AR Chief Accountant

Job Description

This position is responsible for supervising the Accounts Receivables and billing section responsible for the billing operations ensuring proper invoicing within standard policies reflecting customers? requirements. The position is responsible for managing the accounting staff to ensure performing accounting functions within the General Ledger, Financial Data reporting and consolidation adhering to policies.Job Duties:

• Manage the daily operations of the accounts receivable cycle through design, implementation, maintenance and management of all accounts receivable and collection procedures.

• Lead and plan the billing & Collection operations, designing, implementing and enforcing policies and procedures, as well as streamlining effective billing processes.
• Manage Month-end closing of the billing across the company.
• Manage Sales Officers problem escalation and customer service claims.
• Maintain up-to-date billing system.
• Manage collection of Bad debts.
• Ensure Accountants Enter the Daily transactions in the system.
• Ensure the receipts vouchers are entered daily in the system.
• Manage all customer account reconciliations.
• Monitor customer account details for non-payments, delayed payments and other irregularities.
• Research and resolve payment discrepancies.
• Review AR aging to ensure compliance.
• Reconcile the online deposit system with accounting books system.
• Process adjustments.
• Investigate on the credit and debit note transactions with sales department.
• Maintain the section electronic and manual archiving.
• Assure timely collection of funds due to corporation.
• Monitor and report on deviations from credit standards.
• Assure timely and accurate invoicing.
• Manage cash application making sure all cash receipts are applied properly
• Assure that company standard template regarding invoice sample is in place for every customer.
• Conduct credit checks on all customer, establish and manage limits
• Make recommendations to improve quality of invoicing and collection procedures.
• Weekly reporting of invoicing totals/aging totals/cash receipts/invoice adjustments
• Overseeing customer billing and cash receipts processing.
• Manage monthly closing of financial records and posting of month end information; ensure accuracy of financial statements.
• Control all the entries posted by the accountants to ensure proper posting was made
• Maintain general ledger reporting any discrepancies to the Finance Manager
• Maintain chart of accounts reporting any discrepancies to the Finance Manager
• Provide monthly reporting and related general ledger account reconciliations
• Participate in both internal and external audits Produce Ad hoc financial analysis.
• Recommend Hiring, Firing, train and evaluate employees to enhance their performance, talent

according to the prepared vouchers and to the approved chart of accountStaff Management/Internal Processes:development, and distribution of work output and work effort.

• Prepare and manage employee shifting schedules, daily activities and distribution of work.
• Monitor and record daily the attendance records and ensure company policy is implemented.
• Prepare and submit the daily, weekly, monthly and annual reports as per section guidelines.
• Coordinate daily schedule of employee assignments and ensure performance meets SLAs.

Resolve all employee personnel inquiries, conflicts and grievances.

• Guarantee high quality of internal administration, filing and traceability of all documents to ensure

efficiency and effectiveness of the department for manual and electronic archiving.

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