Accounts Receivable Supervisor (39669)
About The Position
The Accounts Receivable Supervisor oversees the daily operations of the accounts receivable function, leading team performance while driving continuous process improvement. This role is responsible for managing day-to-day AR and cash application activities, administering credit control practices, and ensuring adherence to company policies and compliance standards. The Supervisor partners with internal stakeholders to identify efficiencies, strengthen controls, and support effective cash management and financial accuracy. You’ll like this role if: You enjoy mentoring and developing a team, while shaping how the department functions. You enjoy identifying inefficiencies, tightening workflows and seeing measurable results. You thrive with cross collaboration – partnering with sales, finance, and operations.
Requirements
- Associate’s Degree
- Minimum 5+ years related accounts receivable experience.
- Possesses well developed knowledge and skills to effectively manage an accounts receivable team in a high transaction volume environment.
- Strong PC skills required, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Experience working in large manufacturing systems.
- Experience working in more than one ERP system.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including presentation skills.
- Ability to deal tactfully and confidently with Customers/personnel at all organizational levels in independent and often stressful situations.
- Ability to adapt to changing business priorities and multi-task effectively.
- Ability to play a role in managing projects/teams, process improvement focus.
Nice To Haves
- Prior supervisory experience a plus
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary contact for all accounts receivable activities.
- Lead, direct, and mentor accounts receivable staff to maintain performance standards, including collections timeliness, cash application accuracy, and control compliance.
- Supervise AR specialists by assigning work and training team members on policies and procedures.
- Support acquisition integrations and other enterprise-wide initiatives as needed.
- Develop, implement, and document policies and standard operating procedures for credit control and cash application, emphasizing structured and repeatable workflows.
- Develop processes supporting timely customer credit applications, aged balance reporting, and collection forecasting.
- Ensure valid customer sales tax exemption certificates are properly maintained.
- Oversee write-offs, offsets, and non-inventory credit memos.
- Assist external auditors and provide required documentation and support.
- Lead month-end accounts receivable close activities.
- Manage customer communications related to monthly statements, invoice discrepancies, and past-due accounts.
- Collaborate with AR team members, Sales, and Customer Service regarding delinquent accounts, credits, returns/damages, and pricing or quantity variances.
- Perform account collections and cash application for assigned business coverage.
Benefits
- Full medical, dental, vision, 401k, parental leave, paid holidays, paid time off, short & long term disability insurance, employee assistance program, and more!
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
