Accounts Receivable Specialist
Shield AI
Accounting & Finance, Sales & Business Development
San Diego, CA, USA · Oregon, USA · San Diego, CA, USA
Posted on Oct 3, 2025
Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include the V-BAT aircraft, Hivemind Enterprise, and the Hivemind Vision product lines. With nine offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.
Shield AI is seeking an ambitious, motivated Accounts Receivable Specialist to join our growing Accounting team in one of the fastest growing tech startups in Southern California in Defense & Aerospace. As a A/R billing specialist for the organization, you will be responsible for the entire billing process, while establishing and maintaining effective work relationships with new and existing customers through a high degree of professionalism and excellent interpersonal/communication skills.
What you'll do:
- Oversee and streamline billing process
- Create and send invoices to customers accurately and in a timely manner
- Ensure month-end closing of the billing group functions
- Maintain and implement quality controls for all processes
- Provide excellent & considerate customer service to external and internal customers
- Assist with AR related special projects as necessary
- Weekly and monthly ledger reconciliations, aging review and reporting to direct supervisor
- Confirm and reconcile customer disputes as they pertain to payment of outstanding balances due
- Complete other duties and projects as assigned
Required qualifications:
- 3+ years of relevant experience.
- Expertise in accounts receivable, billing process, A/R aging, and collections
- Working knowledge of accounting including Costs Accounting for application of indirect rate
- Experience with ERP systems, Costpoint a plus.
- Strong attention to detail
- Able to work autonomously and flexibly
- Positive enthusiastic approach with a can-do attitude
- Excellent organizational skills
- Strong all all-round IT skills, including excel
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with international expansions a plus
- Public company experience preferred
- Experience with government regulations preferred (FAR, CAS, DFARS)
Full-time regular employee offer package:
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Temporary employee offer package:
Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)
Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.
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Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.