Revenue & Accounts Receivable Manager

Job Summary

The Revenue & Accounts Receivable Manager manages, audits, and scales the full lifecycle of cash inflows and revenue accounting for micro1. Core daily tasks include executing complex B2B customer invoicing, overseeing global cash applications, auditing contracts for ASC 606 compliance, leading high-priority collections outreach, driving down Days Sales Outstanding (DSO), compiling weekly cash flow forecast models, reconciling subledgers for the month-end close, and implementing automated billing infrastructure.

Required Education & Professional Credentials

• Academic Background: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Corporate Finance, or an equivalent quantitative economic discipline.
• Preferred Certifications: Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Chartered Accountant (CA) designation (active status or demonstrable progress toward completion is highly desirable).

Required Professional Experience & Compliance Mastery

• Tenure Checklist: 4 to 6 years of progressive experience directly managing accounts receivable, billing operations, revenue accounting, or corporate financial operations.
• Sector Domain: Prior professional history operating within a high-growth technology platform, enterprise SaaS environment, or fast-scaling B2B corporate infrastructure.
• Accounting Standard Fluency: Comprehensive, practical mastery of US GAAP and deep technical knowledge of ASC 606 (Revenue from Contracts with Customers) transaction steps and criteria.
• Systems Literacy: Hands-on experience navigating and managing mid-to-enterprise tier ERP and accounting platforms (e.g., NetSuite, QuickBooks Advanced, Sage Intacct, or equivalent ledger architectures).

Required Technical Analytical Skill Stack

• Advanced Spreadsheet Modelling: Expert-level command of Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets, featuring a proven ability to independently architect complex index lookups, data arrays, pivot models, and automated financial tables.
• Professional Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the commercial diplomacy required to navigate intricate client billing disputes, resolve legal contract discrepancies, and run professional collections outreach.
• Autonomy in Complexity: A proven track record of thriving within an asynchronous, fast-moving remote work setting, demonstrating high attention to detail with minimal organizational oversight.

Preferred Technical Qualifications

• Automation Engineering: Direct professional history auditing, choosing, implementing, or improving third-party A/R automation tooling and billing integrations (e.g., Stripe Billing, Bill.com, Ordway, Quadient, or similar fintech solutions).

Key Responsibilities

1. End-to-End Accounts Receivable Lifecycle Ownership (30%)

• Execute Complex B2B Invoicing: Direct the full transaction loop of customer invoicing, ensuring flawless billing calculations, tax applications, and timely electronic delivery to global B2B clients.
• Supervise Cash Applications: Oversee the precise application of incoming funds across multiple bank accounts, multi-currency wire transfers, and localized payment gateways, matching payments to open balances.
• Manage Collections Operations: Lead proactive accounts outreach, setting strict communication schedules to handle delinquent client accounts, resolve outstanding structural balances, and directly minimize Days Sales Outstanding (DSO).
• Resolve Contract Discrepancies: Partner cross-functionally with Sales Operations, Legal counsel, and Customer Success managers to address and fix complex billing errors, credit hold exceptions, and disputed contract updates.

2. ASC 606 Revenue Recognition & Month-End Close Governance (25%)

• Enforce GAAP Compliance: Manage and refine internal revenue recognition rules to guarantee absolute compliance with ASC 606 and US GAAP guidelines across all unique customer contracts.
• Evaluate Customer Contracts: Analyze complex multi-element enterprise contracts to ensure proper performance obligation tracking, transaction price allocations, and accurate recognition timing.
• Execute Ledger Reconciliations: Lead the month-end and quarter-end close loops for the receivables department, executing flawless reconciliations of the A/R subledger directly to the general ledger (G/L).
• Audit Reserve Allowances: Assess historical bad debt patterns, recalculating and maintaining precise reserves for doubtful accounts alongside aging balances.

3. Financial Systems Optimization & Workflow Automation (25%)

• Scale Billing Automation: Identify operational inefficiencies across active transaction paths, championing the integration of modern automated tools to scale billing operations.
• Audit System Integrity: Maintain, configure, and audit internal ERP platforms to guarantee data tracking accuracy, cross-tool workflow efficiency, and complete audit readiness.
• Document Controls Frameworks: Develop, formalize, and implement robust internal controls, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and strict A/R corporate compliance policies to protect company assets.
• Support External Audits: Lead corporate audit preparation workflows, assembling clean workpapers and acting as the primary point of contact for external auditor inquiries regarding revenue cycles.

4. Advanced KPI Dashboard Analytics & Cash Forecasting (20%)

• Architect Financial Dashboards: Create, distribute, and present high-fidelity weekly and monthly A/R metrics dashboards to finance executives, featuring detailed aging summaries and collection pacing trends.
• Formulate Cash Projections: Build dynamic, data-driven cash flow forecasting models based on customer payment history, giving executive leadership clear insight into short-term liquidity.
• Evaluate Credit Risks: Conduct financial reviews on new enterprise client targets, setting safe credit limits and terms to prevent future bad-debt exposure.
• Drive Actionable Adjustments: Convert raw ledger metrics into clear operational insights, allowing executive groups to make data-backed choices that improve corporate cash collection efficiency.

Core Competencies & Skills

• High-Velocity Analytical Instincts: The ability to scan thousands of row entries, isolate transactional errors, and map out corrective ledger reconciliations with speed and accuracy.
• Commercial Diplomacy: A highly polished communication approach that balances empathetic client relationship-building with a firm, results-oriented focus on collecting outstanding invoices.
• Structural Problem-Solving: An engineering mindset applied directly to corporate finance, capable of breaking down complex, messy contract terms into clear, automated system parameters.
• Resilient Agility: The professional capacity to maintain strict attention to detail, clear organization, and high volume output within an accelerated, remote-first technology landscape.

Expected Outputs & Deliverables

• Flawless execution and transmission of all global enterprise billing iterations within verified calendar targets.
• Inspection-ready monthly and quarterly A/R subledger closing files, accompanied by clean general ledger reconciliation statements.
• Fully updated, real-time executive dashboards summarizing DSO tracking, collections velocity, and multi-tier aging buckets.
• Formally documented Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) mapping out internal accounting controls and revenue recognition rules.

Skills Required:

• Accounting / Finance