Accounts Receivable Team Manager

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California • Los Angeles, CA

7h • Hybrid

About The Position

At the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, we deliver reliable water to a region with 19 million people—and to accomplish this, we rely on a team of Talented Employees: innovators, problem-solvers, and collaborators who make it all possible. In this role, you will serve as the Accounts Receivable Team Manager, leading both the day-to-day execution and the strategic oversight of operations that ensure the accuracy, integrity, and compliance of all billing across Oracle Receivables, Water Billing Information System, Project Accounting, and Grants Management systems. You will oversee all aspects of the Metropolitan’s receivables lifecycle, including accurate and timely billing, collections, and cash receipt applications as well as the preparation and review of cash and receipts disbursement reports to ensure compliance with Metropolitan’s reserve policies and proper recording of cash inflows and outflow related to Metropolitan’s cash and investment activities. This role requires a hands-on leader who actively reviews reconciliations, resolves billing and collection issues and ensures proper recording of transactions. You will supervise and develop a skilled team, setting high performance expectations, coaching staff on technical and compliance matters, and establishing clear goals and accountability to ensure consistent, high-quality deliverables. A successful candidate will be a driver of continuous improvement, strengthening processes, leveraging systems and improving transparency and reliability of receivables and cash information for leadership and stakeholders. This role offers the opportunity to apply your expertise in a collaborative, mission-driven environment while contributing to the organization’s financial strength and operational excellence.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in finance, accounting, business or related field and eight years of increasingly responsible, relevant experience, of which two years must have been in a project management, supervisory or lead capacity or an advanced degree in finance, accounting, business or related field from an accredited college or university and six years of increasingly responsible, relevant experience, of which two years must have been in a project management, supervisory, or lead capacity.
• Relevant Experience is defined as: Demonstrated experience in accounting and accounts receivable processes, ability to perform complex account analyses, and research transaction details.

Nice To Haves

• A Certified Public Accountant license issued by the California Board of Accountancy.
• Knowledge of Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS)

Responsibilities

• Supervises and develops accounts receivable staff ensuring policies and procedures are implemented to maintain data integrity in systems such as Oracle Receivables and billing/invoicing function in Oracle Project Accounting and Grants Management (PAGM).
• Supervises the daily accounts receivable activities to ensure that all Member Agencies, Lessees, and other contracting parties receive accurate and timely invoices, and such invoices are collected timely.
• Oversees the daily cash activities to ensure that all payments received are correctly applied to the appropriate invoices/accounts/projects and monitor all District funds and bond funds for compliance and proper funding source.
• Reviews aging reports to monitor the status of all past due invoices; ensures all second and third requests are sent out timely.
• Maintains routine communication and work with other MWD Groups/Sections/Units/Teams to handle billing inquiries and collection issues.
• Oversees and reviews monthly journals, cash and investment reporting, account receivable reconciliations and daily cash activity including fund transfers and investment transactions to ensure accurate and timely reporting of transactions.
• Manages the interface of water billing transactions from the Water Billing Information System (WINS) to Oracle AR, and the related receipt applications.
• Prepare and/or review annual Readiness-to-Serve calculation reconciliation, and perform related research and analyses as needed.
• Oversees proper AR billing set up for reimbursable and billable projects within PAGM and WINS.
• Manages the annual unpresented checks and unclaimed monies process and related accounting; ensures monthly bank reconciliation are completed and reviewed timely.
• Plans and directs accounts receivable related system upgrades within ERP system; facilitates any future testing, integration, and use of application toward automation of manual invoices.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Excellent medical, dental, life, vision plans.
• Deferred compensation in the form of a 401(k) plan (with matching contribution) and a 457 plan.
• Retirement benefits under the California Public Employees' Retirement System
• Tuition reimbursement
• Training and advancement opportunities
• Excellent working environment

What This Job Offers

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