Accounts Receivable: Planning, Organizing and Achieving Best Practices

Accounts Receivable (AR) is a critical financial function that directly impacts cash flow, liquidity, customer relationships, and overall financial performance. While basic AR activities focus on invoicing and collections, achieving best practice requires structured planning, effective organization, strong internal controls, and proactive management of receivables and customer credit.

In response to these evolving demands, BOOST has developed the Accounts Receivable: Planning, Organizing, and Achieving Best Practices course for professionals who already have experience in accounts receivable or finance and are ready to move beyond transactional processing toward a more strategic and controlled approach. This intermediate-level program focuses on enhancing participants’ ability to plan AR activities, organize processes and responsibilities, and align receivables management with broader financial and business objectives.

The course emphasizes how best-practice AR management improves cash flow, reduces credit risk, strengthens customer relationships, and supports audit readiness and compliance. Participants explore policies, procedures, performance measures, and improvement techniques that enable AR functions to operate efficiently, consistently, and transparently.

Through structured explanations, applied examples, and practical discussions, participants develop the skills and confidence needed to manage accounts receivable operations effectively and contribute to sustainable financial performance.

• Understand best-practice principles in accounts receivable management
• Plan and organize accounts receivable activities effectively
• Strengthen governance, controls, and accountability within AR processes
• Improve efficiency and consistency of invoicing and collection workflows
• Manage customer credit and receivable risks proactively
• Support cash flow forecasting and working capital optimization
• Use performance indicators to monitor and improve AR operations
• Contribute to continuous improvement and audit readiness initiatives