AR Project Team Leader

Job title : AR Project Team Leader
Location : New South Wales
Job type : Contract or Temp
Salary : $140,000 + Superannuation
Contact name : Jacinta Coyne
Contact email : jcoyne@sharpandcarter.com.au
Job reference : JC19082026
About the Opportunity
A new opportunity within a growing business for a passionate AR/Collections Team Leader to come on board and support an Accounts receivable team during a time of change within the business. This role will initially be on a 3 month basis with the potential to extend and is suitable to an adaptable, enthusiastic individual.

Key responsibilities will include:
  • Lead and coordinate a team of AR/Collections Officers.
  • Oversee the review and reconciliation of customer accounts.
  • Manage escalated inbound/outbound queries.
  • Ensure accounts are accurately reconciled and customer information is updated.
  • Monitor progress and establish appropriate collection targets/KPIs as the project develops.
  • Work closely with the ELT team, also closely partnering with operations, finance and transformation. 
  • Help develop and improve processes, reporting and tools as the transformation progresses.
  • Provide structure and direction to a team working through a highly fluid project environment.
You will ideally have:
  • Strong Excel skills — particularly VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP
  • Previous experience managing and guiding a team.
  • Strong systems aptitude and ability to bring information together from different systems.
  • Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
  • High energy and proactive.
  • Strong communicator who can deal confidently with both customers and internal stakeholders.
  • Able to investigate issues rather than simply process transactions.
  • Customer-service oriented while still being persistent and commercially minded.
Next steps:

Please submit your CV via the prompts or feel free to email jcoyne@sharpandcarter.com.au with your resume requesting further information.