# What Accounting Operations Professionals Are Asked to Do: Evidence from 122 Current Vacancies

> A reproducible analysis of 122 current vacancies maps the evidence, decisions and professional outputs employers assign across AP, AR, reconciliation and close work.

- Canonical page: https://mtfinstitute.com/insights/accounting-operations-122-vacancies-2026/
- Content type: Article
- Editorial category: Research & Reports
- Publisher: MTF Institute of Management, Technology and Finance
- Author: MTF Institute Research Team- Published: 2026-08-29
- Updated: 2026-08-31
- Language: English
- Topics: Vacancy Analysis, Accounting Operations, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Reconciliation

## What Accounting Operations Professionals Are Asked to Do: Evidence from 122 Current Vacancies

The complete open archive - a visually reviewed PDF, the rights-reviewed 122-row dataset, coding summary, quality record, methods appendix and data dictionary - is preserved at [Zenodo DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22165481](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22165481). The direct public PDF is [available here](https://zenodo.org/records/22165481/files/accounting-operations-122-vacancies-2026.pdf?download=1).

**MTF Institute Research Report**  
**Byline:** MTF Institute Research Team  
**Evidence date:** 29 August 2026  
**Draft version:** v1

## Abstract

This report examines the work represented in 122 current public vacancies for accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing, collections, bookkeeping, accounting support and transaction-focused accountant roles. The vacancies were retrieved on 29 August 2026 from individual employer pages hosted on five applicant-tracking-system families. The purposive corpus contains 20 Ashby, five Greenhouse, 27 Lever, 34 SmartRecruiters and 36 Workday records. It covers 115 exact stored employer labels and five role families: 36 accountants with transactional accounting scope, 27 accounts-payable roles, 18 accounting-operations or bookkeeping roles, 35 accounts-receivable, billing or collections roles, and six explicitly combined AP/AR roles.

Admission required evidence of at least two of three workflow areas: accounts payable; accounts receivable or cash operations; and reconciliation or close support. Forty-two vacancies contained evidence for all three areas. Twenty-eight combined AP with reconciliation or close support, 27 combined AR or cash work with reconciliation or close support, and 25 combined AP with AR or cash work. Across the accepted corpus, reconciliation or close support was coded in 97 records, AP operations in 95 and AR or cash operations in 94. More specific codes include month-end close in 13, customer billing and invoicing in 12, cash application and receipts in 11, vendor or customer reconciliation in 11, collections and credit control in 11, expense or card reconciliation in nine, bank or cash reconciliation in nine, and aging review in nine.

These are exact counts of records in a screened corpus. The associated percentages are corpus coverage proportions: they describe how much retained indexed text contained evidence for a code. They are not estimates of labour-market prevalence, task time, importance or employer demand. The broad AP, AR and reconciliation counts are also shaped by the admission rule and cannot independently prove that those activities occur at the same rates outside this corpus. A one-record-per-case-normalised-employer sensitivity view retains 114 vacancies and yields similar broad-code coverage, but it does not convert the study into a representative sample.

The evidence supports an integrated view of accounting operations. Supplier and customer transactions create open items; payments and receipts change those items; reconciliations connect source records, subledgers, bank activity and general-ledger control balances; exceptions require traceable investigation; and close support turns the work into reviewable period evidence. Curriculum should therefore connect procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, reconciliation, exception management, spreadsheet and system controls, communication and month-end handoff. It should preserve clear authority limits: training can develop preparation, checking and escalation capabilities without authorising payments, bank-detail changes, accounting-policy choices, statutory reporting, consumer debt recovery, audit conclusions or work on real confidential records.

## Research purpose and reading rules

The purpose is to convert current vacancy evidence into a defensible description of accounting-operations work and into curriculum implications for the proposed *Professional Certificate in Accounting Operations: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Reconciliation*. The report asks what accepted vacancy records show, how the represented tasks connect, and what the evidence can responsibly support.

Three reading rules are essential.

First, a coded count is a count of accepted records whose retained title or indexed public description met a documented rule. It is not a count of every time a term appeared. One record can receive several codes, and one code is counted no more than once per record.

Second, a missing code means that the retained evidence did not establish the activity. It does not prove that the employer excludes the activity from the job. Search descriptions vary in length and specificity, so narrow duties are especially vulnerable to under-recording.

Third, this is a purposive curriculum-evidence study rather than probability sampling. Percentages make the composition of these 122 records easier to inspect. They must not be reported as global or national prevalence estimates.

## Research questions

1. Which accounting-operations role families and applicant-tracking-system source families are represented in the accepted corpus?
2. How often are AP, AR or cash work, and reconciliation or close support evidenced in the retained corpus records?
3. Which more specific operational skills are evidenced, and in how many accepted records?
4. How do the represented responsibilities connect as an end-to-end AP, AR and reconciliation workflow?
5. How sensitive are the findings to repeated employer labels and uneven source-platform contribution?
6. What curriculum decisions are supported, and which professional, legal, rights and outcome claims remain outside the evidence?

## Method

### Study design

The study is a cross-sectional content analysis of current, public, English-language employer vacancy metadata retrieved on one date. The unit of analysis is one accepted, deduplicated vacancy URL. Source records retain the employer or publisher label, exact indexed title, location only when the indexed result supplied it, retrieval date, canonical URL, current-status signal, a minimal paraphrased supporting fact, workflow areas, coded skills, role family, deduplication key, rights classification and limitation.

The vacancy evidence was interpreted alongside accepted occupational, public-sector control, system-documentation, market-intent and portfolio-rights evidence. Those additional sources help define the occupational family, process meaning and safe scope. They do not add records to the 122-vacancy counts.

### Search and sampling strategy

Twenty-two reproducible public-search captures targeted individual employer vacancy pages hosted on Ashby, Greenhouse, Lever, SmartRecruiters and Workday. Queries combined role language such as accounts payable specialist, accounts receivable specialist, AP/AR, accounting specialist, staff accountant and bookkeeper with reconciliation, invoices, cash or related transaction-work terms.

The searches produced 255 raw result rows and 220 unique canonical URLs before eligibility screening. The final corpus contains 122 accepted unique vacancies and 98 excluded unique results. The search design was deliberately purposive: it sought enough suitable evidence across AP, AR and combined transaction-accounting roles to inform curriculum architecture. It was not designed to reproduce the vacancy universe of a country, occupation or platform.

### Inclusion criteria

A record was eligible only when all of the following were evidenced in the retained public result:

- the URL represented an individual HTTPS vacancy on a first-party employer ATS page;
- the title belonged to accounting operations, bookkeeping, AP, AR, billing, collections or a transaction-focused accountant family;
- the title was operational rather than manager, director, controller, head, vice-president or lead level;
- the retained title or description evidenced at least two of AP, AR or cash operations, and reconciliation or close support;
- no explicit closed or expired signal appeared at retrieval; and
- the role was not a pure payroll, FP&A, financial-planning or medical revenue-cycle position.

Accounting supervisor titles were retained only where the sampled evidence was operational and the explicit seniority exclusions did not apply. This is a corpus rule, not a general statement that every supervisor role is equivalent to an individual-contributor role.

### Exclusion criteria and flow

Of 220 unique canonical URLs discovered, 98 were excluded and 122 accepted. Exclusion reasons were assigned once under the primary deterministic rule.

| Primary exclusion reason | Unique results |
|---|---:|
| Fewer than two required workflow areas evidenced | 63 |
| Title outside the accounting-operations role family | 18 |
| Manager, director, controller, head or lead title | 9 |
| Pure payroll, FP&A or medical revenue-cycle role | 4 |
| Not an individual first-party employer ATS vacancy | 4 |
| **Total excluded** | **98** |

The requirement for two workflow areas gives the corpus analytical coherence. It also creates selection effects. In particular, the study cannot use the high coverage of AP, AR or reconciliation to claim that the same coverage exists among all accounting vacancies.

### Current-status rule

“Current” means that an individual employer ATS vacancy was returned in public search on 29 August 2026 and that no closed or expired signal appeared in the indexed result. This is a point-in-time status rule. It does not guarantee that a page remained open after retrieval, that applications were still accepted in every location, or that indexed text matched every later page revision.

The study did not create accounts, sign in, submit applications, interact with forms or bypass access controls. A later unavailable page does not invalidate the historical observation, but it reduces what another researcher may be able to read back from the live web.

### Canonicalisation and deduplication

URLs were canonicalised by removing fragments, tracking parameters and trailing `/apply`, while retaining identity-bearing query parameters. Exact canonical URLs were collapsed, keeping the richest indexed description. A second identity check combined employer or publisher label, normalised exact title and ATS vacancy identity. The accepted ledger has 122 unique canonical URLs and 122 unique deduplication keys.

Employer concentration is reported in two ways because label case matters. The ledger contains 115 case-sensitive stored employer labels. One exact label contributes three records, five exact labels contribute two, and all other exact labels contribute one. Case-normalising the employer label merges `Jobgether` and `jobgether`, producing 114 normalised employer groups and two groups with three records. The sensitivity analysis uses this more conservative case-normalised grouping.

### Coding framework

Coding used case-insensitive deterministic multi-label patterns over the exact indexed title and public-search description retained in the evidence process. Three broad workflow codes identify AP operations, AR or cash operations, and reconciliation or close support. Seventeen narrower codes identify explicit evidence for month-end close, billing, cash application, vendor or customer reconciliation, collections, expense or card reconciliation, bank or cash reconciliation, aging review, ERP or spreadsheet work, journals or accruals, invoice processing or coding, payment-run preparation, exception resolution, controls or audit support, vendor-master or vendor-query work, balance-sheet or subledger reconciliation, and purchase-order or matching controls.

The broad codes and narrow codes answer different questions. A record may support a broad workflow area through generic wording while lacking enough indexed detail for a narrow code. Consequently, narrow counts should be read as explicit evidence floors within this corpus rather than exhaustive task inventories.

### Rights and expression controls

The retained vacancy ledger contains factual metadata, links and minimal paraphrased supporting facts rather than copied vacancy bodies. The report does not reproduce employer templates, logos, screenshots, branded process diagrams or proprietary course material. Occupational and system sources are cited through short original paraphrase. O*NET use is attributed under its applicable CC BY 4.0 terms; no endorsement is implied. BLS facts are cited without using emblems or third-party imagery. The older ILO classification is referenced briefly rather than reproduced or adapted.

The analysis does not depend on reproducing IFRS standards, COSO framework content, PCI materials, ERP-vendor training or professional-body examinations. It uses original, vendor-neutral process language and sends organisation-specific policy, law, tax, accounting treatment, system configuration and authority decisions back to the responsible workplace owner.

### Quality controls

The accepted specialist evidence passed checks for the minimum corpus size, unique URLs, unique deduplication keys, non-empty required fields, exact retrieval date, individual first-party ATS URLs, two or more workflow areas, excluded seniority and excluded pure payroll, FP&A and medical revenue-cycle scope. Input artifact hashes were rechecked before drafting. Numerical tables in this report were regenerated from the accepted TSV or compared with the accepted coding summary. The linked vacancy appendix is generated directly from the 122 accepted rows.

## Sample profile

### ATS source families

| Source family | Records | Corpus coverage |
|---|---:|---:|
| Workday employer ATS | 36 | 29.5% |
| SmartRecruiters employer ATS | 34 | 27.9% |
| Lever employer ATS | 27 | 22.1% |
| Ashby employer ATS | 20 | 16.4% |
| Greenhouse employer ATS | 5 | 4.1% |
| **Total** | **122** | **100.0%** |

This distribution describes retrieval, not the market share of ATS providers or the occupational distribution of jobs. Workday and SmartRecruiters together account for 70 records, so platform-specific indexing practices can influence which details were available for narrow coding.

### Role families

| Role family | Records | Corpus coverage |
|---|---:|---:|
| Accountant with transactional accounting scope | 36 | 29.5% |
| Accounts receivable, billing or collections | 35 | 28.7% |
| Accounts payable | 27 | 22.1% |
| Accounting operations or bookkeeping | 18 | 14.8% |
| Explicit combined AP/AR | 6 | 4.9% |
| **Total** | **122** | **100.0%** |

The role mix is intentionally broader than a search for one title. Accepted occupational evidence shows that the same transaction-and-reconciliation work appears under Accounting Clerk, Accounting Assistant, Accounts Assistant, Accounting Specialist, AP Clerk or Specialist, AR Clerk or Specialist, Bookkeeper, Finance Assistant and some junior or staff accountant titles. No single title operates as a reliable global label for the full bundle.

For that reason, *Accounting Operations* is the most defensible umbrella in the course title, while *Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Reconciliation* states the practical work directly. The target-role label *Accounts Payable and Receivable Specialist (AP/AR Specialist)* is useful in learner and career copy, but it should not be presented as a universal occupational designation.

### Employer concentration

The 122 records contain 115 exact stored employer labels. The largest exact-label cluster contributes three records, or 2.5% of the corpus. Five other exact labels contribute two records each. Case-normalisation reduces the employer-group count to 114 because one label appears with two capitalisation variants. Concentration is therefore low compared with a corpus dominated by one multi-location employer, but it is not zero.

### Location evidence

Location is recorded as “Not stated in indexed public result” for 86 records. The remaining 36 strings are heterogeneous and were not normalised into countries or regions. Several indexed strings appear structurally ambiguous rather than reliably geographic. No geographic prevalence table is therefore reported. Employer identity was not used to infer jurisdiction.

## Findings

### Exact workflow-area combinations

Every accepted vacancy contains evidence for at least two broad workflow areas by design.

| Workflow-area combination | Records | Corpus coverage |
|---|---:|---:|
| AP + AR/cash + reconciliation/close | 42 | 34.4% |
| AP + reconciliation/close | 28 | 23.0% |
| AR/cash + reconciliation/close | 27 | 22.1% |
| AP + AR/cash | 25 | 20.5% |
| **Total** | **122** | **100.0%** |

The all-three group is the largest single combination, yet 80 records do not evidence all three areas. This matters for curriculum design. An integrated course is defensible because substantial records bridge the cycles, but role specialisation remains real. Learners should understand the common system while still being able to work in an AP-weighted, AR-weighted or transaction-accountant position.

### Exact coded counts

| Code | Evidenced activity | Records | Corpus coverage |
|---|---|---:|---:|
| W03 | Reconciliation and close support | 97 | 79.5% |
| W01 | Accounts payable operations | 95 | 77.9% |
| W02 | Accounts receivable and cash operations | 94 | 77.0% |
| S01 | Month-end close | 13 | 10.7% |
| S02 | Customer billing and invoicing | 12 | 9.8% |
| S03 | Cash application and receipts | 11 | 9.0% |
| S04 | Vendor or customer reconciliation | 11 | 9.0% |
| S05 | Collections and credit control | 11 | 9.0% |
| S06 | Expense and card reconciliation | 9 | 7.4% |
| S07 | Bank and cash reconciliation | 9 | 7.4% |
| S08 | Aging review | 9 | 7.4% |
| S09 | ERP, accounting systems and Excel | 6 | 4.9% |
| S10 | Journal entries and accruals | 6 | 4.9% |
| S11 | Invoice processing and coding | 5 | 4.1% |
| S12 | Payment runs and disbursements | 5 | 4.1% |
| S13 | Discrepancy and exception resolution | 5 | 4.1% |
| S14 | Controls, compliance and audit support | 5 | 4.1% |
| S15 | Vendor master and queries | 2 | 1.6% |
| S16 | Balance-sheet and subledger reconciliation | 2 | 1.6% |
| S17 | Purchase-order and matching controls | 1 | 0.8% |

The table contains corpus counts, not market estimates. The 79.5%, 77.9% and 77.0% broad-code values are partly consequences of the two-area admission rule. The narrower values are conservative evidence counts because indexed descriptions often omit task detail. Neither kind of percentage should be used as an estimate of the share of all employers requiring a task.

### Accounts payable as a controlled transaction path

AP operations are evidenced in 95 accepted records. The broader accepted role analysis shows what this path means operationally: intake and identify an invoice or credit; confirm supplier and transaction references; compare it with available order, receipt, contract or approval evidence under supplied policy; assign or check coding; record exceptions; prepare a reviewable posting or payment pack; respond to supplier-account questions; and reconcile supplier or AP balances to supporting records.

The narrow corpus codes should not be mistaken for a complete process census. Only five records explicitly meet the invoice-processing-and-coding pattern, five the payment-run pattern, two the vendor-master-or-query pattern and one the purchase-order-or-matching pattern. Those low counts do not negate the 95-record broad AP code. They show that the indexed text available for many records was too general to establish the narrower action. Curriculum inclusion should therefore combine frequency evidence with process necessity and accepted occupational or system evidence, rather than rank topics solely by narrow snippet counts.

Payment authority is distinct from preparation. A learner can inspect an invoice set, record a match status, assemble an exception queue and prepare a proposed payment-run control sheet. The course should not authorise bank access, supplier-bank changes, approval, release or transmission of money. This separation is both a professional control and a safe educational boundary.

### Accounts receivable and cash operations as an open-item path

AR or cash operations are evidenced in 94 records. The interpreted workflow begins with a valid customer charge or billing input, creates an invoice or open receivable, records receipts, applies cash to supported open items, identifies partial, excess, unapplied or unidentified amounts, maintains aging visibility, follows approved B2B collection procedures, resolves disputes through documented handoff, and reconciles the customer subledger and control balance.

Within the corpus, 12 records explicitly evidence customer billing or invoicing, 11 cash application or receipts, 11 collections or credit control and nine aging review. These are separate actions. Billing creates or adjusts the amount due; cash application links a receipt to an item; aging is an as-of-date analysis; collections is a policy-bounded follow-up process; reconciliation tests whether the records connect. Compressing them into one generic “receivables” lesson would hide important evidence states and decision points.

The safe scope is B2B trade receivables using synthetic records and a supplied policy. Consumer debt collection, legal recovery, credit reporting, autonomous outreach, threats, statutory notices and jurisdiction-specific advice remain outside this report’s curriculum recommendation.

### Reconciliation as the connecting control

Reconciliation or close support is the most frequent broad code, evidenced in 97 records. Reconciliation should not be reduced to “make two totals equal.” It is a structured explanation of whether two independently maintained representations of the same economic activity agree at a defined point in time, and, if they do not, what valid timing, classification, omission, duplication, posting or data-quality reason explains the difference.

The corpus explicitly codes 11 vendor or customer reconciliations, nine expense or card reconciliations, nine bank or cash reconciliations, and two balance-sheet or subledger reconciliations. Again, these are explicit evidence floors. Accepted occupational and system sources independently support bank matching, AP and AR records, discrepancy reporting, open-item settlement and subledger-to-general-ledger comparison.

A useful common sequence is: define the two populations and cut-off; obtain source versions; check opening balance continuity; compare identifiers and amounts; separate matched, timing and exception items; investigate without overwriting evidence; propose corrections only within role scope; record owner, due date and status; recompute the bridge; and prepare sign-off evidence for the responsible reviewer. This sequence can be applied to supplier statements, customer accounts, bank lines, expenses, cards, AP or AR subledgers, clearing accounts and general-ledger control balances.

### Month-end close and journal support

Month-end close is explicitly coded in 13 records, while journal entries or accruals are coded in six. These narrower counts should inform but not bound curriculum. Close is the period at which unresolved transaction and reconciliation states become visible to reviewers. A realistic accounting-operations role may prepare schedules, explain aged items, document cut-off exceptions, assemble support for accruals or corrections, and hand reviewed information to an accountant or controller.

The learner should be assessed on traceability and readiness, not on selecting accounting policy. A close checklist can require source completeness, subledger status, open exception ownership, reconciliation bridges and evidence links. Any journal or accrual proposal should use a supplied policy and synthetic case, state the rationale and source, and remain subject to named human review.

### Systems, spreadsheets and automation

ERP, accounting-system or Excel evidence is explicitly coded in six records. That number is too low to estimate technology demand because indexed descriptions often omit tool details and the accepted role analysis identifies systems and spreadsheets repeatedly. The appropriate inference is qualitative: learners need vendor-neutral system concepts and controlled spreadsheet habits, but this corpus cannot rank products or estimate the share of roles requiring a named tool.

The curriculum should focus on portable concepts: document and transaction identifiers, supplier and customer accounts, posting and settlement states, approval status, open-item status, aging date, period and cut-off, batch totals, exception reason, evidence link, owner, reviewer and audit trail. Spreadsheet work should include input/output separation, stable keys, controlled formulas, duplicate checks, reason codes, tie-out totals, version labels and review notes. Software-button memorisation is a weak substitute for understanding the evidence and state transitions.

Automation changes the location of work rather than eliminating the need for control. Where matching or cash-application suggestions are produced automatically, the professional still needs to understand what data were compared, which tolerances or rules were supplied, what remained unmatched, what evidence supports a decision, and who can approve the result. AI may help organise synthetic or authorised information, generate a question list or challenge a reconciliation explanation, but it cannot create source evidence, approve a posting, release payment, determine fraud or replace the responsible reviewer.

### Exceptions, controls and communication

Five records explicitly evidence discrepancy or exception resolution, and five controls, compliance or audit support. The low explicit counts reflect snippet detail, while the inclusion logic and accepted role analysis make controlled exception work central to the end-to-end interpretation.

An exception is not just an error label. It needs a stable reference, the expected and observed states, amount and date, source links, reason category, owner, next action, due date, approval route and resolution evidence. Useful categories include missing evidence, duplicate candidate, price or quantity difference, receipt difference, wrong entity or account, timing difference, unidentified receipt, partial settlement, bank difference, interface failure and out-of-period item. The course should teach the learner to distinguish a supported timing item from an unresolved discrepancy and a stop-and-escalate signal.

Communication is part of the control environment. Supplier and customer queries, approval requests, remittance questions, dispute notes and close handoffs should be factual, specific, privacy-aware and linked to a case record. A message should state what is known, what is missing, what action is requested, the response date and where evidence belongs. It should not disclose unnecessary data, accuse a party, promise an outcome or conceal uncertainty.

## Sensitivity analysis

### One record per case-normalised employer

The primary corpus has 115 exact stored employer labels. To test whether repeated and differently capitalised labels materially shape the findings, a deterministic sensitivity view case-normalises the label, sorts records by record ID and retains the first record from each group. This produces 114 records from 114 normalised employer groups.

| Measure | Full corpus | One-per-normalised-employer view |
|---|---:|---:|
| Records | 122 | 114 |
| Reconciliation and close support | 97 (79.5%) | 90 (78.9%) |
| AP operations | 95 (77.9%) | 88 (77.2%) |
| AR and cash operations | 94 (77.0%) | 88 (77.2%) |
| Month-end close | 13 (10.7%) | 11 (9.6%) |
| Customer billing and invoicing | 12 (9.8%) | 12 (10.5%) |
| Cash application and receipts | 11 (9.0%) | 11 (9.6%) |
| Vendor or customer reconciliation | 11 (9.0%) | 10 (8.8%) |
| Collections and credit control | 11 (9.0%) | 11 (9.6%) |
| Expense and card reconciliation | 9 (7.4%) | 8 (7.0%) |
| Bank and cash reconciliation | 9 (7.4%) | 8 (7.0%) |
| Aging review | 9 (7.4%) | 8 (7.0%) |
| ERP, accounting systems and Excel | 6 (4.9%) | 6 (5.3%) |
| Journal entries and accruals | 6 (4.9%) | 6 (5.3%) |
| Invoice processing and coding | 5 (4.1%) | 4 (3.5%) |
| Payment runs and disbursements | 5 (4.1%) | 5 (4.4%) |
| Discrepancy and exception resolution | 5 (4.1%) | 5 (4.4%) |
| Controls, compliance and audit support | 5 (4.1%) | 5 (4.4%) |
| Vendor master and queries | 2 (1.6%) | 1 (0.9%) |
| Balance-sheet and subledger reconciliation | 2 (1.6%) | 2 (1.8%) |
| Purchase-order and matching controls | 1 (0.8%) | 1 (0.9%) |

The source mix in this view is 20 Ashby, five Greenhouse, 25 Lever, 30 SmartRecruiters and 34 Workday records. The role mix is 34 transaction-scope accountants, 16 accounting-operations or bookkeeping roles, 26 AP roles, 33 AR/billing/collections roles and five explicit combined AP/AR roles.

The broad-code coverage changes by less than one percentage point. Most narrow-code counts change by zero or one; month-end changes by two. This supports the limited conclusion that no repeated normalised employer group drives the principal workflow interpretation. It does not prove statistical robustness, because record selection remains purposive and deterministic rather than random.

### Source-platform sensitivity

The five platform families differ in contribution, with Workday at 36 and Greenhouse at five. The role-family cross-tab also differs by platform: for example, Workday contributes 18 of the 35 AR/billing/collections records, while Ashby contributes 10 of the 36 transaction-scope accountant records. Platform results reflect query design, indexing and employer adoption. The study therefore does not compare platform-specific skill rates or treat platform balance as a proxy for market balance.

### Missing-location sensitivity

With 86 of 122 records lacking a stated location in the indexed result and several remaining strings unsuitable for confident geographic coding, a regional sub-analysis would be unstable. Excluding missing locations would reduce the sample to 36 and condition the result on which platforms exposed a parseable location. The report avoids that misleading comparison.

### What the sensitivity views establish

The sensitivity work shows that employer repetition is low and that the broad AP/AR/reconciliation pattern remains visible under a conservative employer cap. It also shows why the findings should remain corpus-specific: platform mix is uneven, location evidence is incomplete, the search frame is purposive, and the text available for coding is abbreviated.

## Interpretation as an end-to-end accounting-operations workflow

### The AP stream

1. Receive and identify the supplier document or transaction request.
2. Validate supplier, entity, date, amount, currency, references and supporting evidence under supplied policy.
3. Compare order, receipt, contract or approval evidence when applicable.
4. Assign or verify coding and record any exception without altering source evidence.
5. Prepare the transaction for review or posting through the approved workflow.
6. Assemble a payment-preparation pack, while keeping payment approval and release separate.
7. Maintain supplier-account visibility and resolve routine queries through documented communication.
8. Reconcile supplier statements, AP detail and the general-ledger control balance; carry unresolved items into the close exception log.

### The AR stream

1. Validate the billing input and create or check the customer charge under supplied policy.
2. Maintain the customer open-item record and issue factual supporting communication through the approved channel.
3. Capture receipt evidence and apply cash to supported open items.
4. Isolate partial, excess, unapplied, unidentified or disputed amounts.
5. Review aging at a stated as-of date and prioritise follow-up under the supplied B2B credit policy.
6. Record disputes, promises, ownership and next actions without offering legal advice or autonomous collection decisions.
7. Reconcile customer accounts, receipt activity, AR detail and the general-ledger control balance.
8. Carry unresolved items into the close pack with evidence and reviewer ownership.

### The reconciliation and close spine

The two streams meet through four representations of activity: source documents, AP or AR subledger records, cash or bank activity, and general-ledger control balances. Reconciliation tests the links between these representations at a defined cut-off. Close support collects the status of those tests, unresolved items, proposed corrections, reviewer decisions and evidence into a period-ready pack.

This integrated interpretation explains why the course title should name both transaction cycles and reconciliation. AP alone can teach invoice and supplier work but leaves the customer and receipt side incomplete. AR alone can teach billing, cash and collections but leaves supplier obligations incomplete. Reconciliation alone can become abstract without the transaction states that create differences. Accounting Operations provides the umbrella for all three while avoiding the implication of a licensed accountant role.

### Observable professional outputs

Evidence supports practical outputs such as an invoice-intake register, matching worksheet, coding and approval checklist, AP exception log, payment-preparation control sheet, supplier-query note, billing control record, cash-application worksheet, unapplied-cash queue, aging review, B2B collection follow-up plan, dispute log, bank-reconciliation bridge, supplier or customer reconciliation, AP-to-GL and AR-to-GL tie-out, close checklist, proposed journal-support sheet, evidence index and reviewer handoff note.

These outputs should be assessed for reproducibility, traceability, arithmetic integrity, evidence state, privacy, authority and reviewer usability. They should not be assessed by whether a real payment, posting or customer contact occurred.

## Curriculum implications

### 1. Use one accounting-operations system, not three disconnected mini-courses

The combination counts support an integrated architecture. Learners should see how AP and AR transactions create balances that later appear in supplier, customer, bank, subledger and general-ledger reconciliations. Repeated identifiers, evidence states and exception logic should connect lessons.

### 2. Teach role boundaries before transaction processing

The opening unit should distinguish preparation, review, approval, release and policy ownership. Learners need to know which actions they can perform, which require review, and which require escalation. This is especially important for bank-detail changes, payment release, write-offs, accounting treatment, tax, consumer collection and suspected fraud.

### 3. Build AP around evidence and exception states

AP learning should cover invoice intake, duplicate checks, purchase-order and receipt evidence, coding, approval status, credit notes, supplier queries, payment preparation and AP reconciliation. A blank template and a realistic completed example should accompany each major artifact.

### 4. Build AR around open items and cash states

AR learning should separate billing, receipt capture, cash application, aging, collections follow-up and disputes. Cases should include partial payment, overpayment, unapplied cash, unidentified receipt, credit note and contested invoice, each with a defined evidence and authority route.

### 5. Make reconciliation a repeated method

Learners should practise the same core reconciliation logic across supplier, customer, bank, expense, card, subledger and control-account contexts. The method should require cut-off, source population, stable keys, matched items, timing items, true exceptions, proposed corrections, owner, reviewer and sign-off evidence.

### 6. Connect daily operations to month-end readiness

Close should not appear only in a final lecture. Each AP and AR lesson should show which data quality, evidence or unresolved exception affects period readiness. The final module can then integrate rollforwards, tie-outs, journal support, close checklists and reviewer handoff.

### 7. Teach spreadsheets and systems through portable controls

Examples should use synthetic exports and vendor-neutral fields. Learners should practise stable identifiers, controlled lookups, totals, duplicate tests, aging dates, status values, exception reasons, evidence links and version control. Named systems may illustrate concepts only where rights allow and should not become the course’s operating dependency.

### 8. Treat communication as an assessed work product

Supplier and customer queries, approval requests, dispute summaries and close notes should be evaluated for clarity, factual restraint, privacy and actionable next steps. Learners should state uncertainty and missing evidence rather than inventing a reason.

### 9. Use AI for organisation and challenge, not authority

AI practice should use synthetic inputs and require source verification. Useful tasks include proposing an exception taxonomy, checking whether a reconciliation explanation is complete, drafting a factual query from supplied evidence, or generating review questions. The learner must verify every factual statement and retain decision responsibility. AI must not approve transactions, release money, change master data, determine fraud or produce accounting-policy conclusions.

### 10. Assess one realistic month-end accounting-operations pack

The capstone should use one synthetic business situation with AP invoices, supplier statements, customer invoices, receipts, bank lines, subledger extracts, control balances and unresolved exceptions. The principal deliverable should be a coherent month-end accounting-operations pack with reconciliations, exception ownership and reviewer handoff. It may reuse course methods but should not become a checklist that mechanically assembles every course artifact.

## Rights, ethics and claims boundaries

The report supports an original, system-neutral course. It does not support copying vacancy text, ERP help pages, IFRS material, COSO diagrams, PCI content, professional-body course expression or examination questions. Public occupational facts should be cited; employer evidence should remain factual and minimally paraphrased; examples and templates should be original MTF material.

The proposed credential is a non-degree MTF professional course and certificate of completion. It should not be described as an accounting qualification, academic credit, licence, accredited personnel certification, professional-body examination preparation or employer recognition. The evidence does not support promises of employment, promotion, salary, accuracy, compliance, fraud prevention or universal accounting treatment.

The curriculum may teach learners to prepare, check, reconcile, document and escalate routine transaction-accounting work under a supplied policy. It should exclude:

- selection of accounting policy or formal financial-reporting conclusions;
- statutory filings and tax, VAT or GST advice;
- payroll and treasury strategy;
- real invoice, journal, supplier, customer, bank, payment or collection changes;
- payment or refund approval and release;
- supplier bank-detail creation or change;
- consumer debt collection, legal recovery or jurisdiction-specific collection advice;
- audit opinions or control-effectiveness conclusions;
- fraud, sanctions or anti-money-laundering determinations;
- real personal, cardholder, bank, tax, credential, customer, supplier or confidential employer data; and
- third-party certification, compliance, accreditation, endorsement or outcome claims.

Where a case presents urgent pressure, changed bank details, inconsistent evidence, suspected duplication or an unexplained balance, the correct learning behaviour is to stop the affected action, preserve evidence and escalate through the supplied authority route. It is not to accuse a party or make a legal, fraud or compliance determination.

## Limitations

1. **Purposive sampling.** The corpus was constructed to cover suitable AP, AR and reconciliation roles, not through random selection. Corpus proportions are not labour-market estimates.
2. **Admission-rule effects.** Every record had to evidence at least two broad workflow areas. The high broad-code counts are therefore partly structural.
3. **Indexed-text dependence.** Coding uses the retained indexed title and public-search description. Short or uneven descriptions under-record narrow duties, tools and context.
4. **Point-in-time current status.** Vacancies can close or change after 29 August 2026. “Current” means visible without a closure signal at retrieval.
5. **English-language and source-platform boundaries.** The sample is English-language and restricted to five employer ATS families found through the documented searches. Other platforms and languages may allocate work differently.
6. **Uneven platform mix.** Workday and SmartRecruiters contribute more than half of the records. Platform indexing and query response can influence available detail.
7. **Incomplete geography.** Eighty-six records lack a stated location in the indexed result, and some remaining strings are not reliably geographic. No regional comparison is supported.
8. **Role heterogeneity.** The corpus combines AP, AR, combined AP/AR, bookkeeping, accounting operations and transaction-scope accountant titles. It supports a common workflow but not interchangeability of every role.
9. **Employer-label uncertainty.** Employer or publisher labels are retained as indexed. Case variants and recruiting intermediaries can affect employer counts.
10. **No task intensity measure.** A code records evidence presence, not hours, priority, seniority, complexity or performance level.
11. **No causal or outcome claim.** The design cannot show that a skill causes hiring, performance, promotion, pay or course effectiveness.
12. **Occupational-source boundaries.** O*NET and BLS are U.S.-specific; ILO and national classifications are broader than this course. They support role context, not vacancy-count inference.
13. **System-documentation boundaries.** Oracle and Microsoft documentation illustrates possible transaction states and controls. It does not establish a universal workflow or product requirement.
14. **Legal and accounting boundaries.** This is curriculum research, not legal, tax, accounting, privacy, audit or compliance advice. Workplace policy and jurisdiction determine real actions.

## Conclusion

The accepted evidence describes a coherent accounting-operations work system rather than a single universally named profession. Across 122 current vacancy records, 42 evidence AP, AR or cash work, and reconciliation or close support together; 80 evidence one of the three possible two-area combinations. Reconciliation or close support appears in 97 records, AP in 95 and AR or cash work in 94. Narrow codes identify billing, cash application, collections, aging, bank and account reconciliation, close, journals, invoice processing, payment preparation, exception handling and control support, while also revealing the limits of indexed descriptions.

The defensible course title is therefore *Professional Certificate in Accounting Operations: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Reconciliation*. It names the exact work without claiming one universal job title or licensed accountant status. The curriculum should connect transaction intake, evidence checks, open-item management, cash and payment preparation, reconciliation, exception resolution and close handoff through practical artifacts. It should remain original, system-neutral and jurisdiction-neutral, with synthetic records and explicit separation between preparation, review, approval, release and policy authority.

## References

1. O*NET OnLine / U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. *Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks (43-3031.00).* https://www.onetonline.org/link/details/43-3031.00
2. O*NET Resource Center. *O*NET License Agreements.* https://www.onetcenter.org/license_agreements.html
3. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. *Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks.* https://www.bls.gov/ooh/office-and-administrative-support/bookkeeping-accounting-and-auditing-clerks.htm
4. International Labour Organization. *ISCO-08 Volume I, Unit Group 4311: Accounting and Bookkeeping Clerks.* https://webapps.ilo.org/ilostat-files/ISCO/newdocs-08-2021/ISCO-08/ISCO-08%20EN%20Vol%201.pdf
5. Government of Canada, NOC/OaSIS. *14200.00 Accounting and related clerks.* https://noc.esdc.gc.ca/OASIS/OASISOccProfile?code=14200.00&version=2022.0
6. UK National Careers Service. *Bookkeeper.* https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/job-profiles/bookkeeper
7. Oracle. *Match Approval Level Options.* https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/procurement/26b/oapro/match-approval-level-options.html
8. Oracle. *Account Reconciliation and Subledgers.* https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/financials/26b/faugl/account-reconciliation-and-subledgers.html
9. Oracle. *How are accounts reconciled to general ledger?* https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/financials/25c/ocuar/how-are-accounts-reconciled-to-general-ledger.html
10. Microsoft Learn. *Settlement overview — Dynamics 365 Finance.* https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/finance/cash-bank-management/settlement-overview
11. Microsoft Learn. *Review collections information.* https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/finance/accounts-receivable/tasks/review-collections-information
12. UK National Crime Agency. *NCA and NatWest launch campaign to protect against invoice fraud in business.* https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/nca-and-natwest-launch-campaign-to-protect-against-invoice-fraud-in-business
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14. MTF Institute. *Online professional certificates for modern business practice.* https://mtfinstitute.com/programs/

### O*NET attribution

This report uses brief adapted occupational facts from O*NET OnLine. O*NET® is a trademark of the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Applicable O*NET information is used under CC BY 4.0; MTF Institute modified the expression, and no endorsement by the U.S. Department of Labor is implied. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

## Appendix A — Data dictionary

| Field | Meaning | Rule |
|---|---|---|
| `record_id` | Stable corpus record identifier | Format `APAR-20260829-NNN`; one per accepted row |
| `source_family` | Employer ATS family | Ashby, Greenhouse, Lever, SmartRecruiters or Workday employer ATS |
| `publisher_employer` | Employer or publisher label in the public result | Retained as indexed; not silently standardised |
| `exact_title` | Vacancy title in the indexed result | Search-engine suffixes may be removed without rewriting the role name |
| `location` | Location text available in the indexed result | Missing values remain `Not stated in indexed public result`; no inference |
| `retrieval_date` | Point-in-time evidence date | Exactly `2026-08-29` for all accepted rows |
| `url` | Canonical individual vacancy URL | Tracking, fragment and trailing application noise removed; identity retained |
| `current_status_signal` | Why the vacancy was treated as current | Publicly returned on retrieval date with no indexed closed or expired signal |
| `minimal_paraphrased_supporting_fact` | Short original statement supporting admission | No vacancy-body reproduction |
| `workflow_areas` | Broad multi-label AP, AR/cash and reconciliation/close codes | At least two distinct areas required for admission |
| `coded_skills` | Narrow and broad deterministic multi-label codes | Evidence presence; one count per code per record |
| `role_family` | Analytical title grouping | One of five accepted families |
| `dedup_key` | Hashed employer-title-ATS identity | Unique across the accepted corpus |
| `rights_classification` | Permitted evidence use | Public factual metadata plus minimal paraphrase |
| `limitation` | Row-level evidence caveat | Point-in-time and indexed-text limits retained |

## Appendix B — Compact coding guide

| Code | Label | Evidence interpretation |
|---|---|---|
| W01 | Accounts payable operations | AP, supplier-invoice, payable or disbursement work is evidenced |
| W02 | Accounts receivable and cash operations | AR, billing, receivable, receipt, cash-application or collections work is evidenced |
| W03 | Reconciliation and close support | Reconciliation, close or account tie-out work is evidenced |
| S01 | Month-end close | Month-end or period-close participation is explicit |
| S02 | Customer billing and invoicing | Customer or sales invoicing is explicit |
| S03 | Cash application and receipts | Receipt recording, allocation or application is explicit |
| S04 | Vendor or customer reconciliation | Supplier, vendor or customer-account reconciliation is explicit |
| S05 | Collections and credit control | Collections, dunning, credit control or receivables follow-up is explicit |
| S06 | Expense and card reconciliation | Expense, card or employee-spend reconciliation is explicit |
| S07 | Bank and cash reconciliation | Bank account, cash or bank-statement reconciliation is explicit |
| S08 | Aging review | AP or AR aging analysis is explicit |
| S09 | ERP, accounting systems and Excel | ERP, accounting-system or spreadsheet capability is explicit |
| S10 | Journal entries and accruals | Journal or accrual preparation or support is explicit |
| S11 | Invoice processing and coding | Invoice intake, processing, validation or coding is explicit |
| S12 | Payment runs and disbursements | Payment-run preparation or disbursement processing is explicit |
| S13 | Discrepancy and exception resolution | Investigation or resolution of mismatches and exceptions is explicit |
| S14 | Controls, compliance and audit support | Control, evidence, compliance or audit-support work is explicit |
| S15 | Vendor master and queries | Supplier-master maintenance or vendor-query handling is explicit |
| S16 | Balance-sheet and subledger reconciliation | Subledger-to-ledger or balance-sheet-account reconciliation is explicit |
| S17 | Purchase-order and matching controls | Purchase-order, receipt or multi-way matching is explicit |

## Appendix C — Compact public vacancy source list

The following entries are generated directly from the accepted 122-row evidence ledger. They provide factual metadata and links, not reproduced vacancy descriptions. Pages may close or change after the evidence date.

| ID | Employer or publisher | Exact indexed title | ATS family | Public URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APAR-20260829-001 | Agent | Staff Accountant @ Agent | Ashby employer ATS | <https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Agent/fd82a0f2-c16b-498e-8bc2-4d7d9216fd71> |
| APAR-20260829-002 | AnyVan | Accounts Payable Specialist @ AnyVan | Ashby employer ATS | <https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/anyvan/ab1549d1-03a4-4436-86d5-11741c0e0794> |
| APAR-20260829-003 | Candid Health | Finance Operations Associate @ Candid Health | Ashby employer ATS | <https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/candidhealth/d5267ead-522a-43fc-8cb1-f75c5503e23c> |
| APAR-20260829-004 | Curvion Blue | Staff Accountant @ Curvion Blue | Ashby employer ATS | <https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/curvionblue/8b422ba8-6c28-4afe-bfd3-7ac3218b6846> |
| APAR-20260829-005 | Del Playa Group | Full-charge Bookkeeper (US - Remote) @ Del Playa Group | Ashby employer ATS | <https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/delplayagroup/1d521394-e72c-477d-b390-9f7d64b9bbcd> |
| APAR-20260829-006 | Docebo | Accounts Receivable Specialist @ Docebo | Ashby employer ATS | <https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/docebo/699526ec-9da9-4abb-b924-3194429f00ef> |
| APAR-20260829-007 | Eight Sleep | Senior Accountant @ Eight Sleep | Ashby employer ATS | <https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/eightsleep/d1859983-528b-4766-bdb2-a175e18651d6> |
| APAR-20260829-008 | EliseAI | Accounts Payable Specialist @ EliseAI | Ashby employer ATS | <https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/EliseAI/2986831b-75df-4a52-8819-e47884d33068> |
| APAR-20260829-009 | Evertune | Staff Accountant @ Evertune | Ashby employer ATS | <https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/evertune/08899855-3193-4861-a87b-40f1d62031a7> |
| APAR-20260829-010 | fal | Account Receivable Specialist @ fal | Ashby employer ATS | <https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/fal-ai/ce74dc77-a416-44c4-8d9b-4937e3ef7f01> |
| APAR-20260829-011 | Harvey | Global Senior Accounts Payable Analyst @ Harvey | Ashby employer ATS | <https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/harvey/3a48daa6-a85f-479f-badd-ca4cf496f72f> |
| APAR-20260829-012 | Inductive Automation LLC | Accounting Supervisor @ Inductive Automation LLC | Ashby employer ATS | <https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/inductive-automation-llc/a4c63284-d083-4c76-8b62-f35572324e25> |
| APAR-20260829-013 | jobs.ashbyhq.com | Accounting Specialist (Accounts Receivable & Payable) | Ashby employer ATS | <https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/hirehangar/8590bc11-8217-46f3-a4a1-55e9932b4398> |
| APAR-20260829-014 | Obsidian Systems | Staff Accountant @ Obsidian Systems | Ashby employer ATS | <https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/obsidiansystems/c600ea27-53e7-424c-98ae-dd03fc55a3d6> |
| APAR-20260829-015 | OpenAI | Senior Credit & Collections @ OpenAI | Ashby employer ATS | <https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai/c6094d81-4be2-40c7-8ae1-62f257fd1d49> |
| APAR-20260829-016 | PartsBase Inc. | Accountant @ PartsBase Inc. | Ashby employer ATS | <https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/partsbase/85827869-4da6-4488-8905-8cc3d406b901> |
| APAR-20260829-017 | Pear VC | Accounts Receivable Specialist - NeuroNav @ Pear VC | Ashby employer ATS | <https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Pear-VC/4f94427f-f267-4024-bc3d-b5d733446460> |
| APAR-20260829-018 | Prompt | Staff Accountant @ Prompt | Ashby employer ATS | <https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/prompt/0c8f563d-5433-43a7-9cee-006e39d12162> |
| APAR-20260829-019 | Satispay | Senior Financial Accountant @ Satispay | Ashby employer ATS | <https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/satispay/5489d9d5-7d39-48a4-a5c1-111afeb4ca2d> |
| APAR-20260829-020 | VSG Recruitment | General Accountant @ VSG Recruitment | Ashby employer ATS | <https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/VSG%20Recruitment/885dcf8d-f19d-4579-b0ee-637598fd39a0> |
| APAR-20260829-021 | AEG Worldwide | Job Application for Staff Accountant (L.A. LIVE) at AEG Worldwide | Greenhouse employer ATS | <https://boards.greenhouse.io/aegworldwide/jobs/8723924002> |
| APAR-20260829-022 | Banyan ... | Job Application for Management Trainee – Finance at Banyan ... | Greenhouse employer ATS | <https://boards.greenhouse.io/banyancanopygroup/jobs/5201527007> |
| APAR-20260829-023 | capco | Mid Technology Delivery - BOOKKEEPER - GLOBAL- Hyd | Greenhouse employer ATS | <https://boards.greenhouse.io/capco/jobs/8095516> |
| APAR-20260829-024 | parloa | Junior Accountant, Accounts Payable | Greenhouse employer ATS | <https://boards.greenhouse.io/parloa/jobs/4957430101> |
| APAR-20260829-025 | votesolar | Associate, Talent, Finance + Operations (TFO) - Greenhouse | Greenhouse employer ATS | <https://boards.greenhouse.io/votesolar/jobs/5406877008> |
| APAR-20260829-026 | Aprio PH | Aprio PH - Senior Accounting Onboarding Associate (QBO, ... | Lever employer ATS | <https://jobs.lever.co/Aprio/bc5d13b6-1688-4e82-9b62-bbadad9281b2> |
| APAR-20260829-027 | Arrive Logistics | Arrive Logistics - Accounts Receivable Specialist | Lever employer ATS | <https://jobs.lever.co/arrivelogistics/16608370-2d00-4397-9ff6-ffae861ba067> |
| APAR-20260829-028 | arrivelogistics | Accounts Receivable Specialist - Arrive Logistics | Lever employer ATS | <https://jobs.lever.co/arrivelogistics/da884856-a9e9-4b32-9ef5-d51e79f11261> |
| APAR-20260829-029 | Assist World | Assist World - Bookkeeper / Accounting Virtual Assistant | Lever employer ATS | <https://jobs.lever.co/assist-world/b299685d-4fd1-4809-bc09-7401a3ec3beb> |
| APAR-20260829-030 | cgsfederal | Senior Accounting Technician | Lever employer ATS | <https://jobs.lever.co/cgsfederal/e8e5bcf9-7d7a-40d1-bffe-580141715899> |
| APAR-20260829-031 | dynamic-connections | Senior Accounting Coordinator - Dynamic Connections | Lever employer ATS | <https://jobs.lever.co/dynamic-connections/0b6f73f5-ab17-4bdb-b3c3-215ec28167ed> |
| APAR-20260829-032 | esrtreit | Sr. Multifamily Property Accountant - Empire State Realty Trust | Lever employer ATS | <https://jobs.lever.co/esrtreit/21cc18aa-82b2-4029-8a41-7df55baff15a> |
| APAR-20260829-033 | farfetch | Senior Accounting Analyst - Farfetch | Lever employer ATS | <https://jobs.lever.co/farfetch/75a201e1-4657-47b7-a27a-9c8b9abd8181> |
| APAR-20260829-034 | getwingapp | Accounts Receivable/Payable Specialist - Wing Assistant | Lever employer ATS | <https://jobs.lever.co/getwingapp/530e3de8-e69c-412d-85c6-6c71703507f1> |
| APAR-20260829-035 | GHJ | GHJ - Bookkeeper | Lever employer ATS | <https://jobs.lever.co/ghj/ea154f42-3e39-44b1-9a10-3c4e84a1bd27> |
| APAR-20260829-036 | Gushwork | Gushwork - Finance Associate | Lever employer ATS | <https://jobs.lever.co/gushwork/31cb9660-1c68-4a49-abe9-5fc28baf494e> |
| APAR-20260829-037 | Hanna Andersson | Hanna Andersson - Accounts Payable Specialist | Lever employer ATS | <https://jobs.lever.co/hannaandersson/a711510a-e9ba-4938-b766-905097941296> |
| APAR-20260829-038 | High Tech High | High Tech High - Senior Accountant I | Lever employer ATS | <https://jobs.lever.co/hightechhigh/995b6658-76de-490e-bf76-bd299ab2a5d7> |
| APAR-20260829-039 | Jobgether | Jobgether - Accounts Receivable Specialist | Lever employer ATS | <https://jobs.lever.co/jobgether/5c1f08f2-f319-45aa-8530-f7a95f5b8bef> |
| APAR-20260829-040 | Jobgether | Jobgether - Senior Accountant | Lever employer ATS | <https://jobs.lever.co/jobgether/078938d6-beaa-47c1-8050-582cd1dda759> |
| APAR-20260829-041 | jobgether | Staff Accountant - Jobgether | Lever employer ATS | <https://jobs.lever.co/jobgether/42cb6959-f7bc-46cb-990d-c773d557c710> |
| APAR-20260829-042 | Kyverna | Accounts Payable Specialist (Coupa) Contract | Lever employer ATS | <https://jobs.lever.co/Kyverna/43519b3e-badc-4fce-a06d-4bb5318e0846> |
| APAR-20260829-043 | Murgado Automotive Group | Murgado Automotive Group - Automotive Bookkeeper | Lever employer ATS | <https://jobs.lever.co/murgadoautomotive/7ed5f050-818f-46cf-befc-cdfb82e64a27> |
| APAR-20260829-044 | panopto | Accounts Receivable & Billing Specialist (UK/Ireland) | Lever employer ATS | <https://jobs.lever.co/panopto/37a34acf-4d44-4f1f-bcb0-9a42490e99e1> |
| APAR-20260829-045 | Proper | Proper - Accountant I - Mexico remote | Lever employer ATS | <https://jobs.lever.co/proper/c0611195-7613-4f8e-8dcb-9c859ae5f231> |
| APAR-20260829-046 | Rainmaker Technology Corporation | Rainmaker Technology Corporation - AR / AP Specialist | Lever employer ATS | <https://jobs.lever.co/make-rain/7aa2893c-7c36-42f8-a03d-ccb0eef97c69> |
| APAR-20260829-047 | scholarsoffinance | Scholars of Finance - Accountant & Financial Analyst | Lever employer ATS | <https://jobs.lever.co/scholarsoffinance/606b9c5c-adf3-4af1-8e96-25e5fa1735d2> |
| APAR-20260829-048 | Solar Landscape | Solar Landscape - Accounts Payable Specialist | Lever employer ATS | <https://jobs.lever.co/solarlandscape/a5184d06-1812-4564-b6a4-d107e621edda> |
| APAR-20260829-049 | spineandsportsmed | Accounts Payable Specialist - SportsMed Physical Therapy | Lever employer ATS | <https://jobs.lever.co/spineandsportsmed/be1d35ee-94c7-4c9b-ab2c-02261720f9bb> |
| APAR-20260829-050 | suger | Bookkeeper - Suger.io | Lever employer ATS | <https://jobs.lever.co/suger/a37f7882-e297-4a95-9fee-66cecbe5410e> |
| APAR-20260829-051 | uaustin | Accounting Assistant - UATX | Lever employer ATS | <https://jobs.lever.co/uaustin/5cd6a674-cd76-4937-8d61-708e5f641b25> |
| APAR-20260829-052 | Zen Educate | Zen Educate - Finance Operations Specialist | Lever employer ATS | <https://jobs.lever.co/zeneducate/c6f69a46-b37a-4fa8-948a-9bdc9235c0aa> |
| APAR-20260829-053 | AccorHotel | AccorHotel Hotel Accountant | SmartRecruiters employer ATS | <https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/AccorHotel/744000142743549-hotel-accountant> |
| APAR-20260829-054 | Altisource | Altisource Analyst, Accounts Receivable | SmartRecruiters employer ATS | <https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Altisource/744000091455475-analyst-accounts-receivable> |
| APAR-20260829-055 | ArtechInformationSystemLLC | Collections Specialist/Accounts Receivable | SmartRecruiters employer ATS | <https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/ArtechInformationSystemLLC/98718220--collections-specialist-accounts-receivable> |
| APAR-20260829-056 | AubergeCollection | Auberge Collection Accounts Payable Specialist (Hybrid) | SmartRecruiters employer ATS | <https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/AubergeCollection/744000144603109-accounts-payable-specialist-> |
| APAR-20260829-057 | Aumovio | Aumovio Accounts Payable Analyst/Specialist | SmartRecruiters employer ATS | <https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Aumovio/744000120859308-accounts-payable-analyst-specialist> |
| APAR-20260829-058 | Aumovio | Aumovio Accounts Receivable Analyst / Specialist | SmartRecruiters employer ATS | <https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Aumovio/744000145221619-accounts-receivable-analyst-specialist> |
| APAR-20260829-059 | ClarkDavisAssociates | Clark Davis Associates Staff Accountant | SmartRecruiters employer ATS | <https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/ClarkDavisAssociates/88795687-staff-accountant> |
| APAR-20260829-060 | Collabera2 | Collabera Accounting Clerk (Accounts Payable) | SmartRecruiters employer ATS | <https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Collabera2/91599979-accounting-clerk-accounts-payable-> |
| APAR-20260829-061 | ContinentalGroupSectorContiTech | Accounts Payable Specialist / Analyst | SmartRecruiters employer ATS | <https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/ContinentalGroupSectorContiTech/744000138819239-accounts-payable-specialist-analyst> |
| APAR-20260829-062 | Deloitte6 | Deloitte Accountant | SmartRecruiters employer ATS | <https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Deloitte6/744000057526798--accountant> |
| APAR-20260829-063 | Devexperts | Devexperts Accountant | SmartRecruiters employer ATS | <https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Devexperts/744000136180315-accountant> |
| APAR-20260829-064 | dstaff | Direct Staffing Inc BOOKKEEPER | SmartRecruiters employer ATS | <https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/dstaff/81712006-bookkeeper> |
| APAR-20260829-065 | dstaff | Direct Staffing Inc Bookkeeper | SmartRecruiters employer ATS | <https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/dstaff/82672679-bookkeeper> |
| APAR-20260829-066 | Dungarvin | Dungarvin Accounts Receivable Specialist (AR) | SmartRecruiters employer ATS | <https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Dungarvin/744000145987539-accounts-receivable-specialist-ar-> |
| APAR-20260829-067 | Endygo | Endygo Accounting Clerk | SmartRecruiters employer ATS | <https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Endygo/743999811955123-accounting-clerk> |
| APAR-20260829-068 | eurofins | Eurofins Accountant PtP (Accounts Payable) (m/f) | SmartRecruiters employer ATS | <https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/eurofins/744000143992309-accountant-ptp-accounts-payable-> |
| APAR-20260829-069 | FOODMatch | FOODMatch Staff Accountant | SmartRecruiters employer ATS | <https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/FOODMatch/744000128730436-staff-accountant> |
| APAR-20260829-070 | FutureStepKornFerry | Senior Accounts Receivable Accountant | SmartRecruiters employer ATS | <https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/FutureStepKornFerry/79759762-senior-accounts-receivable-accountant-> |
| APAR-20260829-071 | GreenKissStaffingSolutions | GreenKiss Staffing Solutions, Inc. Accounting Specialists | SmartRecruiters employer ATS | <https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/GreenKissStaffingSolutions/85748274-accounting-specialists> |
| APAR-20260829-072 | IngramContentGroup1 | Ingram Content Group Associate Credit Representative | SmartRecruiters employer ATS | <https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/IngramContentGroup1/744000143904619-associate-credit-representative> |
| APAR-20260829-073 | JobsForHumanity | Jobs for Humanity Fresh Accountant | SmartRecruiters employer ATS | <https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/JobsForHumanity/744000056957385-fresh-accountant-> |
| APAR-20260829-074 | LifeScienceOutsourcingInc | Life Science Outsourcing, Inc. Junior Accountant (AP/AR) | SmartRecruiters employer ATS | <https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/LifeScienceOutsourcingInc/744000137226329-junior-accountant-ap-ar-> |
| APAR-20260829-075 | LiniumResources | Linium Resources Accounting Specialist | SmartRecruiters employer ATS | <https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/LiniumResources/86769283-accounting-specialist> |
| APAR-20260829-076 | LouisDreyfusCompany | Louis Dreyfus Company Accounts Payable Analyst | SmartRecruiters employer ATS | <https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/LouisDreyfusCompany/744000139047489-accounts-payable-analyst> |
| APAR-20260829-077 | LouisDreyfusCompany | Louis Dreyfus Company Accounts Payable Specialist | SmartRecruiters employer ATS | <https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/LouisDreyfusCompany/744000143363259-accounts-payable-specialist> |
| APAR-20260829-078 | Mindlance2 | Mindlance Account Receivable Specialist | SmartRecruiters employer ATS | <https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Mindlance2/116437680-account-receivable-specialist> |
| APAR-20260829-079 | Mindlance2 | Mindlance Accounts receivable | SmartRecruiters employer ATS | <https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Mindlance2/107138948-accounts-receivable> |
| APAR-20260829-080 | REXEL1 | REXEL Senior Accounts Payable Specialist | SmartRecruiters employer ATS | <https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/REXEL1/744000144626405-senior-accounts-payable-specialist> |
| APAR-20260829-081 | SeekThermalInc | Seek Thermal, Inc Staff Accountant | SmartRecruiters employer ATS | <https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/SeekThermalInc/744000146079749-staff-accountant-> |
| APAR-20260829-082 | StrategicHRInc | strategic HR, inc. Accounting and Operations Specialist | SmartRecruiters employer ATS | <https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/StrategicHRInc/744000142742809-accounting-and-operations-specialist> |
| APAR-20260829-083 | Sutherland | Accounts Payable Specialist with German (remote | SmartRecruiters employer ATS | <https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Sutherland/744000138056187-accounts-payable-specialist-with-german-remote-bulgaria-based-> |
| APAR-20260829-084 | SynearFoodsUSALLC | Accounting Clerk (Accounts Receivable) – Bilingual ... | SmartRecruiters employer ATS | <https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/SynearFoodsUSALLC/3743990014355086-accounting-clerk-accounts-receivable-bilingual-chinese-preferred> |
| APAR-20260829-085 | TheWonderfulCompany | The Wonderful Company Accounts Payable Specialist | SmartRecruiters employer ATS | <https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/TheWonderfulCompany/744000144174479-accounts-payable-specialist> |
| APAR-20260829-086 | UnitekLearning | Unitek Learning Sr. Accountant - General Ledger | SmartRecruiters employer ATS | <https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/UnitekLearning/744000136085015-sr-accountant-general-ledger> |
| APAR-20260829-087 | aresmgmt | Analyst, Accounts Receivable | Workday employer ATS | <https://aresmgmt.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Analyst--Accounts-Receivable_R8288> |
| APAR-20260829-088 | boseallaboutme | Staff Accountant | Workday employer ATS | <https://boseallaboutme.wd503.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Bose_Careers/job/Accountant-III_R29017> |
| APAR-20260829-089 | bridgestone | Sales Support - Accountant | Workday employer ATS | <https://bridgestone.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WF_External_Careers/job/Sales-Support---Accountant_2026_18422> |
| APAR-20260829-090 | connorgp | Senior Accounts Payable & Receivable Associate, CX | Workday employer ATS | <https://connorgp.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CG/job/Senior-Accounts-Payable---Receivable-Associate--CX_JR100811> |
| APAR-20260829-091 | delegatecx | Home-Based AP/AR Specialist | Workday employer ATS | <https://delegatecx.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/DCX/job/Home-Based-AP-AR-Specialist_JR104403> |
| APAR-20260829-092 | delegatecx | Home-Based AP/AR Specialist & Customer Service ... | Workday employer ATS | <https://delegatecx.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/dcx/job/remote-philippines/home-based-ap-ar-specialist---customer-service-representative_jr104577> |
| APAR-20260829-093 | delegatecx | Home-Based ProBooks Accounting Specialist | Workday employer ATS | <https://delegatecx.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/DCX/job/Home-Based-ProBooks-Accounting-Specialist_JR104546> |
| APAR-20260829-094 | dennemeyer | Accounts Receivable Specialist (f/m/d) | Workday employer ATS | <https://dennemeyer.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/dennemeyer_linkedIn/job/Accounts-Receivable-Specialist_2025-0285> |
| APAR-20260829-095 | enovis | Senior Accountant - German | Workday employer ATS | <https://enovis.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/enovis/job/Accounts-Receivable-Agent_R0031541-1> |
| APAR-20260829-096 | fccenvironmental | AR Specialist – Cash Application & Reconciliation (Spring, TX) | Workday employer ATS | <https://fccenvironmental.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FCC_Environmental_Services/job/AR-Specialist---Cash-Application---Reconciliation--Spring--TX-_JR102675> |
| APAR-20260829-097 | gia | Senior Accounts Receivable Analyst | Workday employer ATS | <https://gia.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/GIAServices/job/Senior-Accounts-Receivable-Analyst_R0011250> |
| APAR-20260829-098 | hyva | Accounts Receivable Accountant | Workday employer ATS | <https://hyva.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/HyvaGroup/job/Accounts-Receivable-Accountant_JR100366> |
| APAR-20260829-099 | jacksonhealthcare | Accounts Payable Specialist | Workday employer ATS | <https://jacksonhealthcare.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers-jacksonhealthcare/job/Alpharetta-Georgia/Accounts-Payable-Specialist_JR109020> |
| APAR-20260829-100 | jd | JD Young Accounts Receivable Specialist Internship | Workday employer ATS | <https://jd.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Campus_Career_Site/job/JD-Young-Accounts-Receivable-Specialist-Internship_JR102779> |
| APAR-20260829-101 | jll | Accounts Payable Accountant | Workday employer ATS | <https://jll.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/jllcareers/job/Accounts-Payable-Accountant_REQ528283> |
| APAR-20260829-102 | lesschwab | Billing Specialist I (Contingent) | Workday employer ATS | <https://lesschwab.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/HQ/job/Billing-Specialist-I--Contingent-_R-15201> |
| APAR-20260829-103 | maine | Accounts Payable Specialist II | Workday employer ATS | <https://maine.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Executive/job/Augusta-Maine/Accounts-Payable-Specialist-II_R26-02958> |
| APAR-20260829-104 | marathonhealth | Accounts Payable Specialist - Marathon-Health | Workday employer ATS | <https://marathonhealth.wd501.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Marathon-Health-Careers/job/Accounts-Payable-Specialist_JR108493-1> |
| APAR-20260829-105 | markelcorp | Accounts Receivable Specialist | Workday employer ATS | <https://markelcorp.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/GlobalCareers/job/Accounts-Receivable-Specialist_R0023417> |
| APAR-20260829-106 | mckesson | Accounts Receivable Specialist - 12 Month Contract | Workday employer ATS | <https://mckesson.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External_Careers/job/Accounts-Receivable-Specialist---12-Month-Contract_JR0152514-1> |
| APAR-20260829-107 | mksinst | Accounts Receivable / Cash Applications / Collections Specialist | Workday employer ATS | <https://mksinst.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/MKSCareersAmericas/job/Accounts-Receivable---Cash-Applications---Collections-Specialist_R21613> |
| APAR-20260829-108 | myhrabc | Accounts Receivable Clerk II Returns | Workday employer ATS | <https://myhrabc.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Global/job/Accounts-Receivable-Clerk-II-Returns_R2611437> |
| APAR-20260829-109 | nbtbancorp | Staff Accountant - EPIC | Workday employer ATS | <https://nbtbancorp.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EPIC/job/Staff-Accountant---EPIC_JR4729> |
| APAR-20260829-110 | prysmiangroup | McKinney Accounts Payable Specialist | Workday employer ATS | <https://prysmiangroup.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/it-IT/Careers/job/McKinney-Accounts-Payable-Specialist_R-35619-2> |
| APAR-20260829-111 | relx | Accounts Receivable Specialist I | Workday employer ATS | <https://relx.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/relx/job/Accounts-Receivable-Specialist-I_R117512> |
| APAR-20260829-112 | roche | Accounts Payable Specialist | Workday employer ATS | <https://roche.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/roche-ext/job/Accounts-Payable-Specialist_202607-118281> |
| APAR-20260829-113 | rollsroyce | Senior Accounts Receivable Specialist with Italian - Logo | Workday employer ATS | <https://rollsroyce.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/professional/job/Senior-Accounts-Receivable-Specialist-with-Italian_JR6153185> |
| APAR-20260829-114 | seminolehardrock | Accounts Payable Specialist | Workday employer ATS | <https://seminolehardrock.wd503.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/seminolehardrockcareers/job/Accounts-Payable-Specialist_R11526> |
| APAR-20260829-115 | sjsurf | Accounts Receivable/Risk Accountant | Workday employer ATS | <https://sjsurf.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/SJSURF/job/Research-Foundation-Central-Office/Accounts-Receivable-Risk-Accountant_JR_2026_194> |
| APAR-20260829-116 | solenis | Accounts Receivable Specialist, HK | Workday employer ATS | <https://solenis.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Solenis/job/Accounts-Receivable-Specialist--HK_R0031915> |
| APAR-20260829-117 | tihinsurance | Accounts Payable Specialist | Workday employer ATS | <https://tihinsurance.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CRC_Careers/job/Accounts-Payable-Specialist_R0000003064> |
| APAR-20260829-118 | usbank | Accounting Specialist | Workday employer ATS | <https://usbank.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/US_Bank_Careers/job/Accounting-Specialist_2026-0020385> |
| APAR-20260829-119 | veralto | Accounts Payable – Bank & Expense Accountant | Workday employer ATS | <https://veralto.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/de-DE/EskoJobs/job/Accounts-Payable---Bank---Expense-Accountant_R10267905> |
| APAR-20260829-120 | vsp | Senior Accounts Receivable Specialist | Workday employer ATS | <https://vsp.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/VSPVisionCareers/job/Senior-Accounts-Receivable-Specialist_R-9837> |
| APAR-20260829-121 | yeticoolers | Accounts Receivable Specialist | Workday employer ATS | <https://yeticoolers.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/YETI/job/Accounts-Receivable-Specialist_JR102163> |
| APAR-20260829-122 | zeissgroup | Accounts Receivable Specialist | Workday employer ATS | <https://zeissgroup.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Accounts-Receivable-Specialist_JR_1051444> |

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