About the Role
This role leads the Accounts Receivable function, overseeing credit administration, collections, customer deductions and disputes, cash application, reporting, and month-end close activities. The position plays a key role in resolving complex customer issues, supporting cash flow objectives, maintaining strong internal controls, and driving process enhancements across the AR function.
Responsibilities
- Lead the Accounts Receivable function.
- Oversee credit administration, collections, customer deductions and disputes, cash application, reporting, and month-end close activities.
- Lead a team responsible for managing the full accounts receivable lifecycle.
- Work closely with Sales, Customer Care, Operations, Logistics, IT, and Finance.
- Resolve complex customer issues.
- Support cash flow objectives.
- Maintain strong internal controls.
- Drive process enhancements across the AR function.
- Provide strategic direction.
- Mitigate financial risk.
- Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting.
Requirements
- High School Diploma required.
- 10+ years of experience in Accounts Receivable, Collections, Credit, Finance Operations, or related financial functions.
- 5+ years of experience leading, developing, and running high-performing teams.
- Experience partnering cross-functionally to resolve customer issues, improve processes, and support business objectives.
- Experience with SAP, FSCM, or similar ERP systems, including reporting and process improvement initiatives.
Skills
- Strong leadership.
- Sound financial judgment.
- Customer-focused approach.
- Ability to build and develop high-performing teams.
- Ability to strengthen customer relationships.
- Ability to identify opportunities to improve processes and results.
- Collaboration, accountability, and commitment to continuous improvement.
- Strong knowledge of accounts receivable, collections, deductions, dispute resolution, credit administration, cash application, and financial controls.
- Knowledge of SOX compliance, audit support, account reconciliations, month-end close activities, and accounting controls.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, problem-solving, and relationship-building skills with both customers and internal stakeholders.
- Strong leadership skills with a proven ability to motivate teams, drive performance, develop talent, and lead through change.
Location
- United States of America
Work Type
- Hybrid schedule
- 9/80 work option
- Full time
Experience Level
- 10+ years of experience in Accounts Receivable, Collections, Credit, Finance Operations, or related financial functions
- 5+ years of experience leading, developing, and running high-performing teams
Education Level
- High School Diploma
- Bachelor's in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field
Salary/Compensations
- $106,500.00 - $167,200.00 USD
Benefits
- Hybrid schedule and 9/80 work option that gives you every other Friday off.
- Quarterly and holiday bonuses.
- 15 paid days of vacation time off the first year.
- 5 days of sick time off.
- 401(k) retirement plan with 4% match.
- Annual retirement profit-sharing payments.
- Competitive health plans for individuals and families.
About the Company
- Behr Paint Company
- BEHR is an E-Verify employer.
Equal Opportunity
- Our Commitment to a Culture of Inclusion and Belonging: We believe a workplace that encourages and values different voices, perspectives, and backgrounds builds better teams, better solutions, and more innovation. The goal is for every single team member to have a voice and experience a sense of belonging here, regardless of where they sit in the organization and what their background is. We look forward to your sharing your outstanding and unique talents and perspectives with us!
- BEHR (the “Company”) is an equal opportunity employer and we strive to employ the most qualified individuals for every position. The Company makes employment decisions only based on merit. It is the Company’s policy to prohibit discrimination in any employment opportunity (including but not limited to recruitment, employment, promotion, salary increases, benefits, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment) based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, pregnancy, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical/mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military and veteran status, height, weight or any other such characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. The Company is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all people involved in the operations of the Company regardless of where the employee is located and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company.
