Accounts Receivable Manager
About The Position
Slate is seeking a hands-on Accounts Receivable Manager to lead the AR function across reservation deposits, vehicle sales, and merchandise. This role reports to the Head of Treasury and is responsible for daily AR operations, cash application, customer balance integrity, and the AR close process. The position also involves acting as the AR representative in the company's order-to-cash and bank-to-book design initiatives, collaborating with Treasury, Accounting, and Digital teams to integrate AR into the target architecture. The ideal candidate will possess strong AR fundamentals and a clear understanding of how modern AR, Order Management Systems (OMS), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and treasury systems should interconnect.
Requirements
- 7+ years of accounts receivable or accounting operations experience.
- 3+ years in a manager or lead capacity.
- Strong AR fundamentals: cash application, customer deposit accounting, AR close, reconciliations, aging analysis, and DSO management.
- Working knowledge of NetSuite AR (or comparable ERP).
- Experience operating in or implementing an order management system, payment processor (Adyen, Stripe, or similar), and a close platform (FloQast, BlackLine, or similar).
- Clear point of view on how modern AR, OMS, ERP, and treasury systems should connect.
- Experience writing functional requirements, leading user acceptance testing, and partnering with IT or vendors through system implementations.
- Familiarity with SOX requirements for AR-relevant systems and processes, ideally in a pre-IPO or recently public-company environment.
- Advanced Excel skills.
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, growth-stage environment where AR processes are still being built.
Nice To Haves
- Comfort with SQL or query-based reporting tools.
Responsibilities
- Own daily cash application for reservation deposits, vehicle balance payments, and merchandise sales, ensuring accurate customer and order linkage.
- Manage refunds, chargebacks, cancellations, and the conversion of deposits as customers move from reservation to delivery.
- Oversee AR month-end close, including customer deposit liability, AR aging, processor and lender receivables, and payment processor AR reconciliation.
- Perform daily and monthly AR reconciliations across processors, auto financing partners, and bank accounts, resolving discrepancies at the source.
- Prepare AR-related disclosure inputs according to Slate's Cash Policy and Customer Deposits SOP.
- Build and lead the AR function as transaction volumes increase, hiring and developing analysts as needed.
- Establish AR policies, procedures, and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) such as Days Sales Outstanding (DSO), unapplied cash aging, and exception rates, reporting performance to leadership.
- Manage AR-related vendor relationships with payment processors, financing partners, and SaaS providers.
- Design and document AR controls for a SOX-ready environment, including reviewer sign-off, segregation of duties, and evidence retention.
- Maintain process narratives and risk and control matrices.
- Represent AR in order-to-cash and bank-to-book design work, providing input on AR's integration into the target architecture.
- Provide AR requirements and acceptance criteria for system changes affecting customer payments, balances, or AR sub-ledgers, and lead AR-side user acceptance testing.
- Identify and communicate downstream AR impacts of upstream changes before they are implemented.
Benefits
- Remote eligible with travel as needed for key meetings
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
