Accounts Receivable Manager jobs in Mount Vernon, NY

Reporting into the VP of Finance & New Business Development, the Senior Accounts Receivable Manager will be responsible for ensuring the health and accuracy of the Accounts Receivable sub-ledger for US, Canada and LATAM subsidiaries. The Senior AR Manager will have end to end ownership of the AR function encompassing billing and collections, chargeback recovery, implementing process efficiencies, aging/DSO management, and retailer relationships. This role will monitor incoming payments and outgoing invoices of customers in an accurate, efficient, and timely manner w/ strong emphasis on deductions analysis and recovery. It will partner with both local and global finance teams in ensuring a timely and accurate month close and the preparation of financial reporting of AR sub-ledger. The successful candidate will possess a strong understanding of the AR function, proven track record of process improvements, history of successful chargeback recovery, talent development and ability to build and maintain synergetic internal and external partnerships.

Reporting Relationships: Reports to VP of Finance & New Business Development.

Role Accountabilities:

• Responsible for managing and developing one team member
• Ensure adherence to group AR and credit controlling policies
• Tightly manage DSO ensuring outstanding debt is collected within terms of customer payment terms
• Build and maintain synergetic partnerships with retailers and internal cross functional teams to drive KPI’s, resolve claim and aged debt matters and influence decisions impacting AR
• Timely dispute chargebacks and seek favorable resolution through investigation, building supporting document packages and effective communication with retailers
• Implement and sustain a stock returns triangulation process encompassing finance, supply chain and commercial functions to ensure 360 validation of RGAs
• Deliver weekly customer aging with variance analysis and account commentary
• Provide short term cash flow forecasts against outstanding debt balance
• Work with IT team to raise and resolve any EDI or invoicing issues and maintain health of sub-ledger transactions
• Verify discrepancies and resolve customer any billings issues
• Issue customer re-bills for CAPEX and other negotiated contributions
• Maintain customer support files, returns authorization trackers and related customer documentations thoroughly and accurately