- Senior
- Office in Sandy
For over 50 years KENT OUTDOORS has been the ultimate destination for outdoor enthusiasts, offering a curated collection of industry-leading brands driven by the pure pursuit of adventure.
KENT Outdoors is a collection of brands all obsessively focused on building the most innovative and reliable equipment for use in our most revered natural playgrounds. We relentlessly dream, build, and offer products that empower the very best days outside. We’re a collection of outdoor fanatics, product geeks, marketing mavens, and entrepreneurs all focused on pushing through boundaries, both on land, and in the water.
Holding true to our roots while evolving for the future, the family of KENT brands today includes Absolute Outdoors, Arctic Shield, Aquaglide, Arbor Snowboards, Barefoot International, BOTE, Connelly, FatSac, Freedom Foil, Full Throttle, HO Sports, Hyperlite, KENT, Liquid Force, Margaritaville, O’Brien, and Onyx.
Your Impact
The AR/Credit Manager will lead the credit and collections function, ensuring that credit risk is effectively managed and cash flow is optimized. This role involves overseeing the AR team, establishing customer credit limits, approving terms, managing disputes, and collaborating with sales, operations, and finance to maintain healthy account relationships.
What You’ll Do
- Develop, implement, and maintain credit policies and procedures to minimize financial risk.
- Review and approve customer credit applications, set credit limits, and monitor ongoing creditworthiness.
- Lead the AR team in managing collections, resolving disputes, and reducing aged receivables.
- Oversee invoicing and payment application processes to ensure accuracy and timeliness.
- Analyze accounts receivable data and provide regular reports to senior management.
- Partner with internal teams to resolve billing issues and support customer satisfaction.
- Monitor and manage key AR metrics, including DSO (Days Sales Outstanding), aging, and bad debt write-offs.
- Mentor, train, and develop AR staff, fostering a high-performance culture.
- Monitor and manage customer accounts to ensure timely collections and minimize bad debt.
- Ensure compliance with internal controls, accounting standards, and applicable regulations.
- Support month-end and year-end close processes, including AR reconciliations.
- Prepare and present regular AR aging, cash flow, and credit risk reports to senior management.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, contractual agreements, and applicable laws.
What You’ve Accomplished
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field (Master’s degree or professional certification such as CCE, CMA, or CPA a plus).
- 5+ years of experience in credit, collections, and AR management, with at least 2 years in a leadership role.
- Strong knowledge of credit analysis, collections strategies, and accounting principles.
- Experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics 365) and proficiency in MS Excel.
- Excellent negotiation, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Strong leadership abilities with a track record of building effective teams.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
How You Thrive
You go “all out.” You tend to approach everything you do with velocity. From your next exhilarating outdoor adventure to scaling meaningful peaks at work, you act with speed, direction, ethics, and forethought. Your efficiency is rooted in the knowledge that resources are not infinite. You are goal-oriented and focused on outcomes. When you see a challenge or obstacle to overcome, you jump in collaboratively to find a solution; team achievements should be celebrated more than individual performance. You are compelled to share your perspective because it is rooted in experience and synthesis thinking - you know that healthy debate yields better decisions. You are humble despite your impressive past accomplishments. Your communication style is honest and forthright, yet empathetic, with everyone.
KENT Outdoors is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
