Accounting Manager

E Tech Group • Portage, IN

14d

About The Position

The Accounting Manager supervises the accounts receivable function, enhances working capital performance, and contributes to financial planning, forecasting, and reporting. The role leads efforts to improve cash flow predictability through billing and collections forecasting, reduce Days Sales Outstanding (DSO), strengthen financial controls, and provide financial analysis to support business decisions.

The position oversees the full accounts receivable cycle and related reporting, controls, reconciliations, and audit support. It also leads and develops AR staff, collaborates with Sales, Operations, Customer Service, and Accounting to improve billing accuracy and streamline order-to-cash processes, and identifies opportunities to automate workflows and improve ERP processes and reporting efficiency.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 5+ years of accounting experience.
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles and financial reporting.
• Proficiency in accounting software.
• Demonstrable experience with an ERP.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Strong organizational and time-management abilities.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Collaboration and teamwork.

Nice To Haves

• Sage Intacct experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the full accounts receivable cycle, including cash applications, collections, deductions, billing disputes, and account reconciliations.
• Monitor AR aging, past-due balances, unapplied cash, and collection performance.
• Supervise, train, and develop AR staff, ensuring departmental goals and deadlines are met.
• Develop and maintain cash flow forecasts incorporating billing projections, expected collections, and customer payment trends.
• Partner with Sales and Operations to improve billing forecast accuracy and visibility into expected cash receipts.
• Compare actual results to forecasts, investigate variances, and improve forecasting methods.
• Drive initiatives to reduce Days Sales Outstanding (DSO), accelerate collections, and improve cash conversion.
• Identify trends in overdue payments, billing delays, deductions, and disputes that affect cash flow.
• Establish performance targets and monitor key metrics to improve working capital and liquidity.
• Prepare financial reports, KPI dashboards, and management summaries covering AR, collections, billing, and cash flow.
• Analyze financial trends, forecast variances, and operational performance to identify risks and improvement opportunities.
• Provide management with timely financial insights and recommendations to support business decisions.
• Maintain controls over cash application, customer account changes, credit memos, write-offs, refunds, and journal entries.
• Oversee month-end reconciliations, AR reporting, bad-debt analysis, and allowance support.
• Support internal and external audits while ensuring accurate records and compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Lead, coach, and develop the AR team, establishing responsibilities, performance expectations, and accountability.
• Identify opportunities to automate workflows, improve ERP processes, and enhance reporting efficiency.
• Collaborate with Sales, Operations, Customer Service, and Accounting to improve billing accuracy, resolve issues, and streamline the order-to-cash process.
• Embody the company’s Core Values and prioritize the success of E Tech Group, its clients, and associate professional development.

Benefits

• 401(k) with matching; employees are 100% vested upon entry.
• Prompt enrollment in medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Paid vacation, paid holidays, paid family leave, and sick time off.
• Training and continuing education from day one, with opportunities for career growth.

What This Job Offers

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