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Job Profile Summary Description

The overall purpose of this job is to provide strong leadership to the Accounts Receivable department, and to ensure that the department runs smoothly. The AR responsibilities associated with this role include managing cash flow and ensuring payments are received, and revenue collected in a timely manner.

This role also has responsibility for the management and reconciliation of AR accounts, requiring a high level of integrity in the management of highly confidential information.

Principal Accountabilities

The key responsibilities of the role are:
Hiring, training, motivating and evaluating Accounts Receivable team members
Overseeing routine department activities to ensure that they are completed accurately and on time
Maintaining accurate and complete financial and customer records
Compiling, analysing and reporting financial information to management, the business and to Government departments
Setting and facilitating the achievement of department objectives
Developing, implementing, improving and enforcing budgets, policies and department controls to increase accuracy and efficiency
Building and maintaining relationships with employees, customers and the wider business
Assisting with external audit at half year and year end
Bank Accounts Reconciliation control and maintaining the AR Risk register
Commitment to ethical behaviour with a willingness to adhere to all company policies and current financial legislation
Partnering with the business to facilitate prompt invoicing and payment receival
Contribute to reporting externally on performance against company objectives (KPIs), including prompt invoicing and payment receival
Drive and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives

The Accounts Receivable manger is expected to deal with routine problems, with straightforward, rehearsed/scripted solutions and non-routine/complex problems, with solutions requiring analysis, experience and knowledge. For example:
Resolving critical customer holds which would arise if SGN departments are impacted
Seek advice on difficult technical issues that require a high degree of judgement or IT advice
Escalate final decisions on accounting policies or audit findings