Senior Manager Accounts Receivable and Process Commuter Rails
Metropolitan Transportation Authority · New York, NY · 3 wk ago
On-siteAccounting$121k–$128k/yrOther
Responsibilities
- Manage the processing, billing, and reporting of all reimbursable costs.
- Oversee cash flow for capital and reimbursable activities to ensure Commuter Rail operations meet funding requirements.
- Supervise updates to the Access database tracking billed and unbilled costs for internal and external partners across MNRR and CDOT.
- Oversee the preparation of monthly and quarterly CDOT Capital billing and collection reports.
- Manage collections and customer inquiries.
- Review, substantiate, and compile supporting documentation for discussions with senior management, project teams, and customers as needed.
- Direct the opening and closing of work orders and activity numbers.
- Review and approve third-party capital invoices, adjustments, and reallocations, ensuring accuracy, compliance with service agreements, and timely payment to contractors.
- Oversee treasury functions, ensuring payments are applied to the correct accounts.
- Assist with treasury reconciliations and period-end closing.
- Coordinate with project teams, the budget departments, operating departments, and MTA agencies to resolve accounts receivable-related issues.
- Ensure compliance with audit provisions and required timelines.
- Assist with single-audit requests and other internal and external audits by providing support and resolving auditor inquiries.
- Manage staff mentoring and cross-training.
- Select, develop, and motivate departmental personnel.
- Responsible for employee discipline and termination as well as performance evaluations.
- Support the Deputy Director in Accounts Receivable.
- Develop procedures and policies.
- Research and resolve unusual accounting issues.
- Participate in special projects.
Qualifications
- Demonstrated supervisory and/or leadership abilities.
- Must have knowledge of the general ledger system.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent organizational and presentation skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work with all internal levels within a given organization.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate and interact well with external agencies and regulatory authorities.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a high-profile, high-pressure environment effectively.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with key internal and/or external stakeholders.
- Strong managerial skills to effectively direct a staff of professional and technical employees in implementing the short- and long-term goals and direction for the area of responsibility.
- Demonstrated ability to complete short- and long-term projects effectively and as efficiently as possible.
- Demonstrated analytical capabilities and quantitative skills.
- Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite or comparable applications, i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.