Accts. Receivable Supervisor

at CF Enterprises, Inc. in Northbrook, Illinois, United States

Job Description

At CF Industries, our mission is to provide clean energy to feed and fuel the world sustainably. Our employees are focused on safe and reliable operations, environmental stewardship, and disciplined capital and corporate management. By joining CF, you will be part of a team that brings their varied experiences, wide-ranging knowledge and diverse talents together to deliver important work and you'll be able to pursue complex, exciting opportunities that help you continue to grow and achieve your potential in different areas. You'll take pride in working for a company that lives its values and where you can be yourself at work, as part of an authentic team that encourages you to share your views and opinions. Our eight manufacturing complexes in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, an unparalleled storage, transportation and distribution network in North America, and logistics capabilities enabling a global reach underpin our strategy to leverage our unique capabilities to accelerate the world's transition to clean energy.
Function: Finance & AccountingJob Summary:
Job Summary:
The Supervisor, Accounts Receivable coordinates and reviews all activities of the Accounts Receivable function while training, developing, and appraising staff to maintain a high level of work efficiency, competency, and flexibility.

Job Description:

Major Responsibilities:
Matrix Responsibilities

Provide leadership, guidance, coaching, and process oversight for Accounts Receivable function of Shared Services.

Provides direction to individuals regarding their role and responsibilities to help meet the overall Company objectives, along with the role the department has in fulfilling corporate goals.

Empower and promotes the proper level of responsibility and authority for others to learn, grow into new responsibilities and make the proper decisions to obtain the overall department objectives.

Demonstrates the highest level of integrity and trust in all aspects of the job by working continually towards self-development, staying abreast of all current information and technology, and be knowledgeable with FASB & AICPA governing bodies affecting functional areas to increase innovation and ensure compliance.

Promotes the corporate controller's group by developing strong relationships between department members and other CF departments through a high degree of communication across management.

Promotes the matrix organizational structure with direct reports and encourages cross involvement between people and groups.

Accounts Receivable

Communicates departmental objectives to all employees.

Plans, coordinates, and reviews work assignments.

Provides regular formal and informal performance feedback to employees. Identifies training needs and provides means to meet the needs.

Works to maintain and manage the Accounts Receivable Department to ensure the department is properly staffed at all times.

Oversees the Accounts Receivable functions including daily cash receipts applications, daily cash and subledger detail reconciliation, calculation of Bad Debt reserves, customer refunds, customer account reconciliations for the US and UK.

Oversees the preparation, review and issuance of monthly account analysis, journal entries, account reconciliations, and other month-end, quarter-end and year-end close tasks and reporting.

Meets with various groups (e.g., Sales, Accounting, Credit, etc.) on a regular basis to discuss reconciliations, processing, as well as assisting in planning periodic reporting requirements.

Assists users in developing queries for Receivables.

Participates in testing and implementation of new systems / platforms / software for the Accounts Receivable function.

Assists in the development of training programs and training end-users.

Provides reports and support to meet special requests, nonrecurring items, audit requests.

Participates in projects as required.

Internal Controls

Establishes and implements processes and procedures to meet departmental internal controls requirements. Ensures that established processes/procedures are followed as designed.

Works with Policy, Process and Controls Team to identify deficiencies in existing processes/procedures, the need for new ones, and the extent to which such processes/procedures are being followed.

Develops and implements corrective actions regarding department internal controls as necessary.

Supervisory Relationships:

Position Reports To: Manager, Shared Services, AP / AR

Subordinate Positions:

Accountant - Associate

Clerk - Accounts Receivable

Incumbent Attributes:

Bachelor's degree in accounting or equivalent preferred.

Five or more years of Accounts Receivable or general accounting experience with knowledge of accounting... For full info follow application link.

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