Accounts Receivable & Collections Analyst

Azenta Life Sciences • Plainfield, IN

6d • $55,000 - $69,000

About The Position

Azenta Life Sciences is a global leader in the life sciences space with headquarters and offices and operations worldwide. We are a market leader in automated bio sample management solutions and genomic services across areas such as drug development, clinical and advanced cell therapies for the industry's top pharmaceutical, biotech, academic and healthcare institutions globally. Within Azenta, the Sample Repository Services (SRS) business provides industry-leading biobanking, sample storage, logistics, laboratory services, and specimen management solutions that help customers safeguard and maximize the value of their critical biological materials.

The Accounts Receivable & Collections Analyst will support cash collection and help improve the SRS collections function. This individual contributor will manage an assigned customer portfolio, resolve past-due balances, and contribute to more effective processes for account follow-up, dispute management, cash forecasting, and reporting. Working with Finance, Billing, Commercial, Project Management and Operations, you will investigate payment delays, coordinate resolution, and identify opportunities to prevent recurring issues. Success requires hands-on collections experience, strong follow-through, analytical skills, and a willingness to improve how the workflows.

Requirements

• Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience in business-to-business collections, accounts receivable, or credit and collections, including direct responsibility for customer account follow-up and payment resolution
• Demonstrated ability to resolve past-due balances, reconcile customer accounts, and identify recurring payment issues
• Strong understanding of the invoice-to-cash process, including billing, payment terms, account reconciliation, deductions, dispute management, and cash application
• Experience using an enterprise ERP or receivables platform; strong Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and account-level data analysis
• Strong customer communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills; ability to organize an assigned portfolio, meet deadlines, and work effectively with internal partners
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and professional experience

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Oracle ERP and reporting or automation tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or Excel Power Query
• Experience in life sciences, healthcare, or another complex business-to-business services environment with recurring and project-based billing
• Experience contributing to collections process improvements, financial system changes, or Lean and other structured improvement initiatives

Responsibilities

• Own collection activity for an assigned business-to-business customer portfolio; prioritize accounts by aging, balance, risk, and payment history to improve cash flow and reduce overdue receivables
• Engage customer accounts payable, procurement, and business contacts to resolve payment barriers, secure commitments, and follow through on promised payments while maintaining productive relationships
• Reconcile customer accounts and investigate short payments, deductions, unapplied cash, and invoice discrepancies with Billing and Cash Application; document actions, owners, and next steps.
• Escalate payment risk and unresolved balances promptly; recommend payment arrangements, credit reviews, or other action within established policies and approval requirements
• Investigate disputes involving purchase orders, pricing, service documentation, customer portals, or billing accuracy; coordinate with internal owners and escalate complex issues to Finance leadership
• Identify recurring causes of late payment and partner with Commercial, Project Management, Billing, and Operations to prevent repeat issues and improve the customer experience
• Follow established collection priorities, outreach cadences, and escalation procedures; recommend practical improvements and help maintain standard operating procedures.
• Support Azenta’s Lean culture by identifying recurring problems and participating in improvements that reduce manual work, rework, and time to collect.
• Support ERP and collections workflow improvements by documenting issues, testing system changes, and adopting new reporting and automation tools.
• Share account insights and effective practices with colleagues; complete assigned actions on collections improvement projects and track results
• Provide portfolio-level cash collection estimates based on open invoices, customer commitments, and dispute status; update expected payment dates and explain differences from actual receipts.
• Prepare and maintain reporting on overdue balances, aging, payment commitments, and dispute status; support days sales outstanding analysis and distinguish cash recovery from credits and write-offs.
• Summarize account risks, expected collections, and outstanding actions for Finance leadership; help track the results of process improvements.
• Maintain accurate account records and supporting documentation; provide collectability insights to Accounting and support close and audit requests while following approval and control requirements

Benefits

• Azenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This company considers candidates regardless of race, color, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

What This Job Offers

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