Partners, A Tasteful Choice Company, is an award-winning, family-owned, environmentally, and socially responsible company. Since 1992.
We are a leading food manufacturing company dedicated to delivering high-quality products to our customers. Our commitment to excellence includes sourcing the freshest ingredients, maintaining strict food safety standards, and fostering strong supplier partnerships to ensure operations efficiency and sustainability.
Join Our Team!!
The ideal candidate is highly organized, analytical, and proactive, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. Success in this role requires excellent problem-solving skills, strong communication abilities, and a commitment to recovering revenue while maintaining positive customer relationships.
If you have a passion for accounts receivable, deduction analysis, and driving financial results, we encourage you to apply.
We are seeking a detail-oriented and analytical Accounts Receivable (AR) Specialist & Deduction Analyst to support our growing finance team. This role is responsible for full-cycle accounts receivable activities, collections, cash application, deduction analysis, and revenue recovery. The ideal candidate will have experience working with grocery retailers and distributors, strong NetSuite and Excel skills, and a passion for solving payment discrepancies while improving cash flow and financial performance.
Position Summary:
The Accounts Receivable (AR) Specialist & Deduction Analyst plays a key role in ensuring timely customer payments, minimizing revenue loss, and resolving retailer and distributor deductions. This position works extensively within NetSuite and customer vendor portals to investigate payment discrepancies, challenge invalid deductions, recover revenue, and support accurate month-end financial reporting.
This is an excellent opportunity for an accounting professional who enjoys combining traditional AR responsibilities with analytical deduction management in a food manufacturing, grocery, or consumer packaged goods (CPG) environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Accounts Receivable
- Generate and distribute customer invoices and credit memos.
- Process and apply customer payments, including ACH, wire transfers, checks, and credit cards.
- Monitor accounts receivable aging and follow up on overdue accounts.
- Support collections activities and customer account reconciliation.
- Review customer credit applications and assist with credit limit recommendations.
- Reconcile AR subledger balances and assist with audits and month-end reporting.
Deduction & Dispute Management
- Research and analyze customer deductions, chargebacks, and disputed payments.
- Access retailer and distributor vendor portals to obtain claim documentation.
- Challenge invalid deductions and pursue recovery opportunities.
- Reconcile open invoices, credits, deductions, and customer payments.
- Investigate deductions related to shortages, damages, pricing discrepancies, trade promotions, and compliance issues.
- Identify recurring deduction trends and partner with internal teams to resolve root causes.
- Collaborate with Sales, Logistics, and Quality teams to validate claims and support dispute resolution.
Reporting & Administration
- Prepare AR and deduction-related reports for management.
- Maintain accurate customer account documentation and records.
- Support process improvements and internal control initiatives.
- Assist with special projects and additional accounting duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- Associate degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field, or equivalent experience.
- 2–4 years of Accounts Receivable experience.
- Experience with collections, cash application, account reconciliations, and customer deductions.
- Hands-on experience using NetSuite for Accounts Receivable functions.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including PivotTables, VLOOKUP, and XLOOKUP.
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field.
- Experience in food manufacturing, beverage, grocery retail, or consumer packaged goods (CPG).
- Experience managing retailer and distributor deductions.
- Familiarity with KeHE, UNFI, C&S Wholesale Grocers, and retailer vendor portals.
- Knowledge of EDI transactions, trade promotions, billbacks, slotting fees, and grocery supply chain processes.
- Revenue recovery and deduction dispute management experience.
- Accounting, AR, Credit Management, or NetSuite certifications.
Work schedule :
Full time, non-exempt. Monday through Friday.
Competitive pay $26.00-$31.00 per hour, (based on experience).
This position works in both an office environment and manufacturing environment and may be exposed to varying temperature changes, loud noises, and the handling of allergen ingredients, including wheat, milk, eggs, tree nuts, and sesame.
Why choose Partners over the other big names?
We are a family-owned company and we have a family-owned vibe. Many of our employees have been with us for several years, many over a decade. We understand that work is important, but family and your well-being come first.
Partners is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment that is reflective of the communities we live in. We welcome and consider all applicants, regardless of race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, parental status, national origin, age, disability, political affiliation, military service, and/or other non-merit-based factors.
Background check required. We are an E-verify employer.
- To learn more about our company, our products, and our values, please visit https://partnerscrackers.com.
Pay: $26.00 - $31.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply
Application Question(s):
- Are you located in Seattle/Des Moines, WA 98198 or within the local area?
Work Location: In person
