Lead - Accounts Receivable - Logistics Industry

Role and Responsibilities:

- Lead and manage a team that will ensure debts are collected on time by tracking and following up on outstanding payments.

- Work with commercial teams to ensure diligence in commercial commitments in order to ensure optimal cashflow for the business, and when required, negotiate and settle non-payment disputes with customers in an effective manner.

- Monitor, manage, oversee, and maintain records of correspondence regarding dunning and collections, to ensure ideal customer experience, as well as downside risk protection.

- Ensure the business remains compliant with statutory requirements while ensuring minimum outstanding receivables.

- Support month-end and year-end close process.

Success in this role looks like:

- Minimal outstanding receivables.

- Excellent customer experience balanced with watertight downside protection during the entire collections and dunning lifecycle.

What we look for:

- Proven experience in managing an accounts receivables team, and ensuring minimal outstanding of receivables from B2B customers across a wide range of company sizes and industries.

You will thrive in this role if you:

- Have the ability to ensure on time in full collections through a methodical and professional approach to communications.

- Have the ability to ensure all relevant internal teams and stakeholders exercise diligence and adhere to policy on all matters of contract terms, invoicing, credit, and collections.

Qualification:

- Bachelor's degree or MBA in business administration, finance from a top school is preferred.

- Minimum 4 years of experience leading an accounts receivables team in a B2B Business in logistics, freight forwarding, or supply chain industry.