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Position Summary

The Accounts Receivable and Billing Manager will oversee the daily workflow of the regional billing and collection department including billing and invoicing, cash applications and collections. This Manager must have the ability to strategize and align the team’s workload to positively impact cashflow and reduce DSO. This position will assist the Controller in the successful management of daily operations including responding to inquiries from staff members, monitoring workflow and managing deadlines, researching issues, communicating results as appropriate and completing quality assurance tasks. Accuracy and a sense of urgency are critical for success in this role.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead and strategize debt collection efforts to ensure timely payment from customers in order to reduce past due balances, reduce bad debt and decrease DSO.
• Manage customers in cases when delay or non-payment occurs.
• Analyze, compute and present monthly bad debt reserves to Regional Controller.
• Work cross-functionally with other department leaders and Sales team to report progress on customer issues.
• Responsible for collection on escalated accounts, including working with Sales/Operations in placing accounts on Service Interruption.
• Provide recommendations for placing third parties into collections.
• Prepare monthly feedback reports on collection and billing statistics.
• Present updates at quarterly A/R corporate meeting.
• Accountable for the accurate and timely completion of route closing process, customer invoicing and collaborating with customers, third party institutions and/or team members (including Corporate Billing Manager) in resolve billing inconsistencies and errors.
• Work with Corporate Billing Manager to ensure timely release of monthly invoices.
• Hire, develop, mentor and provide guidance of accounts receivable staff.

Qualifications/Knowledge/Critical Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, Finance or related field, OR, equivalent education and experience may be considered in lieu of Bachelor’s Degree.
• 5+ years of experience in accounting, finance and management of accounting team required.
• Proven ability to perform strategic planning and priority setting for a billing and collections team.
• Proven track record for thinking outside of the box in improving process efficiencies and problem solving.
• Strong leadership skills with an ability to motivate direct reports.
• Detail oriented with an Accounting background.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently.

Physical Demands/Environmental Factors

· Works in an office setting.

· Experience with Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook, required.

· Minimum travel required.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Lakeshore Recycling Systems is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $80,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Springdale, AR 72764: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Accounting: 5 years (Required)

Work Location: One location

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