Senior Manager, Accounts Receivable

The Role:

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
• Lead Month End close for AR, reconciling monthly transactions, booking accruals within set deadlines and providing commentary for significant variances
• Ensure adherence to group AR and Credit/Risk controlling policies
• Tightly manage DSO ensuring outstanding debt is collected within terms of customer payment terms and credit limit
• 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
• Distribute Regional AR summaries on a quarterly basis, flagging areas of concerns and presenting resolution action plans
• 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
• Escalate material credit control related matters to proper internal parties
• Collaborate cross functionally with relation to new retailer setup
• Complete Monthly Internal Control Tasks

·       Assist with local credit insurance reporting, making sure retailers stay within compliance of insurance requirements

Requirements

Key Selection Criteria:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• Accounts Receivable experience of 10+ years required, CPG experience a plus!
• Spanish proficiency preferred
• Excellent prioritization and time management skills
• Experience with EDI
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to interface comfortably at all levels both internally and externally
• Advanced Excel skills (VLOOKUP’s, pivot tables, sum-if, index-match, etc) and financial systems savviness
• Record of process improvements
• NetSuite experience is preferable
• Motivated self-starter with ability to multi-task in a very fast-paced start-up environment
• Flexible & adaptable to changing priorities
• Must be detailed-oriented and organize
• Affinity for retail and beauty

Benefits

Base Salary Range: $105,000-115,000**

Benefits:

• Generous staff discount to use on all products
• Access to Tilbury Treats – our very own rewards platform allowing you to save
  money and gain ‘money can’t buy’ discounts on anything from gym
  memberships to cinema tickets
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Commuter Benefits (Pre-tax)
• Flex Spending Account (FSA)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401(k) with Company match
• Paid Time Off
• Birthday PTO

**Charlotte Tilbury, in good faith, believes that this posted range of compensation is the accurate range for this role at the time of this posting**

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