Accounts Receivable Manager

We are RS Group

RS Group is a global integrated omni-channel solutions partner for industrial B2B customers who design, build, and maintain industrial equipment and operations.  We are a FTSE 100 company with £2 billion in revenue, operating in 32 countries, shipping 60,000 parcels a day to over 1.2 million customers worldwide. 
Our Vision is to be first choice for all our stakeholders, and we know that starts with our people. At RS we want everyone to show up to work as themselves and know that they will be supported and encouraged to develop and grow. We want work to be a place that excites and empowers, a place where you can be passionate and challenge people to think differently.  
We want to hire the best talent, people who share our values and understand that when we act with respect and humility, we can do great things.  That’s why we’ve put our purpose at the heart of our organisation, we want to make amazing happen for a better world. We empower our people to make a difference, innovate to make more possible and deliver to make it happen. 

AR Manager
Job Description 
Customer Master: 

• Train, Direct and review daily processes for the AR Team assigned to Customer Master to ensure performance standards are meeting overall AR objectives. 
• Manage the daily overall key controls, segregation of duties, and governance of SAP Customer Master. Review and validate new account set up, customer hierarchies’ assignments (partner function), and any customer account changes. 
• Review and manage all credit Management AR processes to minimize Credit risk, exposure, and potential bad debt to the company. 
• Create, manage, and provide reports on Customer Master, Fraud, Bankruptcy, and Lien processes. 

Credit and Collections (including billing):

• Manage multiple AR team Portfolios by Customer Groups including Billing, Collections, and Dispute management. 
• Create and Complete Advanced Analysis and Reconciliation as needed for internal and external customers.
• Review Account Status and provide feedback to Portfolio owner.

Cash Applications: 

• Review, research and validate all cash receipts (including exceptions) to ensure the team is processing timely and accurately.
• Review UNID and On Account Cash and have the team coordinate with the portfolio owner to help clear unapplied cash.
• Review Cash Status for the team and provide feedback as needed to team members.
• Manage the Adjustment requests to ensure they are processed timely and accurately. 

Other: 

• Create Training and Development plans for all employees.
• Responsible for Training New Hires (initial onboarding) 
• Maintain and update process documentation as changes occur.
• Support Audit and Month End close initiatives.
• Validate that all AR Transactions are completed timely and accurately before month end close.
• Review AR Team performance frequently, to ensure we are aligned with company AR SLA’s and KPI’s
• Provide Reporting and Analysis for your assigned areas (Daily, Weekly, Monthly, etc.)
• Provide Best in class service to our internal and external Customers (RS WAY)
• Troubleshoot AR systems and provide communications to all required internal stakeholders (SAP, IREC, D&B Analytics & D&B RI)    

Location: Fort Worth, TX
Remote/Office Location/Hybrid: Hybrid
Employment Type: Permanent 

About the role
The AR Manager will provide day-to-day operational support for the accounts receivable team. The AR Manager will manage a specific area or multiple AR transactional areas including Customer Master (new account and credit set up), Credit and Collections (including Customer Billing) and Cash Applications. The AR Manger will oversee a team of AR Specialist, Analyst and SR AR Analyst. The AR Manager will also be responsible for helping lead AR Project Initiatives and Continuous improvement objectives along with managing overall AR escalations.

What we’re looking for 

• Bachelor’s degree preferred and 7+ years of AR experience with system implementation experience.
• 4+ Years Managing teams.
• Strong understanding of AR Order to Cash and managing several types of accounts receivable transactions.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal 
• Strong knowledge of analyzing and assimilating data from various sources. 
• Strong knowledge of Computer technology and financial accounting systems (SAP, Oracle, High Radius)
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Work, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Strong Experience in a high volume and fast pasted environment   

A bit about you
RS Americas is looking for an Accounts Receivable Manager with the ability to effectively create and present AR information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization. They also need the ability to create, interpret and follow general procedures and complete tasks independently by using data and information from various sources to draw conclusions and to achieve established goals and end results.

Leaders in RS Group lead a culture where people are:

• Customer and supplier obsessed
• Highly engaged and ambitious
• Stripping out barriers to execution
• Creating fresh ideas and new markets
• Delivering on promises – making it happen
• Driven by outcome, with fully-aligned objectives

Therefore, to do that I:

Show Passion: I connect deeply with others – colleagues, customers, and suppliers

• I share my aspirations. I am transparent and honest. I act and communicate with integrity
• I collaborate with others, so together we thrive and transform our business

Act with Humility: I enable others to ask, ‘what if’, and do amazing things

• I listen to understand diverse views, as I don’t have all the answers
• I empower others to try new, exciting things; and challenge limiting beliefs. Sometimes we fail, but we do it together and we learn

Demonstrate Trust: I lead by example, align others around ambitious goals, and check in regularly

• I commit to and am accountable for two or three key priorities; and I deliver on them. I join the dots for people across matrix teams, give them ownership, and make sure we always know how we are doing 

Are you ready to explore the possibilities?

Equal Employment Opportunity

RS Americas is an equal opportunity employer and maintains policies and practices that are designed to prevent and prohibit unlawful discrimination against any qualified employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, military/veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other unlawful classification to the extent protected by law. This policy of non-discrimination applies to all employment practices, including hiring, compensation, benefits, promotion, training and termination. Employees who engage in unlawful discrimination will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination.

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