Global Director – Accounts Receivable

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Ireland.

📋 Description

• Oversee the global Order-to-Cash finance process.

• Manage global accounts receivable activities, including customer onboarding, billing readiness, invoice generation, collections, cash application, dispute tracking, credit review assistance, and AR month-end closing.

• Create global procedures for billing, collections, credit, cash application, dispute resolution, and bad debt reserve management, while ensuring compliance with country-specific regulations.

• Collaborate with operations, project management, sales, legal, tax, treasury, and local finance teams to address invoicing, contractual billing, disputes, credit, and collection challenges.

• Generate AR reporting and metrics, such as ADD, aging reports, collection effectiveness, unapplied cash, dispute aging, invoice rejection rates, billing cycle duration, and exposure to high-risk customers.

• Champion the standardization and automation of billing and cash application processes, encompassing ERP workflows, customer portals, invoice formats, project billing controls, and integrated reporting solutions.

• Assist in acquisition integration through mapping the order-to-cash process, aligning billing practices, migrating customer master data, standardizing collections, and stabilizing AR reporting.

• Ensure controls are in place for customer master data, billing authorizations, revenue cut-off, credit approvals, allowance judgments, write-offs, cash application, and documentation retention.

• Collaborate with FP&A regarding receipts, overdue balances, collection risks, liquidity, and cash flow forecasting.

• Promote continuous enhancement in billing practices, collections management, dispute resolution, visibility, and accountability in receivables.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field is preferred.

• A minimum of 8 years of leadership experience in AR, order-to-cash, billing, collections, project accounting, shared services, or accounting operations.

• Preferred experience in professional services, consulting, engineering, project-based, multi-country, or acquisition-focused environments.

• Proven track record of standardizing and enhancing processes, implementing controls, and driving automation within a complex organization is highly sought after.

• We are an equal opportunity employer; qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered in accordance with the Fair Chance Act (FCA) / Fair Chance Ordinance (FCO).

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance plans.

• Generous paid time off and holiday schedules.

• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.