Accounts Receivable Supervisor

JohnsByrneChicago, Niles, IllinoisOn-siteFull-timeMid level, 2–5 yearsListed 2 weeks ago

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About this role

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Accounts Receivable Team Leader

Supervise, train, mentor, and evaluate Accounts Receivable staff.

- Assign and monitor workloads to ensure timely completion of tasks.

- Establish performance goals and provide regular coaching and feedback.

- Foster a collaborative and customer-focused team environment.

Identify opportunities to improve AR processes, controls, and efficiencies.

- Ensure compliance with company policies, accounting standards, and internal controls.

Credit & Collections

- Makes collection calls based on the Companys collection policy.

- Creates weekly reporting on collection activity.

- Investigates past due invoices and unauthorized discounts and deductions.

- Communicates collection activities with management and sales.

- Distributes weekly AR aging to each sales executive respectively.

- Set up new customer accounts.

- Administers new customer credit references and disclosures.

- Procure customer tax exemption certificates and Federal Tax ID information.

Billing

- Process, type and mail customer invoices and credit memos.

- Perform and send commission calculation.

- Generate monthly commission reconciliation for each salesperson.

- Prepare and send daily jobs booked reports.

- Assist with month end close.

- Prepare special reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing financial information and trends.

Other

Required to perform other duties as requested, directed, and assigned.

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field preferred.

- Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

- Three to five years related accounts receivable invoicing /collections/accounting experience.

Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

- High degree of proficiency with MS Office products including Word, Excel, Access, Power Point and Outlook.

- Experience with ERP systems and accounting software.

- Strong knowledge of accounts receivable processes, collections, and cash applications.

- Excellent verbal and written skills.

- Detail orientated.

- Strong problem analysis and problem resolution skills.

- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

- Ability to plan and manage multiple projects in a fast paced environment.

Physical Demands:

- Regularly required to stand, sit, and walk around the facility.

- Frequently required to work on a computer.

- Occasionally required to use force to lift, push and pull up to 20 pounds.

Work Environment:

Work performed in an office environment where a noise level is moderate.