Senior Manager, Accounts Receivable

Jeeter • Banning, CA

8d • Onsite

About The Position

The Accounts Receivable Manager owns the end-to-end AR function to ensure accurate, timely invoicing and efficient collections that improve cash flow while maintaining strong customer relationships. This role leads a high-volume AR operation (~4,000 invoices/month), manages trade credit risk, optimizes company cash flow, drives dispute resolution, and ensures clean AR accounting, controls, and reporting. This is a fully on-site position in Desert Hot Springs, CA

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to reduce DSO/overdue balances through structured collections and dispute management.
• Advanced Excel skills with comfort presenting metrics to the finance and executive team.
• Clear communicator who can hold firm boundaries with customers and internal stakeholders.
• Experience with ERPs (NetSuite/SAP/Dynamics 365/Oracle) and account receivables tooling (lockbox, collections/account receivables automation systems, EDI/portals).
• Experience partnering closely with sales operations and distribution teams in an order-to-cash environment.
• Familiarity with allowances/bad debt methodology and financial audit support.
• Lean process improvement mindset; experience documenting SOPs and improving controls.
• B2B collections experience with trade credit (credit limits/terms, holds, payment plans, escalations).
• Experience operating in a high-invoice-volume environment (thousands/month) with process discipline.
• Strong understanding of account receivables accounting: cash application, credits memos, adjustments, write-offs and AR-to-GL reconciliations.
• Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, or related field (Master's or CPA preferred).
• 5+ years in Accounts Receivable with at least 3 years leading/owning AR operations or a team.
• Ability to sit and work at a computer for extended periods.
• Capable of repetitive hand and arm motions as well as extended periods of typing.
• Capable of looking at a screen for extended periods or entire shifts.

Nice To Haves

• Master's or CPA preferred

Responsibilities

• AR Operations & Billing Quality Own account receivables operations end-to-end: invoicing, cash application, collections, credits/adjustments, dispute resolution, approved write-offs.
• Ensure accurate, timely invoicing at scale; reduce billing error/rework (PO compliance, pricing and tax.
• Establish and maintain SOPs, controls, and role clarity across the order-to-cash process and account receivables team.
• Identify opportunities for automation and efficiency improvements within AR workflows.
• Analyze trends and provide actionable insights to improve cash flow and reduce bad debt.
• Manage and process a high volume of customer promotional rebate credits.
• Collections & Cash Flow Build and run a segmented collections program (by aging, balance, risk, strategic accounts).
• Manage escalation paths, payment plans, account credit holds and third-party collection agencies.
• Partner with the sales teams and customers to resolve delinquency while maintaining appropriate firmness and consistency.
• Supervise and mentor the account receivables team, providing guidance, training, and performance evaluations in order to meet company KPIs and cash flow goals.
• Trade Credit & Risk Management Manage customer onboarding for trade credit: credit applications, documentation, recommended credit limits/terms, periodic reviews.
• Monitor credit exposure and aging risk; enforce credit policies and exceptions with documentation.
• Disputes & Deductions Lead a structured dispute workflow with ownership and root-cause tracking (pricing discrepancies, shortages, returns, compliance deductions, etc.).
• Drive cross-functional fixes to reduce recurring disputes and short-pay behavior.
• Accounting, Reporting & Close Ensure accounts receivables subledger integrity, daily reconciliations, and tie-outs to the general ledger.
• Support month-end close: aging schedules, allowance inputs (if applicable), write-offs, audit support.
• Ensure legal and regulatory compliance within the cannabis industry including IRS 8300 forms and METRC manifest recordkeeping.
• Deliver KPI reporting and cash forecast inputs (DSO, CEI, past-due %, dispute cycle time, top delinquent accounts).
• People Leadership Lead, coach, and develop the account receivables team by setting targets and managing workloads.
• Establish a weekly operating cadence (daily cash posting, weekly aging reviews, monthly close checklist).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager