AR -ACCOUNTS RECIEVABLE LEAD -MANUFACTURING ONLY

Client of TALENTSGET · India

Job Description – Accounts Receivable (AR) Lead

Position Title - Accounts Receivable Lead (Dy Manager to Manager)

Department

Finance & Accounts

Role Purpose

To lead the Accounts Receivable function by ensuring timely collection of customer dues, effective credit control, accurate accounting of receivables, reduction of overdue balances, optimization of working capital, and maintenance of strong customer relationships while safeguarding the Company's financial interests.

Key Responsibilities:

Order Book Review & Invoicing Governance

Study and monitor the order book to ensure complete understanding of customer contracts, commercial terms, pricing schedules, delivery milestones, and billing conditions.

Ensure timely, accurate, and complete invoicing in accordance with approved customer orders, contracts, purchase orders, and agreed commercial terms.

Verify that invoices are raised at the correct rates, quantities, and applicable commercial conditions.

Ensure correct application of GST, TDS/TCS (where applicable), export documentation requirements, and other statutory compliances relating to invoicing.

Coordinate with Sales, Commercial, Projects, Dispatch, and Accounts teams to ensure billing is supported by all requisite documentation.

Review billing exceptions, credit notes, debit notes, and commercial adjustments to minimize revenue leakage.

Ensure compliance with contractual billing milestones and revenue recognition requirements.

Monitor unbilled revenue, pending billing cases, billing cycle times, and order-to-cash efficiency metrics

Establish controls to prevent billing delays, incorrect pricing, tax errors, and revenue leakage.

Accounts Receivable Management

Oversee end-to-end accounts receivable operations across all business units.

Ensure timely generation and accounting of customer invoices, debit notes, and credit notes.

Monitor customer account balances and ageing reports.

Review receivable reconciliations on a periodic basis.

Ensure proper accounting and closure of customer disputes affecting collections.

Collection & Recovery Management

Drive collection efforts to achieve targeted collection efficiency.

Monitor overdue receivables and initiate recovery actions.

Develop collection strategies for high-value and overdue accounts.

Escalate critical collection issues to management.

Conduct periodic collection review meetings with business teams.

Credit Control

Monitor adherence to approved credit policies.

Ensure proper documentation for credit approvals and exceptions.

Customer Reconciliation

Ensure periodic reconciliation of customer accounts.

Resolve billing discrepancies and payment disputes.

Coordinate with customers for balance confirmations.

Maintain accurate records of reconciled and unreconciled balances.

Working Capital Management

Support improvement of cash flow and working capital efficiency.

Monitor debtor ageing and collection trends.

Identify risks relating to bad debts and doubtful recoveries.

Recommend provisions for expected credit losses.

MIS & Reporting

Prepare and present:

Debtor ageing reports

Collection performance reports

DSO (Days Sales Outstanding) analysis

Customer-wise outstanding reports

Overdue collection dashboards

Cash collection forecasts

Pending billing cases if any

Provide actionable insights to management for improving collections.

Cross-Functional Coordination

Work closely with:

Sales Team, Project and Commercial Team, Dispatch & Logistics, Finance & Accounts.

Audit & Compliance

Support statutory, internal, and tax audits.

Ensure compliance with accounting policies and internal controls.

Maintain proper documentation for receivable transactions.

Ensure adherence to company credit and collection policies.

Educational Qualification

Chartered Accountant (CA), CMA, MBA Finance

& Commerce Graduate with relevant experience.

Experience

CA with 10+ years of experience in O2C, Accounts Receivable.

15+ years of experience in O2C , Accounts receivable for MBA Finance & Commerce Graduate.

Experience in manufacturing, industrial products, projects, exports, or B2B business environments preferred.

Key Skills

Accounts Receivable Management

Collection follows up

Customer Reconciliation

Working Capital Management

DSO Management

Financial Analysis

ERP Systems (SAP, Power BI , etc.)

Negotiation & Stakeholder Management

Team Leadership