Accounts Receivable

Role Overview

Responsible for leading the accounts receivable function, ensuring timely collections, accurate receivables management, and effective cash flow control. The role oversees collection processes, monitors outstanding balances, and coordinates with internal stakeholders to drive collection efficiency and maintain financial accuracy.

Key Responsibilities

• Team Leadership & Management
• Lead and supervise the accounts receivable team to ensure collection targets are achieved.
• Allocate and monitor collection portfolios based on priority and ageing analysis
• Review team performance, provide feedback, and support skill development
• Receivables & Collection Management
• Oversee the end-to-end receivables process, from invoice/fee generation to payment closure.
• Monitor student, EMI/instalment, and corporate receivables to ensure timely collections.
• Follow up on overdue accounts and manage escalated collection cases.
• Ensure collections are accurately recorded and reconciled in the system.
• Ageing Analysis & Reporting
• Prepare and review receivables ageing reports, identifying overdue and high-risk accounts.
• Monitor collection performance, recovery trends, and debtor ageing to support timely collections.
• Track bad debts, write-offs, and provisioning requirements, and recommend corrective actions.
• Reconciliation & Accuracy
• Reconcile receivables records with the general ledger and ERP system on a regular basis.
• Ensure receipts, adjustments, refunds, and discounts are accurately recorded and accounted for.
• Coordinate with the accounting team to support accurate revenue recognition.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and audit-ready receivables records.
• Process & Systems Management
• Leverage ERP & Zoho, to manage receivable workflows efficiently.
• Identify automation or process improvement opportunities to reduce collection turnaround time
• Stakeholder Coordination
• Coordinate with sales, admissions, operations, and finance teams to resolve collection and payment-related issues.
• Coordinate with external auditors and consultants by providing receivables data and supporting schedules as required.

Educational Qualifications
Any one of the following:

• B. Com — Bachelor of Commerce
• M.Com — Master of Commerce
• BBA / MBA — Finance
• CMA Intermediate — Cost and Management Accountancy
• CA Intermediate — Chartered Accountancy

Experience

• Minimum 4 years of total experience in accounts receivable or collections
• Minimum 2 years in a team management or team lead role — mandatory
• Prior experience in an education or subscription or instalment-based revenue model is strongly preferred
• Demonstrated experience in ageing analysis, MIS reporting, and collection strategy
• Experience working with ERP systems and maintaining reconciled receivable records

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