A/R Specialist

Chicago Mercantile Exchange • Chicago, IL

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About The Position

As an Accounts Receivable Specialist at CME Group, you play a vital role in safeguarding financial precision and optimizing corporate liquidity. This position is essential to maintaining overall operational efficiency within our financial operations group, ensuring open accounts receivables balances are collected in a timely manner across high-volume billing lines. By bridging proactive client engagement with modern cash management workflows, you ensure customer accounts reflect true balances, maintain accurate aging records, and directly support the financial health of the world's leading derivatives marketplace.

Requirements

• Demonstrate direct experience in Business-to-Business (B2B) collections and commercial accounts receivable operations.
• Utilize Workday or comparable enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to navigate corporate financial workflows.
• Apply familiarity with modern automated cash application software to optimize daily payment processing and matching.
• Deploy intermediate Microsoft Excel capabilities to organize, analyze, and reconcile financial data.
• Communicate with clarity, diplomacy, and impact across external client management and internal business partners.
• Hold a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business (preferred), or equivalent practical experience in financial operations.

Responsibilities

• Manage proactive client engagement and collection efforts for assigned accounts to secure timely settlement of open receivable balances.
• Investigate and resolve complex billing inquiries, payment delays, and customer account discrepancies through collaborative problem-solving.
• Identify operational trends and root causes of account delinquency, partnering with leadership to implement preventive solutions.
• Leverage enterprise financial systems and automated cash application platforms to streamline cash matching, account reconciliation, and payment workflows.
• Deliver structured account analysis and aging reports to internal stakeholders and financial leadership.
• Execute key month-end closing activities, customer account adjustments, and assigned financial projects with high attention to accuracy.

Benefits

• A supportive environment fostering career progression, continuous learning, and an inclusive culture.
• Broad exposure to CME's diverse products, asset classes, and cross-functional teams.
• A competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
• Comprehensive health coverage
• A retirement package that includes both a 401(k) and an active pension plan
• Highly competitive education reimbursement provisions
• Paid time off
• A mental health benefit

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level