What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr Manager, Accounts Receivable position at Kidde Global Solutions?
Location :
CASNC : FS Kidde Safety 1016 Corporate Park Drive, Mebane, NC, 27302 USA
As North America's #1 home fire safety brand, Kidde's mission is to provide solutions that protect people and property from the effects of fire and its related hazards. For more than 100 years, people have relied on Kidde to deliver superior fire detection and suppression
About this role
Global Residential Fire, a business unit of Kidde Global Systems, is seeking a talented, motivated, and energized Global Accounts Receivable Leader. The ideal candidate will have experience in driving performance via business partnering with internal and external customers. The role will manage all Order to Cash activities within Accounts Receivable (AR), with responsibility to deliver organizational KPI's related to Cash. Including the management of disputes, service level fines and field destroys for our retail customers. Reporting directly to the CFO, the candidate will be a data driven, self-motivated, process oriented and results driven individual responsible for leading critical financial activities related to Accounts Receivable.
Key Responsibilities
- Ownership of planning, quality, and timeliness of the Collection teams activities, including forecasting and target setting.
- Continuous improvement mindset to identify process optimization to reduce impact to internal and external stakeholders.
- Success in off-shore, on-shore or near-shore people management and the ability to stand up new processes / working models.
- Management of customer deductions, including analysis of root cause, deduction disputes with customer and portals.
- Act as a liaison between customer and internal cross-functional teams (Operations, Sales, and Customer Service) to ensure timely clearing of chargebacks / deductions.
- Support initiatives around new payment term implementation and credit hold policies
- Contribute to team initiatives around Retail Field Destroys and Product Return improvement.
- Supports internal and external audit requirements in relation to AR processes, including process documentation.
- Analyze aged receivables and develop action plan to reduce and deploy key sustainability practices.
- Work with accounting / controllership organization support monthly closing activities by providing inputs on accruals.
- Collaborate with accounting staff and contributes to effective cash flow management.
Basic Qualifications :
Preferred Qualifications
Kidde Global Solutions is An Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.
