Strategic Director of Working Capital & AR/AP

Coda Search│Staffing; Texas; On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Coda Search│Staffing is seeking a strategically driven Director of Accounting & Working Capital to join the Corporate team in Texas. The role reports to the CAO and owns day‑to‑day working capital across AR, invoicing, and AP, with T&E oversight, in a hands‑on, high‑impact capacity.

A near‑term priority is to clean up a broken invoicing process, tightening workflows, controls, and cross‑functional handoffs to improve billing accuracy and accelerate cash collection.

Qualifications

• 12+ years accounting experience in manufacturing, service companies, distributions, or oil & gas industry a plus
• Experience leading working capital operations with strong exposure to AR and AP
• Proven people leadership experience, managing managers/supervisors
• Experience with Order-to-Cash and Procure-to-Pay best practices, controls and metrics

Responsibilities

• Lead working capital strategy and execution across AR and AP with scalable, controlled processes
• Develop AR and AP managers; set priorities, expectations, and performance metrics
• Own and improve the invoicing process: diagnose root causes, redesign workflows, reduce errors and delays
• Improve invoice accuracy, timeliness, and cash application where applicable
• Drive AR performance: collections cadence, dispute resolution, aging management, cash forecasting inputs
• Oversee Procure-to-Pay execution: invoice intake, matching/approvals, payment runs, vendor issue resolution, cycle-time improvement
• Own/oversee T&E administration, including policy compliance and process efficiency
• Establish KPIs and operating routines (DSO, past due %, unapplied cash, billing cycle time, AP aging)
• Partner cross-functionally (Finance/FP&A, Operations, Sales, Procurement, IT) to improve upstream inputs
• Ensure documentation, controls, and compliance for core processes

Skills

Leadership

AR & AP experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting

Job description

Coda Search│Staffing is seeking a strategically driven Director of Accounting & Working Capital to join the Corporate team in Texas. The role reports to the CAO and owns day‑to‑day working capital across AR, invoicing, and AP, with T&E oversight, in a hands‑on, high‑impact capacity.

A near‑term priority is to clean up a broken invoicing process, tightening workflows, controls, and cross‑functional handoffs to improve billing accuracy and accelerate cash collection.