Director, Global Accounts Receivable

Director, Global Accounts Receivable

Why You'll Love This Role! As the Director, Global Accounts Receivable, you'll lead a high-impact team that is at the heart of unlocking working capital and enabling growth. You will drive best-in-class AR practices across regions, shaping how we partner with the business to deliver cash flow excellence, enhance controls, and transform the customer experience. You'll join forces with leaders across Finance, Operations, and Technology to simplify processes, embed automation, and guide a talented team in an environment where innovation and collaboration are valued. Your leadership will be visible across the enterprise as you help ensure the financial health of the company and foster an engaged, high-performing AR organization.

About the Role!

The Director, Global Accounts Receivable is a key finance leader responsible for driving effective order-to-cash processes, partnering with global stakeholders to improve AR visibility, cash collection, and cash application. This role serves as the subject matter expert (SME) for AR reporting & analytics and the Company's AR securitization program with banking partners, while ensuring strong internal controls and compliance with US GAAP and Sarbanes-Oxley. The Director leads transformation initiatives including the continued evolution of global AR reporting & visibility, cash collection and past-due notice processes, and automated cash-application systems.

Key Accountabilities :

• Provide strategic and operational leadership to the Global AR team, developing talent and fostering a positive culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
• Oversee end-to-end AR processes including timely collections, unapplied cash resolution, bad-debt governance, and reporting & analysis.
• Lead the team that runs the Company's AR securitization program, from building and maintaining the reporting & analysis system, to delivering compliance results to Treasury and external banking partners.
• Establish and monitor AR KPIs and dashboarding (e.g. DSO, unapplied cash, AR aging) and deliver actionable insights to finance and business leaders.
• Partner closely with the business, FP&A, Controllership, and Treasury to improve cash-flow reporting and forecasting which drives working-capital optimization.
• Lead the successful deployment and adoption of AR automation initiatives, including standardizing global cash application and past-due notice generation.
• Ensure compliance with SOX and internal control requirements; oversee AR-related account reconciliations and variance analyses.
• Collaborate with Accenture and other service-delivery partners to optimize BPO performance and strengthen front-end invoicing and remit processes.
• Identify and champion opportunities for process simplification, standardization, and digital enablement across global AR operations.
• Maintain strong partnerships with external auditors, internal stakeholders, and business leaders to ensure transparency, accuracy, and responsiveness.

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Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, and retirement savings plans, among others. The compensation for the position is : $148,750.00 - $175,000.00. Cushman & Wakefield is an Equal Opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position at Cushman & Wakefield, please call the ADA line at 1-888-365-5406 or email HRServices@cushwake.com. Please refer to the job title and job location when you contact us.