Accounts Receivable Supervisor

JohnsByrne; Niles (IL); On-site; USD 79,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

JohnsByrne is seeking an Accounts Receivable Team Leader in Niles, IL to manage AR staff and ensure timely invoicing, collections, and reporting. The role requires strong AR expertise, attention to detail, and leadership to drive process improvements in a fast-paced environment.

The position includes supervising AR activities, coordinating with sales, and ensuring accuracy in billing, credit, and cash applications. A related degree and 3–5 years of AR experience are preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field preferred.
• Three to five years related accounts receivable invoicing/collections/accounting experience.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Responsibilities

• Supervise, train, mentor, and evaluate Accounts Receivable staff.
• Assign and monitor workloads to ensure timely completion of tasks.
• Establish performance goals and provide regular coaching and feedback.
• Foster a collaborative and customer-focused team environment.
• Identify opportunities to improve AR processes, controls, and efficiencies.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, accounting standards, and internal controls.
• Makes collection calls based on the Company’s collection policy.
• Creates weekly reporting on collection activity.
• Investigates past due invoices and unauthorized discounts and deductions.
• Communicates collection activities with management and sales.
• Distributes weekly AR aging to each sales executive respectively.
• Set up new customer accounts.
• Administers new customer credit references and disclosures.
• Procure customer tax exemption certificates and Federal Tax ID information.
• Process, type and mail customer invoices and credit memos.
• Perform and send commission calculation.
• Generate monthly commission reconciliation for each salesperson.
• Prepare and send daily jobs booked reports.
• Assist with month end close.
• Prepare special reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing financial information and trends.
• Required to perform other duties as requested, directed, and assigned.

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: JB-CHI Howard - Niles, IL 60714

Position Type: Full Time

Education Level: High School

Salary Range: $79,000.00 - $85,000.00

SalaryTravel Percentage: None

Job Shift: 1st Shift

Job Category: Accounting

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Accounts Receivable Team Leader

• Supervise, train, mentor, and evaluate Accounts Receivable staff.
• Assign and monitor workloads to ensure timely completion of tasks.
• Establish performance goals and provide regular coaching and feedback.
• Foster a collaborative and customer-focused team environment.
• Identify opportunities to improve AR processes, controls, and efficiencies.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, accounting standards, and internal controls.

Credit & Collections

• Makes collection calls based on the Company’s collection policy.
• Creates weekly reporting on collection activity.
• Investigates past due invoices and unauthorized discounts and deductions.
• Communicates collection activities with management and sales.
• Distributes weekly AR aging to each sales executive respectively.
• Set up new customer accounts.
• Administers new customer credit references and disclosures.
• Procure customer tax exemption certificates and Federal Tax ID information.

Billing

• Process, type and mail customer invoices and credit memos.
• Perform and send commission calculation.
• Generate monthly commission reconciliation for each salesperson.
• Prepare and send daily jobs booked reports.
• Assist with month end close.
• Prepare special reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing financial information and trends.

Other

Required to perform other duties as requested, directed, and assigned.

QualificationsEducation and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field preferred.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Three to five years related accounts receivable invoicing/collections/accounting experience.

Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• High degree of proficiency with MS Office products including Word, Excel, Access, Power Point and Outlook.
• Experience with ERP systems and accounting software.
• Strong knowledge of accounts receivable processes, collections, and cash applications.
• Excellent verbal and written skills.
• Detail orientated.
• Strong problem analysis and problem resolution skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to plan and manage multiple projects in a fast paced environment.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to stand, sit, and walk around the facility.
• Frequently required to work on a computer.
• Occasionally required to use force to lift, push and pull up to 20 pounds.

Work Environment

Work performed in an office environment where a noise level is moderate.