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Job Description
At the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, we deliver reliable water to a region with 19 million people—and to accomplish this, we rely on a team of Talented Employees: innovators, problem-solvers, and collaborators who make it all possible.
In this role, you will serve as the Accounts Receivable Team Manager, leading both the day-to-day execution and the strategic oversight of operations that ensure the accuracy, integrity, and compliance of all billing across Oracle Receivables, Water Billing Information System, Project Accounting, and Grants Management systems.
You will oversee all aspects of the Metropolitan’s receivables lifecycle, including accurate and timely billing, collections, and cash receipt applications as well as the preparation and review of cash and receipts disbursement reports to ensure compliance with Metropolitan’s reserve policies and proper recording of cash inflows and outflow related to Metropolitan’s cash and investment activities. This role requires a hands-on leader who actively reviews reconciliations, resolves billing and collection issues and ensures proper recording of transactions.
You will supervise and develop a skilled team, setting high performance expectations, coaching staff on technical and compliance matters, and establishing clear goals and accountability to ensure consistent, high-quality deliverables. A successful candidate will be a driver of continuous improvement, strengthening processes, leveraging systems and improving transparency and reliability of receivables and cash information for leadership and stakeholders.
This role offers the opportunity to apply your expertise in a collaborative, mission-driven environment while contributing to the organization’s financial strength and operational excellence.
What You’ll Do- Supervises and develops accounts receivable staff ensuring policies and procedures are implemented to maintain data integrity in systems such as Oracle Receivables and billing/invoicing function in Oracle Project Accounting and Grants Management (PAGM).
- Supervises the daily accounts receivable activities to ensure that all Member Agencies, Lessees, and other contracting parties receive accurate and timely invoices, and such invoices are collected timely.
- Oversees the daily cash activities to ensure that all payments received are correctly applied to the appropriate invoices/accounts/projects and monitor all District funds and bond funds for compliance and proper funding source.
- Reviews aging reports to monitor the status of all past due invoices; ensures all second and third requests are sent out timely. Maintains routine communication and work with other MWD Groups/Sections/Units/Teams to handle billing inquiries and collection issues.
- Oversees and reviews monthly journals, cash and investment reporting, account receivable reconciliations and daily cash activity including fund transfers and investment transactions to ensure accurate and timely reporting of transactions.
- Manages the interface of water billing transactions from the Water Billing Information System (WINS) to Oracle AR, and the related receipt applications. Prepare and/or review annual Readiness-to-Serve calculation reconciliation, and perform related research and analyses as needed.
- Oversees proper AR billing set up for reimbursable and billable projects within PAGM and WINS.
- Manages the annual unpresented checks and unclaimed monies process and related accounting; ensures monthly bank reconciliation are completed and reviewed timely.
- Plans and directs accounts receivable related system upgrades within ERP system; facilitates any future testing, integration, and use of application toward automation of manual invoices.
Schedule: 44/36, Monday through Friday /Every other Friday off. Monday through Thursday 9 hours per day, 8 hours per day every other Friday.
Hybrid: Metropolitan’s current practice in this position is a hybrid work schedule. This typically includes two days a week in person and the other days remote. This is subject to change dependent on organizational needs. In addition, a telework policy is scheduled for negotiations and once completed and implemented, will provide final direction on the hybrid schedule.
To view the full job description click here: Accounts Receivable Team Manager
EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience:
A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in finance, accounting, business or related field and eight years of increasingly responsible, relevant experience, of which two years must have been in a project management, supervisory or lead capacity or an advanced degree in finance, accounting, business or related field from an accredited college or university and six years of increasingly responsible, relevant experience, of which two years must have been in a project management, supervisory, or lead capacity.
Relevant Experience is defined as: Demonstrated experience in accounting and accounts receivable processes, ability to perform complex account analyses, and research transaction details.
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS
A Certified Public Accountant license issued by the California Board of Accountancy.
Knowledge of Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS)
Benefits:
• Competitive compensation
• Excellent medical, dental, life, vision plans.
• Deferred compensation in the form of a 401(k) plan (with matching contribution) and a 457 plan.
• Retirement benefits under the California Public Employees' Retirement System
• Tuition reimbursement
• Training and advancement opportunities
• Excellent working environment
For more information on MWD benefits, please use the following link: Benefits Regular FT PT Employees (Represented)
ABOUT MWD
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a state-established cooperative that, along with its 26 cities and retail suppliers, provides water for 19 million people in six counties. The district imports water from the Colorado River and Northern California to supplement local supplies, and helps its members to develop increased water conservation, recycling, storage and other resource-management programs.
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Qualified individuals with disabilities, who need a reasonable accommodation during the application or selection process, please call (213) 217-7738 or email: jobs@mwdh2o.com.
Metropolitan is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic(s).
Application Filing Period: Closes at 4:30 pm PST on the date stated in the job announcement. However it may close prior to the filing end date if sufficient applications have been received. If sufficient applications have not been received, then the filing period end date may be extended.
Qualifying Experience: Your resume must at a minimum include the month and year you began and ended employment, name of the organization, your title, and a brief description of your experience. If your employment was part-time, make sure you identify it on your resume next to the month/year.
Sponsorship: Applicants for employment with The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States (i.e., H1-B or other employment-based immigration case).
Closing Date/Time: April 6, 2026 @ 4:30 p.m. PST -
ABOUT THE COMPANY
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Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Show moreThe Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a consortium of 26 cities and water districts that provides drinking water to nearly 18 million people in parts of Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties.
The mission of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is to provide its service area with adequate and reliable supplies of high-quality water to meet present and future needs in an environmentally and economically responsible way.
Metropolitan currently delivers an average of 1.7 billion gallons of water per day to a 5,200-square-mile service area.
Join our Team
Metropolitan values both fresh voices and the different perspectives that experience brings. We seek out the best, those who bring unique and varied qualities to an organization whose employees reflect the diverse communities we serve across Southern California. And we want colleagues who embrace innovation, equity and a shared greater purpose to the region. We are a public agency and the people who work with us are devoted to public service.
We were built to last and to lead. We are an agency deep in history and experience. We are part of the very fabric of Southern California, having been formed in 1928 by the state Legislature to design, build and operate the Colorado River Aqueduct to bring water to a growing population. Today, our role is much greater than the infrastructure we built and maintain. We are here to ensure reliable and safe water supplies for 19 million people across five Southland counties, operating in an environmentally and economically sound manner.
If you’re already in the workforce and considering Metropolitan as a work option, begin your journey here to learn more. For those still in school or just entering the workforce, scroll down to the section Creating the Next Generation of Workers for the Water Industry to learn about our internship and apprenticeship programs as well as other educational resources to help prepare you for a career in the water industry.
What We Offer
When you come to work at Metropolitan, you don’t come just for a job; you come for a career. We want to support your career pathway along with your well-being. One way to do that is to offer very competitive salaries and excellent benefits. We also provide top-notch health and insurance options, as well as retirement benefits.
Our benefits package is above industry standards. Metropolitan contracts with CalPERS, the California Public Employee Retirement System, to provide a wide choice of medical coverages to both active employees and qualified retirees.
As a regular full-time; regular part-time union represented employee will be eligible for excellent benefits.
Also available to Metropolitan employees through CalPERS are pension and survivor benefits as well as deferred compensation benefits that include our 401(k) and 457(b) savings plans. Metropolitan matches 401(k) contributions to increase the amount of your annual savings toward retirement.
Dental coverage, through Delta Dental, is offered at no cost to regular full-time; regular part-time employees pay a pro-rated fee. Qualified dependents can be added to the dental plan at no extra cost. Metropolitan contracts with Vision Service Provider, or VSP, for vision coverage and covers the cost for regular full-time employees. Costs are prorated for regular part-time employees. Qualified dependents can be added for a flat monthly fee.
We have insurance programs covering life, long-term disability and accidental death and dismemberment. There are also some voluntary benefits to choose from. These include Flexible Spending Accounts for health and dependent care, long-term care and cancer coverage. You and your family members will also have access to our Employee Assistance Plan for confidential professional counseling and referral services at no cost. A Wellness Program offers certain reimbursements to employees based on work location and bargaining unit.
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