- Company: Robert Half
- Location: Portland, Maine
- Salary: Pay not listed
Robert Half at a glance
roberthalf.com- Founded 1948
- Employees 11300
- Ticker RHI
- Revenue $5.38B
- Net income $132.99M
Investor research: Yahoo Finance · SEC filings
Federal funding recipient: largest known award $25K from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (started Sep 29, 2023) — via USAspending.gov
Contract support
9,025 employees covered under a retirement plan (2023 filing) — via DOL Form 5500 / EFAST2
Registered as a global legal entity (LEI 967600CCA25SRUWWKF08, BE) — via GLEIF
Robert Half is a global HR consulting and staffing firm founded in 1948 (ticker RHI), headquartered in Menlo Park and San Ramon, California. It is one of the largest accounting and finance staffing companies, with over 345 offices and about 11,300 employees.
2,362 Wikipedia views in June 2026 — a rough gauge of public visibility.
Robert Half is hiring a full-time Accounts Receivable Clerk in Portland, Maine to join a growing Portland-based team. If you're detail-oriented, reliable, and thrive in a dynamic office environment, this long-term contract role offers the opportunity to play a key part in the financial operations of a busy finance department.
About the Role
As an Accounts Receivable Clerk, you'll be the backbone of our receivables function, managing the full lifecycle of customer accounts from invoice generation through payment reconciliation. Your work directly impacts cash flow and financial health, making accuracy and timeliness essential to your success.
What You'll Do
- Prepare and issue invoices, ensuring all billing details are correct and complete
- Post incoming customer payments to accounts and reconcile discrepancies
- Monitor overdue accounts and follow up with customers on outstanding balances
- Maintain detailed and organized records of all receivables transactions
- Communicate with customers regarding payment terms, invoice status, and account inquiries
- Generate receivables reports and aging schedules for management review
- Support month-end and year-end closing procedures
What We're Looking For
- Proven experience in accounts receivable or a similar accounting and finance clerical role
- Proficiency with accounting software and Microsoft Excel
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
- Excellent attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
- Professional communication skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team
- High school diploma or equivalent; accounting coursework or certification is a plus
About Robert Half
Robert Half is a leading staffing and professional services firm specializing in accounting, finance, and administrative talent. We connect qualified professionals with rewarding opportunities at top companies.
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Available public discussion is mostly Hacker News threads on recruiter pay talks—e.g., not disclosing salary history and how to price yourself—not formal employer reviews of Robert Half.
- Do Not Disclose Your Salary to Recruiters
- Analyzing AngelList Job Postings, Part 2: Salary and Equity Benchmarks
- Ask HN: How to price yourself?
- Robert Half 2025 Salary Guide
- Security alert: Impersonation of Robert Half employees
- Five Gemma-4 models, one accelerator: what porting E2B 31B to AWS Inferentia2 taught me
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Aggregated from public discussions and news; opinions are the authors’ own.
Working in Portland, Maine
🇺🇸 Relocation safety for US: Exercise Normal Caution — via Warnely, CC BY 4.0
National unemployment rate in US: 4.2% — via World Bank
National job openings rate: 4.6% — via BLS JOLTS
Private-sector wage growth (year over year): 3.3% — via FRED
National quits rate: 1.9% — via FRED (BLS JOLTS)
Weekly initial unemployment claims: 208,000 — via FRED
GDP per capita in US: $90,027 — via World Bank
Consumer price inflation in US: 2.9% (annual) — via World Bank
Real GDP growth in US: 2.2% (annual) — via World Bank
Average hours worked per year in US: 1,800 — via OECD
About this role & career path
AR clerk work (O*NET 43-3021.00) builds core billing, reconciliation, and records skills that often lead toward senior AR, billing specialist, or broader accounting support roles. Task depth grows from invoice prep toward discrepancy ownership and process discipline.
Traits that fit this role
- Integrity
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
Source: O*NET Work Styles (Distinctiveness Rank).
Typical preparation needed: Job Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed. Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. — via O*NET
Source: O*NET (public-domain bulk data)
Salary & compensation
Workers in Office & Administrative Support occupations earn a national median of $39,669 — via US Census ACS / Data USA
Build the skills for this role
- Billing verification and error correction
- Invoice/statement preparation and posting
- Discrepancy research and record resolution
- Payment document checks and stop-payment handling
- Comfort with calculators, billing systems, and accurate data entry
- Walk through how you verify invoices against source data
- Describe a discrepancy you traced to root cause
- Explain controls you use for check details and stop-payments
- Show comfort with high-volume, accuracy-first work
Watch & learn
Video via YouTube.
Strong fit if you are detail-oriented, steady under repetitive volume, and careful with money records. Good for candidates who like process, documentation, and clear daily throughput goals more than open-ended analysis.
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Listing facts
- Role Accounts Receivable Clerk
- Employer Robert Half
- Location Portland, Maine
- Type Full Time
- Pay (from listing) Pay not listed
- Posted June 25, 2026
- Apply by August 2, 2026
- Country United States
- Overview Full job description on this page (302 words)
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Typical work in Accounts Receivable Clerk
Independent occupational context from O*NET (U.S. public-domain labor data). This is about the occupation, not a rewrite of this employer's posting.
- Verify accuracy of billing data and revise any errors.
- Resolve discrepancies in accounting records.
- Prepare itemized statements, bills, or invoices and record amounts due for items purchased or services rendered.
- Operate typing, adding, calculating, or billing machines.
- Post stop-payment notices to prevent payment of protested checks.
- Verify signatures and required information on checks.
Public discussions & open sources
Attributed public threads and profiles — not employee reviews or star ratings.
- Hacker News — Do Not Disclose Your Salary to Recruiters
- Hacker News — Do Not Disclose Your Salary to Recruiters
- Hacker News — Analyzing AngelList Job Postings, Part 2: Salary and Equity Benchmarks
- Hacker News — Ask HN: How to price yourself?
- Hacker News — Robert Half 2025 Salary Guide
- Hacker News — Security alert: Impersonation of Robert Half employees
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