Accounts Receivable Manager
About The Position
The Accounts Receivable Manager manages the team and processes responsible for invoicing customers accurately, effectively, and efficiently. The role oversees timely creation, accuracy, and delivery of invoices across all business units, manages the AR team’s daily work and performance against department KPIs, and supports implementation of department goals, projects, policies, procedures, methods, and controls in coordination with the AR Senior Manager. The position investigates invoice and collections issues, identifies process and procedure root causes, and implements corrective actions. It participates in EDI projects, customer start-ups, and system implementations; supplies data and reports to Finance and cross-functional teams; supports monthly reporting and external financial audits; and maintains accurate reporting of key performance measures. It also drives continuous improvement and uses automation to reduce manual work for AR analysts. In partnership with IT, the manager works on ERP and finance system enhancements, including automated invoicing and payment reminders, cash-application matching, and dispute-workflow routing. The role also supports data integrity and integrations among ERP, CRM, banking platforms, and third-party tools, and helps define user roles and permissions to maintain proper segregation of duties and controlled access.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or business administration.
- Two years of progressively responsible experience in Finance.
- At least one year of experience in a leadership capacity.
- Basic math skills to calculate charges and audit bills.
- Ability to perform the essential duties satisfactorily.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills that contribute to a team environment.
Nice To Haves
- Fluency in both Spanish and English is highly preferred.
- Experience in logistics, high-volume industries, or with highly matrixed manufacturing customers.
Responsibilities
- Manage the Accounts Receivable function, ensuring timely creation, accuracy, and delivery of invoices for all business units.
- Assist the AR Senior Manager with developing department goals, projects, policies, procedures, methods, and controls, and implement them.
- Investigate invoice and collections issues, perform root-cause analysis of process and procedure errors, and implement corrective actions.
- Manage the AR team’s daily work to meet department KPIs.
- Participate in EDI projects related to Accounts Receivable invoicing.
- Participate in customer start-ups and system implementations.
- Provide data, reports, and other information to Finance and cross-functional teams.
- Analyze reports and assist with preparing monthly reports.
- Provide required information and schedules to external financial auditors.
- Ensure timely, accurate data input and reporting of key performance measures.
- Identify and implement continual improvement initiatives for the role, team, and company.
- Work with IT on ERP and finance system enhancements for automated invoicing and payment reminders, cash-application matching, and dispute-workflow routing.
- Partner with IT to ensure accurate data flow among ERP, CRM, and banking platforms and integration with third-party payment gateways or reporting dashboards.
- Define user roles and permissions with IT to support segregation of duties and controlled access for AR, Finance, and leadership.
- Use automation to reduce manual workloads and free up AR analysts.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
