Accounts Receivable Team Lead

JOB PURPOSE/

SUMMARY:

The Accounts Receivable (AR) Team Leader is responsible for overseeing the end-to-end customer invoicing, collections, and reconciliation processes, ensuring the timely and accurate receipt of payments while maintaining strong financial controls. With a commercial focus, this role plays a critical part in managing profitability tracking, margin reporting, and estimation reviews, supporting strategic decision-making and financial performance optimization.

The AR Team Leader is also responsible for working capital optimization and financial risk management, ensuring effective cash flow management and minimizing credit risk exposure. This role requires strong attention to detail, analytical skills, and the ability to manage high transaction volumes efficiently. Additionally, the position demands excellent communication and collaboration with internal stakeholders, including commercial, sales, operations, and finance teams, as well as external customers to enhance collections performance and customer relationships.

A key part of this role is ensuring compliance with company policies, internal controls, and financial regulations, while also identifying opportunities for process improvements and automation to enhance efficiency and accuracy within AR operations. The ideal candidate will be a proactive leader with strong problem‑solving abilities, a strategic mindset, and the capability to drive continuous improvements in AR processes.

• Oversee the timely and accurate issuance of invoices, ensuring adherence to company policies, contractual agreements, and regulatory requirements.
• Validate invoices in coordination with commercial teams to confirm accuracy, completeness, and compliance before finalizing.
• Monitor and manage the timely collection of customer payments, following up on overdue accounts and proactively addressing payment‑related issues.
• Reconcile customer accounts by identifying and resolving discrepancies, ensuring accurate financial records, and maintaining up‑to‑date reporting on AR performance.
• Maintain accurate customer account records, ensuring alignment with company policies and compliance with financial and tax regulations.

• Partner with commercial, sales, and operations teams to optimize AR strategies, identify process improvements, and implement best practices that enhance efficiency and reduce financial risk.
• Oversee profitability tracking and margin reporting, ensuring financial transparency and performance optimization.
• Work closely with tendering teams to provide financial insights on pricing, contract terms, and payment structures, supporting informed decision‑making.
• Attend regular cross‑functional meetings to discuss AR strategies, address concerns, and collaborate on solutions that improve receivables management.
• Collaborate with teams to analyze AR processes, identifying bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and areas for automation to enhance overall operational effectiveness.
• Establish and track key AR performance metrics, such as Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) and collections efficiency, ensuring continuous improvement.
• Gather customer, sales, and operations feedback to refine AR processes, improve customer relationships, and enhance overall collections strategies.

• Ensure that all financial and operational activities comply with local laws, tax regulations, industry standards, and customs mandates, mitigating legal and financial risks.
• Enforce the Delegation of Authority (DOA) framework, ensuring all financial transactions align with company policies and approval hierarchies.
• Conduct internal audits, compliance checks, and risk assessments to identify control gaps, prevent violations, and enhance transparency in financial reporting.
• Serve as the primary liaison with regulatory bodies, tax authorities, auditors, and internal teams, ensuring timely compliance reporting and issue resolution.
• Promote a culture of compliance, providing employees with…