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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Cash Applications Manager - **Company:** Saint-Gobain - **Location:** Malvern, PA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $102,000.0 - $158,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Data Analysis, SAP ERP, Systems Integration, Transaction Processing (Computing) - **Published:** October 9, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.administrativejobs.com/job.asp?id=3426238034&tx=YT1111TTV&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54 ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related discipline is strongly preferred; equivalent relevant experience may be considered * 7+ years Progressive experience in cash application, accounts receivable, treasury operations, shared services, or related finance operations, including prior leadership responsibility. * Relevant experience with high-volume transaction processing in a multi-business, multi-entity, or multi-system environment; outsourced service-delivery experience. * Bank and lockbox processing, remittance interpretation, AR posting and clearing, reconciliation, and month-end close dependencies. * Internal controls, segregation of duties, process documentation, control evidence, risk assessment, remediation, and audit support. * Experience with large ERP systems and complex interfaces; SAP experience. * Cash application automation, workflow, ticketing, reporting, and BlackLine familiarity. People leadership, coaching, service-provider governance, change leadership, and accountability. * Strong analytical, root-cause problem-solving, data interpretation, and benefit-tracking capability. * Clear communication and stakeholder management across Finance, businesses, banks, customers, IT, and service providers. ## Description * Lead daily Cash App activity, set priorities, balance workload, and ensure coverage for critical processing and close requirements while shifting team capacity from routine posting toward exception management and root-cause resolution * Ensure payments are identified, validated, posted, cleared, and reconciled accurately and timely businesses, with an expectation to reduce manual touches and expand automated posting * Drive resolution of unapplied cash and receipts, on-account items, returned payments, short payments, offsets, and posting exceptions while identifying and eliminating recurring causes * Ensure daily and monthly balancing among banks, cash receipts, subledgers, Treasury records, and general ledgers, using standardized controls and automated reconciliation opportunities PEOPLE AND SERVICE-PROVIDER MANAGEMENT * Lead, coach, and develop the internal team through clear objectives, feedback, cross-training, and succession planning, including capabilities needed for exception-based and automation work * Establish expectations for internal/outsourced teams covering quality, timeliness, productivity, controls, service, issue resolution, automation, and standardization * Conduct reviews, challenge performance and automation gaps, require root-cause analysis and corrective action, and verify sustained improvement and benefit realization CONTROLS, RECONCILIATION, & AUDIT READINESS * Ensure compliance with Group policies and the Internal Control Reference Framework- * Oversee reconciliations, process documentation, reviews, risk assessments, and corrective actions while standardizing execution and reducing avoidable manual effort * Monitor aging and materiality of unapplied cash, suspense items, and open balances; escalate significant or recurring risks and prioritize process and automation improvements * Support internal and external audits, securitization reviews, and control walkthroughs with applicable evidence PROCESS TRANSFORMATION, AUTOMATION, & INSIGHT * Standardize processes, measures, roles, and escalation paths; eliminate unnecessary variation and rework to enable automation * Partner with OTC Solutions, IT, ERP teams, and service providers to improve remittance and payment data quality, expand straight-through or touchless posting, and reduce manual intervention * Use data to identify and eliminate root causes of remittance failures, unapplied cash, posting defects, downstream disputes, and recurring customer issues * Lead or support solution selection, testing, implementation, cutover, hypercare, adoption, and benefit tracking for Cash Application automation and process-improvement initiatives BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP & INTEGRATION * Partner with Credit & Collections, Treasury, General Accounting, Customer Service, business finance teams, banks, customers, and service providers to remove payment friction and improve remittance quality at the source * Lead Cash Application readiness for acquisitions, integrations, divestitures, banking changes, ERP migrations, and new payment or remittance channels, favoring scalable and standardized designs * Communicate performance, risks, issue status, planned changes, and business impacts clearly to stakeholders * Represent Cash Application in cross-functional OTC initiatives and reinforce end-to-end process ownership