Bridgeway · 5 days ago
Director, Accounts Receivable
Coraopolis, PA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
10+ years expBridgeway is a rapidly growing Pittsburgh based company that is already among the country’s largest specialty transportation providers. The Director of Accounts Receivable is responsible for overseeing the company’s cash application and collection processes, ensuring alignment with corporate goals and leading the collections team to optimize cash flow while minimizing bad debt exposure.
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
Responsibilities
Lead and mentor the Cash Application and Collections teams across multiple office locations (including near-shoring), fostering a culture of high performance and accountability
Establishes departmental processes and procedures and ensures SOP documentation is current and accurate
Prepares and presents regular reports on cash application activities, collections performance, and key metrics to senior management
Provides leadership in process automation and efficiency improvement efforts, partnering with IT development resources on the design and maintenance of proprietary applications and evaluation/utilization of purchased software solutions
Ensures optimum utilization of BillTrust system in driving efficiencies for both cash application and collections activities
Develops strong communication links with Regional and Direct Channel Presidents to call on them in assisting with collection efforts
Collaborates with the Finance Director to assist him with customer credit limit decisions
Effectively communicates with executive management, department managers and other stakeholders in a courteous and professional manner
Ensures compliance with all relevant regulations, policies, work procedures and instructions
Other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in a business or finance/accounting discipline
10-15 years of progressive private industry experience, with at least 5 years in a supervisory role
5 years of direct experience in B2B collections
Preferred
Direct experience in the trucking or other transportation services industries (freight brokerage, third-party logistics) is strongly preferred
Demonstrated experience participating in cross-functional teams to effect business efficiency and process automation improvements relevant to business services
Company
Bridgeway
Among the country's largest transportation and logistics providers, Bridgeway is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, leveraging a network of over 100,000 carriers across the U.S.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Bruce McAdams
Chief Executive Officer
Matthew Korcinsky
Chief Financial Officer
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