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AR Manager

Employer
firstPRO 360
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Closing date
Oct 19, 2021

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Job Role
Accounts Receivable
Sector
Finance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
  • Our client is a leading Manufacturer, and they wish to hire an AR Manager that will be responsible for the financial leadership of the receivable portfolio. The AR Manager manages the accounts receivables team that researches and reconciles customer disputes, manages the A/R payments, credits, invoices, and contracts. Manager ensures team is recovering payments on invalid short payments/claims and dispute and assists in the research.

    Essential duties will include: -
    • Responsible for overall collections financial performance.
    • Plan, organize, lead and control the activities of the group including the management of the retained staff, the staffing level and organization of the A/R Reconditioning team.  This includes operational and strategic efforts supporting business process improvement including cost management opportunities and initiatives.
    • Responsible for execution of overall talent recruitment and development strategies for the retained team including recruitment, hiring, training, employee development and performance management.
    • Active participant at the leadership team level for the BU's supported and conduct in-person client and customer / bottler meetings to review the status of results for the customer portfolio versus performance standards and goals and take specific actions or make recommendations in order to ensure performance goals are met.
    • Monitor and track the daily analysis of customer collections and disputed invoices/short-payments on a very high volume-based activity.
    • Provide leadership regarding the implementation of new business models, customer (bottler) strategies, or sales initiatives.
    • Perform analysis of customer accounts based on the customer's purchases, payment history, credit worthiness, credit limit exposure and our business strategy.
    • Track and evaluate past due A/R accounts to reduce the risk of credit exposure
    • Evaluate credit worthiness of accounts and determine proper account order hold or releases
    • Ability to research cash application matters on customer account
    • Evaluate aged items for bad debt write off and refund analysis
    • Perform offsetting adjustments to ensure customer account balances are properly stated
    • Contact customers to secure payment on overdue balances, issues resolution on open items
    • Provide guidance and support to Sales and Operations Managers, Logistics, Common carrier disputes, outside Distribution operations about the release of orders to accounts that have aged accounts receivable.
    • Maintain a strong cross functional communication with Sales, Logistics, and Management regarding identified account risks, potential credit problems, disputes and customer comments. Identify and escalate as necessary.
    • Provide monthly and ad-hoc reports and updates to key stakeholders


    Job Requirements: -

    • Bachelors' Degree in Accounting or Finance or relevant discipline
    • 10+ years' experience in B2B Accounts Receivable
    • ERP experience, SAP or Oracle preferred
    • Experience in a large organization, working with vendor portals
    • 5+ years minimum of Cash Application research and analysis
    • Advanced Excel skills
    • GAAP and SOX requirements in a publicly traded company
    • Month end closing processes and knowledge of accounting principles




Job Requirements:
  • Bachelors' Degree in Accounting or Finance or relevant discipline
  • 10+ years' experience in B2B Accounts Receivable
  • ERP experience, SAP or Oracle preferred
  • Experience in a large organization, working with vendor portals
  • 5+ years minimum of Cash Application research and analysis
  • Advanced Excel skills
  • GAAP and SOX requirements in a publicly traded company
  • Month end closing processes and knowledge of accounting principles

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