity in New York, New York. This role focuses on accurately recording incoming funds, resolving payment issues, and helping maintain clean customer account balances. The ideal candidate brings solid accounts receivable experience, strong investigative skills, and a consistent approach to high-volume transactional work.
Responsibilities:
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Record incoming payments from checks, wires, cash, and other remittance sources with a high level of accuracy.
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Apply customer payments to open invoices and ensure transactions are posted to the appropriate accounts.
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Investigate unapplied cash, short payments, and other exceptions to determine proper resolution.
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Review unidentified deposits and coordinate follow-up to confirm the correct customer or invoice match.
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Reconcile customer accounts by comparing posted activity against outstanding receivables and payment history.
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Support timely correction of posting errors and help maintain accurate accounts receivable records.
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Communicate with internal stakeholders as needed to clarify remittance details and resolve discrepancies. Requirements • Experience with cash application and payment posting in an accounts receivable environment.
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Working knowledge of applying payments across checks, wires, cash receipts, and related remittances.
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Ability to match customer payments to invoices with strong attention to detail.
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Experience researching discrepancies, unapplied cash, and unidentified deposits.
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Solid account reconciliation skills and understanding of customer ledger activity.
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Proficiency in high-volume transactional processing with accuracy and consistency.
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Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
Robert Half is the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions firm that connects highly qualified job seekers to opportunities at great companies. We offer contract, temporary and permanent placement solutions for finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support roles.
Robert Half works to put you in the best position to succeed. We provide access to top jobs, competitive compensation and benefits, and free online training. Stay on top of every opportunity - whenever you choose - even on the go. Download the Robert Half app (https://www.roberthalf.com/us/en/mobile-app) and get 1-tap apply, notifications of AI-matched jobs, and much more.
All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Benefits are available to contract/temporary professionals, including medical, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance. Hired contract/temporary professionals are also eligible to enroll in our company 401(k) plan. Visit roberthalf.gobenefits.net for more information.
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How this job compares
Set against the 680 open Accounts Receivable jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$56–75K/yr142 salary ranges
- New York median$21–27/hr31 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 64 open Accounts Receivable jobs in New York and 680 across the US. 9% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- Robert Half (this employer)9 open
- Kaleida Health5 open
- NYU Langone Medical Center4 open
- Experience
- Accounts Receivable postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (449 postings).
- Education
- 58 of the 680 open Accounts Receivable jobs (9%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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