Accounts Receivable Team Lead

Role & responsibilities

Position: Accounts Receivable Team Lead

Location: Vapi, Gujarat
Experience: 10 to 12 Years
Industry: Manufacturing / GCC / Shared Services

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Accounts Receivable Team Lead with 10 to 12 years of experience in managing end-to-end AR/O2C operations, collections, customer reconciliations, credit control, ageing, dispute management, and team performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Accounts Receivable / Order-to-Cash (O2C) operations.
• Manage and monitor customer outstanding, ageing, overdue balances and collections.
• Drive collection performance and ensure achievement of DSO and working-capital targets.
• Review customer ledger reconciliations and ensure timely closure of open items.
• Lead dispute management and coordinate with Sales, Commercial, Finance and customers for resolution.
• Monitor credit limits, payment terms and customer exposure.
• Review cash application, receipt posting and customer account clearing.
• Prepare and review AR ageing, collection, DSO and MIS reports.
• Identify high-risk and long-outstanding receivables and drive corrective actions.
• Manage month-end and year-end AR closing activities.
• Ensure adherence to internal controls, SOPs and finance policies.
• Lead, mentor and develop the Accounts Receivable team.
• Set team objectives, monitor productivity and ensure timely delivery of AR activities.
• Partner with Sales, Business, Credit, Treasury and Finance teams to resolve receivable issues.
• Drive process improvement, standardization and automation initiatives within AR.
• Support internal and external audit requirements related to receivables.

Required Skills

• 10 to 12 years of experience in Accounts Receivable / O2C / Collections.
• Strong expertise in AR ageing, collections, customer reconciliation and dispute management.
• Strong understanding of DSO, credit control, customer exposure and working capital.
• Hands-on experience with SAP / SAP S/4HANA.
• Good knowledge of MS Excel, MIS and AR reporting.
• Strong people management and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience managing a team in a large organization, GCC, shared-services or manufacturing environment.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills.

Qualification

• B.Com / M.Com / MBA Finance / CA Inter or equivalent qualification.
• 1012 years of relevant experience in Accounts Receivable / O2C, preferably from Manufacturing / GCC / Shared Services.