Accounts Receivable Clerk

Kenny Recruit are working with a leading provider of high-quality specialist support services for adults with complex learning disabilities and needs to find an Accounts Receivable Clerk. Our client's mission is to ensure that every person they support can live richer, happier lives.

The company has been built through acquisition and organic growth from its first site in London to 45 services in South-East England. They currently support 300 individuals and have 900 staff with an ambition to grow through organic expansion and acquisition to 90 sites+.

An ambitious healthcare company who are looking to continue their expansion, looking for an Accounts Receivable Clerk who has had at least 2 -3 years of experience within a similar role. Reporting to the Group Financial Controller, you will be responsible for all accounts receivable duties. You will prepare and issue invoices, deal with queries and undertake some credit control tasks. You will also prepare sales management information for the Leadership team.

Pay: £30,000 - £35,000 per annum (dependant on experience)
Location: North London (Islington) - 3 days per week in the office
Working hours: 9.00am - 6.00pm.

Responsibilities:

• Raising, reviewing and sending monthly and ad hoc invoices in line with agreed deadlines.
• Acting as a point of contact for invoice queries from Funders and other external stakeholders.
• Ensure correct VAT accounting on invoices.
• Liaising with commercial colleagues on client related issues such as changes in fees and packages.
• Posting and correct allocating receipts.
• Customer account reconciliations.
• Monitoring debtor account balances and escalating issues as and when required.
• Raising recharge invoices between various entities within the group.
• Responding promptly to queries
• Leading the debtor review meetings.

Requirements:

• 2-3 years’ experience within a finance/accounting department.
• Ability to build and grow internal and external relationships.
• Excellent organisational skills and an eye for details and a high degree of efficiency - a desire to be part of a finance team working to support a rapidly growing business.
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Office software, especially Microsoft Excel, and accounting systems such as Sage 200.
• Previous demonstrable, practical relevant experience in a finance environment that required regular reporting, and within in a credit control environment,
• Good communicator and team worker.
• Highly motivated and able to work under their own initiative.
• Persistent, resilient, organised, flexible, pragmatic.

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