A couple weeks ago I saw a posting for an AR opening at a tech company and decided to apply not expecting a call back as I don’t have that much accounting experience.

Couple days later a recruiter contacted me for a phone interview and after talking to him I was invited to interview with the hiring manager in person.

The recruiter mentioned that this wouldn’t be your usual AR position and that the hiring manager is looking for someone that can give meaning to the data.

I would be managing my own portfolio and from what I talked with the recruiter some of the main duties would be performing detailed reconciliations, analysis, reviewing credit availability/risk, and post audit requests.

I know everyone here kind of looks down on AP/AR, but the opportunity is definitely a career setting move. I have a degree in finance and I’m considering a CPA in the near future.

Already looking into Aging Receivables, DSO, Receivable Turnover, and I already know some things in Excel like pivot tables, lookups, if statements.

What are some other key things I should know or maybe something you guys would recommend I look into?