Sr Accounts Payable Manager

AccruePartners; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

AccruePartners seeks a seasoned supervisor to lead the Credit and Collections and Cash Applications Departments in Birmingham, AL. You will direct, coordinate and evaluate teams, ensuring compliant operations and effective credit decisions.

You will interview, hire, train, and coach staff, assign workloads, and address performance issues while aligning with company policies and legal requirements. Strong analytical skills and customer focus are essential.

Qualifications

• Associates degree required or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 7+ years related experience and/or training.
• Advanced certification preferred (CPA, MBA, and / or CCM).

Responsibilities

• Directs Credit and Collections and Cash Applications with overall responsibility for direction, coordination and evaluation.
• Interviews, hires, trains, and evaluates employees; plans and directs work; reviews performance and handles disciplinary actions.
• Ensures compliance with policies and laws; coordinates information with branches, customers and financial institutions.
• Reviews delinquent accounts and communicates credit policies; submits accounts to attorneys or outside agencies as needed.
• Develops procedures to deter fraud and improve collections; analyzes data to optimize repayment strategies.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Credit & Collections

Education

Associates degree from college or technical school

Equivalent combination of education and experience

Advanced certification (CPA, MBA, CCM)

Job description

• Manages supervisors who supervise associates in the Credit and Collections and Cash Applications Departments.
• Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of both Credit and Collections and Cash App Departments.
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
• Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Assigns workers responsibility for investigating and verifying financial status and reputation of prospective customers applying for credit, preparing documents to substantiate findings, and recommending rejection or approval of applications.
• Establishes criteria relating to credit limitations on customer accounts and handles special credit arrangements and deviations from standard terms of payment.
• Assigns responsibility for investigation of fraud cases and possible legal action and collection for worthless checks and delinquent bills.
• Establishes criteria for customers' credit review activities.
• Reviews collection reports to ascertain status of collections and balances outstanding and to evaluate effectiveness of current collection policies and procedures.
• Reviews delinquent accounts considered to be uncollectible to ensure maximum efforts have been taken before assigning bad debt status to account.
• Coordinates exchange of information with others, including personnel in company branches, customers and financial institutions, to insure accuracy.
• Submits delinquent accounts to attorney or outside agency for collection.
• Compiles and analyzes statistical data on fraudulent use of credit cards to develop procedures designed to deter or prevent future abuses.
• Insures approved credit policy is communicated throughout the organization as is followed. Makes recommended changes to the policy as events warrant.

BACKGROUND THAT FITS

• :Associates degree from college or technical school o
• r7+ years related experience and/or training
• ;Advanced certification preferred (CPA, MBA, and / or CCM
• )Equivalent combination of education and experience