Accounts Receivable (AR) Manager

Maxima Apparel; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Maxima Apparel and its family of brands are experiencing rapid growth. The AR Manager will own end-to-end order-to-cash operations across US and International markets, driving accurate billing, disciplined collections, timely cash application, and audit-ready AR close activities.

This role partners with Commercial, Finance, and Audit teams to resolve disputes, strengthen working capital performance, and build a resilient, cross-trained AR team within a shared services environment.

Qualifications

• B.Com / MBA (Finance) / CA-Inter or CMA-Inter or equivalent professional qualification.
• 6–8 years of experience in Accounts Receivable / Order-to-Cash (O2C), including 2+ years managing a team.
• Shared services experience required.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end order-to-cash for all US + International markets.
• Ensure accurate, timely customer billing and compliance with local statutory processes.
• Reconcile sales and revenue cut-off and finalization at month end.
• Drive collections against DSO and ageing targets; manage credit limits and escalations.
• Resolve disputes; analyze root causes with cross-functional teams.
• Deliver AR close activities, journals, and reconciliations to the group calendar.
• Lead and develop a team with cross-cover to avoid single points of failure.
• Drive continuous process improvement across the order-to-cash cycle.

Skills

Advanced Excel

O2C reporting

Education

B.Com / MBA (Finance) / CA-Inter or CMA-Inter or equivalent professional qualification

Tools

AR/O2C tools

ERP systems

Job description

As Maxima Apparel and its family of brands continues to see tremendous growth, we're looking for strategic leaders to join our team! Not only will you be relied on for process implementation, thought leadership, and people management, but you will play an integral part in our culture, values, and team atmosphere.

The Accounts Receivable (AR) Manager will own end-to-end order-to-cash operations across US and International markets, driving accurate billing, disciplined collections, timely cash application, and audit-ready AR close activities. This role partners closely with Commercial, Finance, and Audit teams to resolve disputes, strengthen working capital performance, and build a resilient, cross-trained AR team within a shared services environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end order-to-cash for all US + International markets.
• Ensure accurate, timely customer billing and compliance with local statutory processes across US/Canada/LatAm/EU/AUS/NZ/UAE.
• Reconcile sales and own revenue cut-off and sales finalization at month end.
• Drive collections against DSO and ageing targets; manage credit limits, holds, and escalations.
• Understand, discuss, and help resolve disputes; analyze root causes with commercial, operations and service provider teams.
• Ensure timely cash application and clear unapplied/unidentified cash within agreed limits.
• Deliver all AR close activities, journals, provisions, and balance sheet reconciliations to the group calendar.
• Serve as primary AR contact for statutory, internal, and group audits; maintain audit-ready documentation.
• Lead and develop a team; build cross-cover so no process depends on one person.
• Drive continuous process improvement across the order-to-cash cycle.
• Act as a thought leader and strategic partner within the AR/finance function.
• Contribute to team culture, values, and a collaborative team atmosphere.

Automation & Systems Responsibilities

• Support implementation of order-to-cash process improvements and system/automation initiatives.
• Leverage ERP systems to improve billing, collections, cash application, and reconciliation accuracy.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual AR workflows and reduce unapplied/unidentified cash.

Qualifications & Experience

• B.Com / MBA (Finance) / CA-Inter or CMA-Inter or equivalent professional qualification.
• 6–8 years of experience in Accounts Receivable / Order-to-Cash (O2C), including 2+ years managing a team.
• Shared services experience required.

Technical Skills

• Advanced Excel skills.
• AR / O2C reporting and reconciliation tools.

Soft Skills

• Strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration (Commercial, Finance, Operations, service provider & Audit).
• Effective negotiation and dispute-resolution skills.
• People management and team development.
• Process improvement and change-management mindset.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) and ageing performance against target.
• Collection efficiency and reduction in overdue receivables.
• Timeliness and accuracy of customer billing.
• Unapplied/unidentified cash cleared within agreed limits.
• On-time delivery of AR close activities, journals, and reconciliations to the group calendar.
• Audit readiness and clean statutory/internal/group audit outcomes.