Cash Application And Collections Team Lead
for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to include sections only if posting has real specific content. We have content for About the role? The description includes "This temporary role involves leading the day-to-day operations..." That's about the role. So we can have About the role
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containing that paragraph. Responsibilities: we have a list of responsibilities. Use
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Requirements: maybe combine Essential Skills? The posting has "Essential Skills" and "Additional Skills & Qualifications". Could treat as Requirements and Qualifications? We need to decide which headings to use. The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). We can include those that have content. We have Responsibilities, Essential Skills (could be Skills), Additional Skills & Qualifications (could be Qualifications), Pay And Benefits (Pay and Benefits), Work Environment maybe not a heading but could be part of About the role? Not needed. Job Type & Location maybe not needed as heading; we can embed in a short
. Workplace Type maybe part of About the role? Could be separate but not required. We'll include sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Skills (Essential Skills), Qualifications (Additional Skills & Qualifications), Pay, Benefits. Also maybe Schedule? Not present. So omit Schedule. We must not repeat job title as heading. Do not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. We must remove boilerplate: EEO, equal-opportunity, scam-warning, application instructions, etc. Also remove navigation/cookie/legal. The posting includes a lot about Aston Carter, equal opportunity, etc. Those should be removed. We need to preserve all substantive information: the role description, responsibilities, essential skills, additional skills & qualifications, pay range, benefits list, work environment, job type & location, workplace type, maybe application deadline? The instruction says remove application instructions. Application deadline maybe considered application instruction? It's not exactly instruction to apply, but it's a deadline. Might be considered metadata; but we can include as short paragraph maybe under About the role? However they said "Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." Application deadline is minor metadata; we can fold into a short
. We'll include a short paragraph after About the role maybe. We must not invent or summarize away detail. Keep all specifics: e.g., "oversee management of approximately $800MM in receivables", "Lead daily Collections and Cash Application priorities, execution, service levels, and issue resolution." etc. We need to format lists properly. Let's extract sections: About the role: The first paragraph: "This temporary role involves leading the day-to-day operations of North America Collections and Cash Application during a period of transformation. The role is essential in protecting cash flow, maintaining controls, enhancing customer experience, and optimizing partner performance. The Team Lead will prioritize tasks, identify risks early, and coordinate the resolution of receivables issues across internal teams, customers, and external partners." Also maybe include Work Environment? Could be separate but not required. We'll keep it in About the role? Might be better to add a short paragraph for Work Environment but not a heading. However we have a heading for Skills etc. We'll keep About the role as above. Responsibilities: list items: - Lead daily Collections and Cash Application priorities, execution, service levels, and issue resolution. - Manage third-party partner performance through governance routines and escalation management. - Oversee management of approximately $800MM in receivables, focusing on cash flow, percent current, overdue balances, and 90+ aging. - Collaborate with Credit, Sales, Customer Operations, Finance, customers, and external partners to resolve payment risks and escalations. - Monitor aging, disputes, deductions, unapplied cash, and broken commitments to identify risks and drive corrective action. - Lead huddles, governance calls, and stakeholder updates to align priorities and maintain receivables visibility. - Support audit readiness, control compliance, SOPs, escalation paths, backup coverage, and transition documentation. - Identify process improvements, automation opportunities, and root-cause actions to reduce manual work and recurring issues. Skills (Essential Skills): list: - Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field preferred; equivalent relevant experience will be considered. - 5+ years of experience in Accounts Receivable, Collections, Cash Application, Credit, Finance Operations, or related areas. - Strong knowledge of end-to-end AR processes, including collections, cash application, deductions, disputes, unapplied cash, and working capital management. - Ability to lead high-volume operations, manage competing priorities, and maintain service stability in a fast-paced environment. - Experience managing third-party partners, shared service teams, or external providers through performance routines and escalation management. - Strong analytical skills to interpret receivables trends, service metrics, payment behavior, and working capital indicators. - Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate clearly, escalate risks, influence decisions, and drive issue resolution. Qualifications (Additional Skills & Qualifications): list: - Experience supporting transformation, transition, or organizational change while maintaining business continuity. - Proficiency with SAP and Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel and PowerPoint; reporting tool experience preferred. - Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to work through ambiguity, identify root causes, remove barriers, and drive issues to closure while protecting cash flow and customer service. Pay: The pay range: "$35.00 - $45.00/hr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors." We could put that in a
. Benefits: list: - Medical, dental & vision - Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital - 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available - Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) - Short and long-term disability - Health Spending Account (HSA) - Transportation benefits - Employee Assistance Program - Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) We need to keep as list items. Also we might include Job Type & Location: "This is a Contract position based out of Hoboken, NJ." and Workplace Type: "This is a fully onsite position in Hoboken,NJ." Could combine into a short paragraph. Application Deadline: "This position is anticipated to close on Sep 29, 2026." Could be a short paragraph. We must not include boilerplate like Aston Carter description, EEO, etc. Now produce HTML fragment:
About the role
This temporary role involves leading the day-to-day operations of North America Collections and Cash Application during a period of transformation. The role is essential in protecting cash flow, maintaining controls, enhancing customer experience, and optimizing partner performance. The Team Lead will prioritize tasks, identify risks early, and coordinate the resolution of receivables issues across internal teams, customers, and external partners.
Responsibilities
- Lead daily Collections and Cash Application priorities, execution, service levels, and issue resolution.
- Manage third-party partner performance through governance routines and escalation management.
- Oversee management of approximately $800MM in receivables, focusing on cash flow, percent current, overdue balances, and 90+ aging.
- Collaborate with Credit, Sales, Customer Operations, Finance, customers, and external partners to resolve payment risks and escalations.
- Monitor aging, disputes, deductions, unapplied cash, and broken commitments to identify risks and drive corrective action.
- Lead huddles, governance calls, and stakeholder updates to align priorities and maintain receivables visibility.
- Support audit readiness, control compliance, SOPs, escalation paths, backup coverage, and transition documentation.
- Identify process improvements, automation opportunities, and root-cause actions to reduce manual work and recurring issues.
Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field preferred; equivalent relevant experience will be considered.
- 5+ years of experience in Accounts Receivable, Collections, Cash Application, Credit, Finance Operations, or related areas.
- Strong knowledge of end-to-end AR processes, including collections, cash application, deductions, disputes, unapplied cash, and working capital management.
- Ability to lead high-volume operations, manage competing priorities, and maintain service stability in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience managing third-party partners, shared service teams, or external providers through performance routines and escalation management.
- Strong analytical skills to interpret receivables trends, service metrics, payment behavior, and working capital indicators.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate clearly, escalate risks, influence decisions, and drive issue resolution.
Qualifications
- Experience supporting transformation, transition, or organizational change while maintaining business continuity.
- Proficiency with SAP and Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel and PowerPoint; reporting tool experience preferred.
- Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to work through ambiguity, identify root causes, remove barriers, and drive issues to closure while protecting cash flow and customer service.
Pay
The pay range for this position is $35.00 - $45.00/hr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.
Benefits
- Medical, dental & vision
- Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
- 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
- Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
- Short and long-term disability
- Health Spending Account (HSA)
- Transportation benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Job Type & Location: This is a Contract position based out of Hoboken, NJ.
Workplace Type: This is a fully onsite position in Hoboken, NJ.
Application Deadline: This position is anticipated to close on Sep 29, 2026.
We must ensure no extra text outside HTML. No markdown fences. Provide just the HTML. Check that we didn't repeat job title as heading. Good. We didn't include Schedule heading (not present). Good. We didn't include Requirements heading (we used Skills and Qualifications). Could we also include Requirements? The instruction says we can use headings e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We have Skills and Qualifications; we omitted Requirements. That's okay because we have content for Skills and Qualifications. The instruction: "include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it". So we can omit Requirements. Check that we didn't include any boilerplate like equal opportunity etc. We removed all that. Check that we preserved all substantive info: we included role description, responsibilities, skills, qualifications, pay, benefits, job type/location, workplace type, application deadline.