Director, Accounts Receivable

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Bally Sports mission is to build a transformative, participatory sports platform, anchored by the most exclusive and relevant live professional games, that provides fans a year-round opportunity to engage with content and communities they are most passionate about.

The Position:
We are seeking a Director, Accounts Receivable to lead the enterprise-wide team responsible for billing, invoice collections and cash application, dispute resolutions, and credit extensions. Reporting to the Shared Services Leader, the Director, Accounts Receivable will be responsible for all the collections related to advertising sales (both local and national), affiliate collections and direct-to-consumer sales. In addition, this role will develop our internal policy for recording bad debt and ensure compliance with this and other policies and manage relationships with customers and other stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of collection processes, excellent leadership and communication skills, and the ability to drive process improvements.

The Game Plan:
(What you will do)

• Harmonization and documentation of global collections strategies, credit risk assessment, and bad debt mitigation.
• Lead implementation of global collections technology platforms.
• Design, implement and evaluate strategies and reduce losses across the portfolio.
• Call upon key client accounts to facilitate the collection of open invoices within established payment terms.
• Make final determination and recommendation of appropriate resolution of billing-related issues raised by a client.
• Work closely with the accounting team on monthly close.
• Prepare bad debt reserve and cash collection forecast.
• Assist the Treasury team with management of the Company's AR credit facilities.
• Foster strong business partnerships with key stakeholders in the organization (Treasury, Accounting, Invoicing team, Sales, and Commercial Finance, etc.) to achieve optimal results.
• Work with collections agencies and outside counsel to recover funds that are past due, or from accounts that are in default.
• Develop and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and regularly present performance to management and executive leadership.
• Drive continuous improvement with receivable activities, directing the team towards activities yielding the highest economic return.
• Support and guide the growth and development of the team.
• Provide training to new employees and document procedures to streamline the training process.
• Ensure proper audit support and internal controls.

The Stats:
(What to bring)

• Bachelor's degree with emphasis in accounting or finance.
• 8+ years of credit and collections experience, including 5+ years in a leadership role for a mid-to-large company ($500M - $5B).
• Must have experience resolving issues with B2B collections with Fortune 500 companies.
• Experience with Workday, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, and web-based collections management.
• Strong leadership and management skills, with experience leading high performing functional and cross-functional teams to drive results.
• Excellent analytical skills and experience using data to drive decision making.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, PowerPoint and Excel (complex formulas, data analytics, pivot table, etc.). The position requires strong organizational skills, communication skills, and attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize, prioritize and drive results with a high sense of urgency.
• Must be able to work under pressure to meet deadlines/goals.
• Experience training and developing teams.
• Experience working with a remote team.
• Ability to influence, drive process, implement change, proactively lead and advise in a rapidly changing business environment while demonstrating a high level of transparency, accountability and collaboration cross-functionally.

The Company is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base compensation range for this role is $140,000 - $160,000. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidates' relevant work experience, skills, certifications, and geographic location. Full time positions are eligible for benefits that include participation in a retirement plan, life and disability insurance, health, dental and vision plans, flexible spending accounts, sick leave, vacation time, personal time, parental leave, and employee stock purchase plan.

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Diamond Sports Group, L.L.C, an independently managed and unconsolidated subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

About us:

Diamond Sports Group LLC, an independently managed and unconsolidated subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., owns the Bally Sports Regional Sports Networks (RSNs), the nation's leading provider of local sports. Its 17 owned-and-operated RSNs include: Bally Sports Detroit, Bally Sports Florida, Bally Sports Great Lakes, Bally Sports Indiana, Bally Sports Kansas City, Bally Sports Midwest, Bally Sports New Orleans, Bally Sports North, Bally Sports Ohio, Bally Sports Oklahoma, Bally Sports San Diego, Bally Sports SoCal, Bally Sports South, Bally Sports Southeast, Bally Sports Southwest, Bally Sports Sun, Bally Sports West, and Bally Sports Wisconsin. The Bally Sports RSNs serve as the TV home to more than half of all MLB, NHL and NBA teams based in the United States. Diamond Sports Group also has a joint venture in Marquee, the home of the Chicago Cubs, and a minority interest in the YES Network, the local destination for the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Nets. Diamond RSNs produce approximately 5,000 live local professional telecasts each year in addition to a wide variety of locally produced sports events and programs each year.