An Accounts Receivable Supervisor leads the AR team — owning collections, aging, dispute resolution, and the cash application work that closes the loop between invoice and bank account.
Accounts Receivable Supervisor pay typically runs $66K–$103K at this level, and jobs in this field are projected to hold roughly steady through 2034.
Most weeks revolve around the AR aging report and the team working it. You're reviewing high-dollar accounts, coaching specialists through tough collection calls, approving write-offs, and partnering with sales when a key customer's balance starts to age. Cash application volume drives a lot of the daily rhythm.
The collaboration tends to be heavier than expected. You're working with sales, finance, customer service, and customers themselves, and the friction lives in the gap between sales wanting flexibility and finance wanting cash. Diplomacy around dunning is part of the daily craft.
People who tend to thrive enjoy steady operational improvement and the diplomacy of patient pressure — DSO trending down, disputes resolving faster, the team running cleaner. If high-conflict customer interactions or the slow grind of collections would erode you, the role can wear thin.
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View all Admin & Office roles →An Accounts Receivable Supervisor leads the AR team — owning collections, aging, dispute resolution, and the cash application work that closes the loop between invoice and bank account.
Median pay for an Accounts Receivable Supervisor is about $66K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $44K to $103K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Monitoring, Coordination, Social Perceptiveness, Speaking, and Active Listening.
Most people in this role hold a bachelor's degree.
Employment in this field is projected to decline about 0.3% through 2034, with roughly 1.5 million people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include Customer Service Director, Central Office Telephone Operators Supervisor, and Accounting Administrator.
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