Lead Accounts Receivable

A Place Where People Matter – Growing our People to Grow Our Business

We’re thrilled that you are exploring career opportunities where you can continue to make a positive difference every day to keep our communities healthy, fed, clean and safe.

Primary Purpose:

The Accounts Receivable (AR) Lead will work alongside team members on the daily activity and performance of the AR department This position will fill in when Supervisor is absent facilitating team meetings and handling other metric driven assignments. The position will handle their own set of accounts while also mentoring and developing team members in the decision-making and adherence to policies, procedures, and company metrics. Ideal candidate will be well versed in collections, cash application, establishing credit and other AR tasks. The position will also require excellent communication, organizational, and analytical skills.

What you’ll do:

Collection, reconciliation, and administration of assigned accounts

Serve as backup to the supervisor when they are out of office

Ability to fill in on internal departmental meetings along with customer account review meetings

Exemplify and guide our Culture, Values, and Goals

Understand and implement company policies, procedures, applications, tools, and systems

Mitigates customer risk by asking the right questions, reviewing credit, and setting appropriate credit line following policies and procedures to support Credit and Receivable requirements

Build healthy cross-functional relationships between multiple departments to ensure procedure accuracy is up to date

What you’ll need:

3-5 years of business-to-business or consumer collection experience preferred

Proficient with dispute reconciliation/troubleshooting/account reconciliation/customer facing meetings

Proficient with MS Office Suite, with strong Excel skills

SAP experience preferred

Ability to handle workload to a deadline and maintain set individual and team goals

Excellent negotiation skills, ability to gain trust and confidence with customers, management, and peers

Ability to identify root cause issues, offer possible solutions and/or next course of action

Knowledge of collection principles with ability to reconcile credits & debits

Excellent customer service (internal & external)

Ability to collaborate with cross functional team

Ability to prioritize workload

Where you'll Work:

This is a hybrid role 3 days in the office in Dublin, OH

Univar Solutions is a leading, global distributor of chemicals and ingredients essential to the safety, health, and wellbeing of our daily lives from life-saving medicines and vitamins to hand sanitizers and industrial materials used for cleaning, construction, and more. Our global team of more than 9,500 employees support our vision to redefine distribution and be the most valued chemical and ingredient distributor on the planet!

We offer a Total Rewards package that includes market aligned pay and incentives as well as a diverse benefits offering to support our employees’ physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing.

Univar Solutions supports sustainable solutions for the world around us so that we can do our part to help keep our communities healthy, fed, clean, and safe!

We are committed to a diverse workforce and a culture of inclusion. Together, we are building a culture that acknowledges the unique experiences, perspectives and expertise of individuals and provides the development and growth opportunities to empower us to redefine our industry.

Univar Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on their race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected classification.

Univar Solutions does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or staffing firms (collectively Recruiting Firms). Recruiting Firms must enter into a Master Services Agreement (MSA) with Univar Solutions prior to submitting any information relating to a potential candidate. All searches must be initiated by Univar Solutions' Talent Acquisition team and candidates must be submitted via Applicant Tracking System (ATS) by approved vendors who have been expressly requested to make a submission for a specific job opening. No placement fees will be paid to any firm unless the aforementioned conditions have been met. Contacting our hiring managers directly is prohibited.