Global AR & AP Manager

Manager
June 20, 2025
Full Time

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Job Description

Ashoka
Arlington, VA
Full-time
Salary Range : $85000
Chinook Systems

Skills

  • Accounts payable (Required)
  • Non-profit accounting
  • NetSuite

Job details

Job type

  • Full-time

Full job description
We are seeking an entrepreneurial and detail-oriented Accounts Payable & Accounts Receivable Manager to join our dynamic team at Ashoka. This position plays a critical role in managing the financial operations related to receivables and payables within our head office, as well as intercompany transactions with our 30+ subsidiaries globally. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of US GAAP, experience in intercompany transactions, and the ability to manage global shared services allocations.

What You’ll Do:

  • Accounts Payable (A/P) Management:
  • Oversee the end-to-end accounts payable process, including invoice processing, approval workflows, payment execution, and periodic A/P financial reporting.
  • Ensure timely and accurate processing of vendor invoices, expense reports, and payment requests.
  • Manage relationships with vendors and resolve any discrepancies or issues related to payments.
  • Ensure compliance with organizational policies and procedures, as well as US GAAP standards.
  • Implement and maintain internal controls to prevent fraud and ensure the integrity of financial data.

  • Accounts Receivable (A/R) Management:
  • Oversee the accounts receivable process, including invoicing, cash application, collections, and periodic A/R financial reporting.
  • Monitor and analyze accounts receivable aging reports and take proactive steps to reduce outstanding balances.
  • Develop and implement strategies to improve cash flow and reduce days receivable outstanding (DRO).

  • Intercompany and Global Shared Services (GSS) Management:
  • Work closely with Ashoka subsidiaries to ensure accurate and timely processing and recording of intercompany transactions, streamlining processes and improving efficiency.
  • Reconcile intercompany accounts and resolve discrepancies in a timely manner.
  • Ensure compliance with transfer pricing policies and procedures.
  • Oversee GSS budgeting, forecasting, and financial management, ensuring cost-effectiveness and alignment with organizational goals.
  • Manage GSS calculation and collection process, ensuring timely receipt of funds.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for GSS inquiries and issues, building strong relationships with Ashoka teams and leaders.
  • Implement best practices in GSS financial management, leveraging technology and innovative solutions.

What You Bring:

  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
  • Formal education in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience in A/R and A/P management, preferably in a non-profit or global organization.
  • Strong knowledge of US GAAP and experience in managing intercompany transactions. Knowledge of non-profit accounting standards and regulations is preferred.
  • Proficiency in accounting software and ERP systems; experience with NetSuite is a plus.
  • Excellent analytical skills with attention to detail.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively across cultures and time zones.
  • Experience working in a global shared services environment.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and desire to work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment with smart, caring professionals who want to make a meaningful change in the world.

Core Criteria:

  • Entrepreneurial Quality: Compelled to take creative initiative and ownership (e.g. founding an organization or company, starting a movement, or re-shaping the work of an existing organization). Demonstrates relentless and realistic how-to-thinking and passion for seeing their ideas come to life.
  • Understanding and Belief in the Everyone a Changemaker: Understands and believes the Everyone a Changemaker vision at a gut level. To be able to innately ‘get’ this, candidates should have a broad and inquisitive intellectual and a thinking pattern that connects the dots between historical trends and current social context.
  • Emotional and Social Intelligence: Ability to work efficiently and respectfully in teams, putting organizational/team goal first (personal glory second).
  • Ethical Fiber: Exceptionally strong ethical behavior. Is self-reflective and has strong empathy skills. Trustworthy.
  • Self-Definition: The person expects that changing the world in big ways and on a continental scale is what he/she will do in life.

About Ashoka:
Ashoka is the world’s largest community of leading social entrepreneurs, having pioneered the field of social entrepreneurship over 40 years ago. We support a robust network of more than 4,000 Ashoka Fellows in 90 countries who have successfully implemented systems-changing solutions to human and environmental problems globally.

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