Role Summary
The Accounts Receivable – Senior Executive is responsible for end-to-end management of the receivable’s lifecycle, including accurate billing, receivables management and reconciliation, dispute resolution, credit governance, and compliance. The role focuses on timely realization of receivables, optimization of Days Sales Outstanding (DSO), maintenance of accurate customer accounts, and support for month-end close and audit activities. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical capability, effective stakeholder management, and a continuous process improvement mindset.
Key Responsibilities
1) Invoicing:
· Prepare, validate, and post invoices/credit notes in line with contracts, POs, delivery notes, and tax rules.
· Ensures billing accuracy and timely issuance to avoid revenue leakage and disputes.
2) Receivables Management & Reconciliation:
· Own and manage the end- to-end receivables portfolio, including collections, receipt application and customer account reconciliation.
· Execute proactive follow-ups through emails, calls, and customer portals to ensure timely realization of receivables
· Monitor ageing, overdue balances, and customer payment behavior; escalate delinquent accounts as per credit policy
· Ensure accurate application of customer receipts and resolution of short, excess, or unapplied items.
· Perform periodic AR–GL and bank reconciliations to maintain ledger accuracy.
· Support credit limit reviews, payment term compliance, and risk mitigation initiatives.
3) Dispute Management:
· Log, categorize, and track disputes related to pricing, quantity, quality, tax, or deductions
· Perform root-cause analysis and coordinate with Sales, Operations, and Tax teams for resolution.
· Ensure timely closure and documentation of disputes.
4) Reporting & Controls:
· Prepare and analyze AR ageing, DSO, bad debt trends, and cash flow forecasts.
· Provide periodic MIS and actionable insights to management.
· Support provisioning and write-off processes
· Identify opportunities for process improvement and automation within the AR function.
· Support internal, statutory, and ICOFR audits with required documentation and explanations.
5) Required Qualifications & Experience
· Bachelor’s degree in commerce / accounting / finance (B.Com / M.Com)
· 3–6 years of hands-on experience in end-to-end Accounts Receivable (billing, collections, cash application, disputes)
· Experience with ERP systems such as SAP FI/SD, Oracle, MS Dynamics, NetSuite, Zoho, or Tally
· Strong working knowledge of MS Excel, Pivot Tables, reconciliations
· Working knowledge of indirect taxation and statutory compliance (GST/VAT/Sales Tax) pertaining to invoicing and account receivables
· Exposure to audit processes and internal control frameworks (ICOFR) preferred.