Accounts Receivable Manager

Bosch Group•Lincolnshire, IL

15h•$135,000 - $150,000

About The Position

The Accounts Receivable Manager leads the daily operations of Accounts Receivable, credit risk management, and customer onboarding. The role oversees billing, cash application, collections, and reconciliations while advancing continuous improvement through data analytics, workflow automation, and digital productivity tools. The objective is to improve operational accuracy, streamline intercompany and trade reconciliations, and optimize the invoice-to-cash cycle. The role also leads customer credit assessments and ongoing monitoring, oversees dispute resolution and collections, collaborates with internal teams and customer contacts, and ensures compliance with financial controls and applicable regulations. It drives process automation, improved reporting and analytics, and adoption of approved digital tools, including generative AI applications, for routine communications and documentation.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a closely related field.
At least 7 years of progressive finance and accounting experience.
Demonstrated capability in accounts receivable operations, intercompany accounting, or internal controls.
Hands-on experience with SAP FI/SD modules.
Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency, including modeling, complex functions, pivot reporting, and Power Query.
Practical experience building and implementing workflows with process automation and data preparation platforms.
Familiarity with approved corporate generative AI applications for data synthesis, drafting, and workflow acceleration.
Outstanding verbal and written communication skills and a record of collaborating across departments and engaging external customers.
Ability to guide team members through process changes, digital tool adoption, and continuous improvement.
Strong attention to detail, structured analytical thinking, and ability to turn complex operational data into actionable improvements.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a manufacturing environment and complex enterprise structures.
SAP S/4HANA experience is highly advantageous.
Experience with platforms such as Automation Anywhere, Alteryx, Power Automate, or Catalytic.
Familiarity with Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, or Custom GPTs.

Responsibilities

Direct and oversee daily Accounts Receivable team activities, ensuring timely and accurate customer billing, payment posting, and ledger reconciliation.
Lead credit evaluations for new customers, including application reviews, credit risk scoring, trade reference verification, credit limit recommendations, and master data setup.
Conduct annual credit limit reviews and monthly exposure monitoring to mitigate financial and credit risk.
Monitor aging accounts, delayed payments, deduction balances, and transaction irregularities; follow up on overdue accounts and drive resolution of disputed invoices.
Collaborate with Sales, Logistics, Billing, and Customer Service to resolve causes of payment discrepancies and ensure clean order-to-cash handoffs.
Maintain professional relationships with key customer accounts to facilitate prompt payments and resolve escalations.
Ensure adherence to internal financial controls, organizational accounting guidelines, and applicable statutory regulations.
Identify repetitive administrative tasks and design and deploy workflow automations using approved enterprise platforms.
Streamline and automate monthly intercompany Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable reconciliations to accelerate closing and eliminate balance variances.
Design, automate, and maintain dashboards for aging analysis, cash collection forecasts, dispute tracking, and executive KPI summaries.
Promote use of approved digital assistants and productivity tools, including generative AI models and custom GPT workflows, to accelerate communications, standardize dispute responses, and improve internal documentation.
Guide team members through process updates, digital tool adoption, and continuous improvement initiatives.