Shared Services AR Accounting Manager

Korn Ferry has partnered with our client on their search for the role, Shared Services AR Accounting Manager.

Position: Shared Services AR Accounting Manager

Receivables Location: Atlanta, GA

Reports To: VP of Treasury

Summary of Position

The Shared Services AR Accounting Manager is responsible for optimizing the Company’s cash conversion cycle through effective management of unbilled revenue, billing, collections, accounts receivable, and related working capital activities. This position partners across Operations, Project Management, Sales, Billing, Finance, Revenue Accounting, and Risk to reduce aged balances, accelerate invoicing and collections, strengthen the order-to-cash process, and improve cash flow.

The role uses financial analysis, performance metrics, and cross-functional collaboration to identify performance gaps, drive accountability, improve processes and controls, and provide leadership with actionable insights into working capital performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead efforts to reduce Accounts Receivable and Unbilled Revenue aging balances and improve cash conversion across the business.
• Monitor billing readiness and partner with Operations and Project Management to ensure contractual and project milestones are invoiced accurately and timely.
• Identify root causes and barriers affecting billing, collections, and unbilled revenue, and implement corrective actions and process improvements.
• Lead recurring reviews of aged receivables, unbilled revenue, collections, and customer payment performance with business leaders.
• Develop and monitor key working capital metrics, including DSO, CEI, AR Aging, Unbilled Aging, Invoice Cycle Time, Billing Accuracy, Cash Collections versus Forecast, Disputed Invoices, and Bad Debt Trends.
• Prepare and present working capital performance results, trends, risks, and recommendations to Finance and Operations leadership.
• Partner cross-functionally to improve billing accuracy, resolve disputes, strengthen collections, reduce DSO, and accelerate cash conversion.
• Establish accountability and escalation processes for aged receivables, unbilled projects, billing delays, and collection issues.
• Drive process improvement and automation initiatives that strengthen order-to-cash processes, reporting, and financial controls.
• Partner with Revenue Accounting to ensure alignment between operational activity, billing status, and reported revenue.
• Partner with Risk to support insurance reserve accounting, reserve coverage assessments, allocations, budgeting, and P&L reporting.
• Support treasury activities, including banking requirements, cash management strategies, and related policies and procedures.
• Maintain awareness of applicable policies, regulations, and reporting requirements affecting treasury and related financial activities.
• Develop a strong understanding of Company operations and strategy to effectively communicate the business drivers behind financial results.
• Support the annual audit process by partnering with Controllership and providing requested documentation, analysis, and responses to auditors.
• Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field required.
• 7+ years of experience in accounts receivable, billing, collections, project invoicing, working capital, or related financial functions.
• Experience with milestone-based and project-based billing.
• Experience in service-based, field service, construction, utility, engineering, infrastructure, environmental services, or government contracting environments preferred.
• Experience working with municipal, utility, government, or public-sector customers preferred.
• Demonstrated success improving AR and unbilled aging, collections, and cash conversion performance.
• Experience developing KPI dashboards, financial analyses, and management reporting.
• Strong analytical, reconciliation, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Experience with large ERP systems and integrated financial reporting environments.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or similar business intelligence tools preferred.
• Experience with process improvement, automation, financial controls, and reporting enhancements.
• Strong business acumen with a high level of ownership and urgency around cash flow and working capital.
• Ability to influence and drive accountability across functions without direct authority.
• Strong communication, collaboration, organizational, and change-management skills.

Compensation : $110,000 - $130,000 salary

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