Accounting Manager - SAP A/R, A/P & Credit

Gentherm; Racine (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Modine is seeking a senior leader to oversee Accounts Payable and Credit & Collections for its North American Performance Technologies business. You will manage a transactional team, drive process improvements, and ensure strong internal controls within an SAP-based environment.

You will partner across Sales, Finance, IT and Operations to optimize cash flow, mitigate credit risk and deliver timely financial reporting. Excellent communication and leadership are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in accounting or finance or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of relevant experience in a transactional environment.
• Management experience preferred.
• SAP experience preferred.
• Outstanding verbal and written communications skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and facilitation skills; high level of professionalism.
• Disciplined self-starter with solid organizational skills and ability to multi-task.
• Proficient in Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor transactional staff of roughly seven people (four of which are direct reports).
• Drive continuous improvement of A/R and A/P processes and tools.
• Ensure compliance with documented accounting controls.
• Oversee new and existing customer credit limits and payment terms: Analyze creditworthiness through credit rating reports, credit applications, purchase order reviews, and company financial statement analysis.
• Minimize bad debt losses through effective credit limit and payment term management.
• Collaborate with commercial teams to facilitate sales growth while mitigating credit risk.
• Initiate credit holds, letters of credit and cash-in-advance credit terms when appropriate.
• Coordinate customer aging reviews and corrective action plans. Lead root cause analysis and remediation of any process deficiencies driving aged receivables.
• Drive resolution of customer payment discrepancies through collaboration with Sales, Warranty, MP&L and others as appropriate.
• Oversee the bad debt reserve and write-off processes.
• Maintain A/R sub-ledger system in SAP, including testing and approval of software upgrades in cooperation with Information Technology.
• Coordinate monthly closure of A/R and A/P modules in SAP.
• Ensure proper ledger activity and month-end balances relating to A/R and A/P.
• Prepare accurate and timely customer collection forecasts and analysis.
• Monitor Accounts Payable transaction flows and troubleshoot constraints.
• Oversee SAP invoicing process for intercompany sale transactions.
• Monitor and control vendor master data changes.

Skills

Leadership

Communication skills

Multi-tasking

Professionalism

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in accounting or finance

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

Modine is seeking a senior leader to oversee Accounts Payable and Credit & Collections for its North American Performance Technologies business. You will manage a transactional team, drive process improvements, and ensure strong internal controls within an SAP-based environment.

You will partner across Sales, Finance, IT and Operations to optimize cash flow, mitigate credit risk and deliver timely financial reporting. Excellent communication and leadership are essential.