Accounting Manager (AR & Working Capital)

Korn Ferry; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Korn Ferry Group is seeking an Accounting Manager to optimize the company’s cash conversion cycle by managing unbilled revenue, billing, collections, accounts receivable, and related working capital processes. This role collaborates across Operations, Project Management, Sales, Billing, Finance, Revenue Accounting, and Risk to improve cash flow and control.

Using financial analysis, KPIs, and cross-functional collaboration, the candidate will identify performance gaps, drive accountability, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or related field required.
• 7+ years of experience in accounts receivable, billing, collections, project invoicing, or related financial functions.
• Experience with milestone- and project-based billing.
• Experience with large ERP systems and integrated financial reporting.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or similar BI tools preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead efforts to reduce AR and unbilled revenue aging and improve cash conversion.
• Monitor billing readiness and ensure timely invoicing per contractual milestones.
• Identify root causes affecting billing, collections, and unbilled revenue and implement improvements.
• Lead regular reviews of aging receivables and payment performance with leadership.
• Develop and monitor key working capital metrics (DSO, AR aging, cycle time).
• Prepare and present working capital performance, risks, and recommendations.
• Partner cross-functionally to improve billing accuracy and cash flow.
• Establish escalation processes for aged receivables and billing delays.
• Drive process improvements and automation in order-to-cash processes and controls.
• Coordinate with Revenue Accounting to align activity, billing, and revenue reporting.
• Support risk with reserve accounting, budgeting, and P&L reporting.

Skills

Accounts receivable

Billing

Collections

Working capital

KPI dashboards

Financial reporting

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

ERP systems

Job description

The Accounting Manager is responsible for optimizing the Company’s cash conversion cycle through effective management of unbilled revenue, billing, collections, accounts receivable, and related working capital activities. This position partners across Operations, Project Management, Sales, Billing, Finance, Revenue Accounting, and Risk to reduce aged balances, accelerate invoicing and collections, strengthen the order-to-cash process, and improve cash flow.

The role uses financial analysis, performance metrics, and cross-functional collaboration to identify performance gaps, drive accountability, improve processes and controls, and provide leadership with actionable insights into working capital performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead efforts to reduce Accounts Receivable and Unbilled Revenue aging balances and improve cash conversion across the business.
• Monitor billing readiness and partner with Operations and Project Management to ensure contractual and project milestones are invoiced accurately and timely.
• Identify root causes and barriers affecting billing, collections, and unbilled revenue, and implement corrective actions and process improvements.
• Lead recurring reviews of aged receivables, unbilled revenue, collections, and customer payment performance with business leaders.
• Develop and monitor key working capital metrics, including DSO, CEI, AR Aging, Unbilled Aging, Invoice Cycle Time, Billing Accuracy, Cash Collections versus Forecast, Disputed Invoices, and Bad Debt Trends.
• Prepare and present working capital performance results, trends, risks, and recommendations to Finance and Operations leadership.
• Partner cross-functionally to improve billing accuracy, resolve disputes, strengthen collections, reduce DSO, and accelerate cash conversion.
• Establish accountability and escalation processes for aged receivables, unbilled projects, billing delays, and collection issues.
• Drive process improvement and automation initiatives that strengthen order-to-cash processes, reporting, and financial controls.
• Partner with Revenue Accounting to ensure alignment between operational activity, billing status, and reported revenue.
• Partner with Risk to support insurance reserve accounting, reserve coverage assessments, allocations, budgeting, and P&L reporting.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field required.
• 7+ years of experience in accounts receivable, billing, collections, project invoicing, working capital, or related financial functions.
• Experience with milestone-based and project-based billing.
• Experience in service-based, field service, construction, utility, engineering, infrastructure, environmental services, or government contracting environments preferred.
• Experience working with municipal, utility, government, or public-sector customers preferred.
• Demonstrated success improving AR and unbilled aging, collections, and cash conversion performance.
• Experience developing KPI dashboards, financial analyses, and management reporting.
• Strong analytical, reconciliation, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Experience with large ERP systems and integrated financial reporting environments.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or similar business intelligence tools preferred.
• Experience with process improvement, automation, financial controls, and reporting enhancements.
• Strong business acumen with a high level of ownership and urgency around cash flow and working capital.
• Ability to influence and drive accountability across functions without direct authority.
• Strong communication, collaboration, organization, and change-management skills.

Compensation: $110,000 - $130,000 salary (no bonus)