Accounting Manager Collections
Job description
Key Position Responsibilities:
· Departmental Oversite: Oversees staff members to ensure accurate and timely work product, creates and implements strategies to improve the department, and provides the team with support to promote growth. Assists the team with daily/weekly/monthly tasks as needed.
· Account Reconciliations: Ensures the accuracy of all collections accounts by reconciling client accounts on a regular basis.
· Payment Posting and Remittances: Posts payments and remittances in a timely and accurate manner to maintain the integrity of collections accounts.
· Accounts Receivable Management: Manages the accounts receivable process to ensure all client and costs are invoiced and posted in a timely and accurate manner.
· Audits: Assists in pulling deliverables for collections audits, conducts regular QA/QC internal assessments to ensure compliance with all applicable regulations, laws, work standards and policies.
· Training and Development of Staff: Provides supervision, oversight, training, and development to the collections accounting team, currently comprised of ten (10) staff members to ensure their ongoing growth and success.
· Policies and Procedures: Develops and updates policies, procedures, and work guides.
· Implementing Deadlines: Sets and enforces deadlines for staff activities to ensure timely completion of tasks.
· Client and staff communications: Ensures all client and staff communications are promptly and effectively handled.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
· A strong background in accounting with management experience.
· Experience in debt collections accounting (including account reconciliations, payments, and remittances, client relations, accounts receivable, audits, training and development of staff, and implementation of policies and procedures) is preferred.
· Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
· 3-5+ years in the accounting field, including management experience.
· Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
· Experience with collections accounting software such as CLS/Vertican and General Ledger is a plus.
· Advanced knowledge of MS Excel.
· Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $65,000.00 - $85,000.00 per year
Schedule:
Monday to Friday
Experience:
accounting with management: 3 years (Required)
Accounting: 3 years (Required)
Work Location: In person