Job Title: Senior Manager B2B Account Recovery
Role Summary:
At inKind we partner with restaurant operators through innovative financing solutions designed to fuel growth in the hospitality industry. The Senior Manager B2B Account Recovery is a senior individual contributor responsible for owning and executing inKinds B2B recovery strategy across our restaurant partner portfolio.
This role sits at the intersection of finance legal and partner relationships. You will independently manage complex high-dollar and high-risk accounts lead negotiations with ownership groups and operators and drive recovery outcomes that protect inKinds financial positionwithout undermining long-term partner trust.
This is not a call-center or transactional collections role. It requires sound business judgment comfort with ambiguity and the ability to engage senior restaurant stakeholders as a peer while navigating sensitive financial situations.
Who You Are:
- Senior-level B2B negotiator: Youre comfortable leading complex financial recovery conversations with business owners operators and executive stakeholders
- Calm under pressure: You maintain composure credibility and authority in high-stakes adversarial or emotionally charged situations
- Commercially minded: You understand business performance cash flow and financial risk and can interpret P&Ls and contractual obligations
- Independent and accountable: You take full ownership of outcomes from early risk identification through resolution
- Relationship-driven: You know how to be firm without being destructive balancing recovery with long-term partnership value
- Hospitality-aware: You understand the operational and margin realities of restaurant businesses and factor them into recovery strategies
Responsibilities / Essential Functions:
B2B Recovery Ownership
- Own a portfolio of complex B2B restaurant partner accounts with responsibility for recovery strategy execution and outcomes
- Lead direct negotiations with restaurant owners operators and hospitality groups regarding delinquent balances and contractual obligations
- Structure and negotiate payment plans restructures and settlements that balance risk mitigation with long-term partner viability
Risk Contracts & Legal Collaboration
- Review contracts payment terms and partner performance to identify early warning signals and escalation triggers
- Coordinate with Legal on enforcement actions including the filing and maintenance of UCC-1 financing statements defaults and other remedies
- Partner closely with Legal and Finance to align recovery actions with regulatory contractual and business priorities
Strategy Process & Insight
- Design and refine scalable B2B-appropriate recovery strategies workflows and escalation paths
- Leverage data CRM and financial systems to track account health recovery progress and portfolio risk
- Provide clear actionable insights to leadership on trends in delinquency exposure recovery performance and partner behavior
- Influence upstream improvements in underwriting partner onboarding and payment structures based on recovery learnings
Cross-Functional Leadership (Without Direct Reports)
- Act as the subject-matter expert for B2B recovery across Legal Finance and Partner Success
- Set standards for tone professionalism and partner engagement during recovery interactions
- Support Partner Success teams on difficult conversations without owning day-to-day customer management
Minimum Qualifications:
- 68 years of experience in B2B collections account recovery credit or receivables management
- Demonstrated experience managing complex negotiated recoveries rather than high-volume transactional collections
- Strong understanding of commercial contracts payment structures and business lending concepts
- Proven ability to lead sensitive financial negotiations with senior business stakeholders
- Experience using CRM financial and reporting tools (e.g. Salesforce HubSpot Excel accounting systems)
- Ability to travel periodically to partner sites and internal meetings (up to 20%)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree
- Experience in hospitality restaurant finance fintech or alternative lending
- Familiarity with secured lending concepts and UCC filings
- Startup or high-growth company experience
Work Environment:
- Primarily in-office role based in Austin Texas with an expectation of at least four (4) days per week in office
- Occasional travel to restaurant and hospitality partner locations
- Exposure to restaurant hospitality and office environments
- Standard business hours with flexibility as required for partner negotiations
Salary:
$115000 $130000 DOE Benefits