Do you enjoy a balanced life?  Keeping an accounts receivable department running smoothly is all about balance.  Balancing the numbers, balancing the team members, and balancing the months!  We are a small business that has grown big enough that we now need a department for our AR and we are looking for an outstanding individual to lead that department forward.

• Obtains revenue by processing invoices daily, resolving missed payments, updating financial records, and effectively supervising staff engaged in similar activities.
• Accomplishes accounts receivable human resource objectives by selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job contributions; recommending compensation actions; adhering to policies and procedures.
• Meets accounts receivable operational standards by contributing information to strategic plans and reviews; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; identifying system improvements.
• Collects accounts by contacting customers; investigating circumstances of non-payment; negotiating and resolving conflicts; expediting payment.
• Supports financial planning by forecasting cash.
• Updates receivables by coordinating and monitoring daily sales order processing and bank remittance transactions.
• Protects the organization’s value by keeping information confidential.
• May use small claims court and mechanics liens for collection efforts
• Process and evaluate credit applications.  Set credit limits and approvals based on credit histories

• Familiarity with financial, accounting, and bookkeeping software, spreadsheets, forecasting, and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS)
• Leadership, management, and team-building skills
• Time and process management, including the ability to prioritize multiple simultaneous deadlines, set priorities, and work under pressure
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Experience with budgeting
• Accounting and superlative quantitative skills
• Integrity, discretion, and respect for confidentiality and privacy
• Excellent oral communication skills and the ability to resolve misunderstandings and errors in a diplomatic manner
• Typing, computing, and data entry skills
• Analytical skills
• Organizational skills
• Strong financial skills and understanding of financial concepts and business principles
• Documentation skills