Ar Manager, North America

Griffith Foods es un fabricante global de productos alimenticios. Proporcionamos una amplia gama de componentes de sabor y textura para clientes de la industria alimentaria de todo el mundo. Nuestros productos incluyen mezclas de condimentos, mezclas secas, sistemas de recubrimiento, mezclas de masas, migas, sabores, salsas y bases alimentarias que se utilizan en una amplia variedad de aplicaciones, desde aperitivos, carne y pollo procesados hasta platos preparados. Entre nuestros clientes se encuentran procesadores de alimentos, operadores de restaurantes y minoristas de comestibles. Aunque nuestro nombre puede no ser familiar para los consumidores, nuestros productos son componentes clave de los alimentos ofrecidos por muchas de las empresas más reconocidas del mundo.
Location: Hybrid (Alsip IL / Lombard IL / Scarborough Canada / Monterrey Mexico & Home)
Summary: Responsible for the Credit and Accounts Receivable Function for the North America Region (includes Custom Culinary, Terova, Nourish Ventures). Strategic and continuous improvement mindset required to ensure best in class Accounts Receivable department. This includes all the AR processes, financial reporting, and development of team members for the AR area. Assist in achieving Working Capital objectives of the AR function. Work with Finance leaders to determine AR strategy.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Strategic Management

• Work with Commercial and Finance Teams to improve Accounts Receivable results. This includes being proactive with improvement recommendations, completing analytics on business opportunities, and gaining agreement from team members.
• Ability to bring best practices and necessary changes. Identify and resolve problems and inconsistencies. Suggest and implement appropriate corrective procedures.
• Leader/Owner of Accounts Receivable for North American Region. Works with unit leaders to improve and support the businesses.

Continuous Improvement

• Work with AR teams to ensure the most effective and efficient processes for managing credit risk and collecting outstanding receivables.
• Investigate, recommend, and implement improved systems including but not limited to Technological, Procedural, and Talent improvements.

People Development

• Trains, schedules, assigns, and reviews work of staff.
• Support the development of department employees. Continually work to improve talent, skills, and capabilities.
• Maintains harmony among workers and resolves grievances.
• Determines the right resources (people, location, systems) to improve internal controls, efficiency of staff, and consistency of processes and procedures.

Basic Accounts Receivable Functions

• Maintains record keeping systems, forms, policies, and procedures related to AR activities.
• Communicates and coordinates accounting policies, practices, and procedures with department and company managers and officials, reporting agencies, clients, customers, and the public.
• Direct and coordinate departmental collection and cash application activities.
• Select and monitor activities of 3rd party collection services.
• Reciprocate in providing credit information to national credit reporting services as well as utilizing the service for monitoring our customer risk.
• Prepare and present reports on the credit and collection status of our customers.
• Analyzes major accounts and prepares monthly reconciliation of subsidiary accounts to general ledger.
• Supervise the investigation/determination of credit risk and the collection of accounts receivable.
• Develop, recommend, evaluate, and update policies and procedures that govern the credit/collection and accounts receivable activities of the company.
• Coordinate our collection efforts with Sales for maximum return.
• Participate in credit groups and bankruptcy actions.
• Daily management of Accounts Receivable team in the following areas:

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in process improvement.
• Successfully leads AR Team and oversees the credit management activities.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, Excel, and Word. Microsoft Dynamics a plus.
• Travel 10%.
• Demonstration of strong work ethic, effective communication, and relationship building.
• Bachelor’s degree (BA or BS) in Accounting or Finance from a four-year college or university.
• Manages credit and collection activities such as following up with past due accounts, credit risk monitoring, new customer set up, regular customer credit evaluations and keeps track of cash receipts.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience and at least 3 years of managerial experience in credit and collections.

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Griffith Foods es un socio de desarrollo de productos que combina creatividad y cuidado para nutrir al mundo, con profesionales que apoyan a nuestros clientes para satisfacer las necesidades y requisitos del consumidor, a la vez que respetan y preservan el planeta.
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