Accounts Receivable Assistant

Accounts Receivable Assistant

Salary: £30,000 to £35,000

Southwest London

Office based, 9:00am to 5:30pm

Hybrid working, 3 days in the office

Leading international company are recruiting an Accounts Receivable Assistant to join the finance team, this is a one-year fixed term contract to start immediately using Sage.

The company are inclusive, multi-cultural and social. You will enjoy many team building activities including winter ski holidays, summer & Christmas parties, and Friday night drinks! The head of finance is nurturing and supportive giving you the opportunity to develop your finance career. Many of the employees enjoy long careers due the fact that the company really cares for their employees. This is a dog friendly office! Apply today!

Working in amazing modern offices in Southwest London with lovely social open plan facilities. Minutes’ walk from an amazing high street, close to local tubes, trains and bus routes. The high street features a variety of boutique shops, restaurants, bars and trendy cafes catering to all your lunch and after work drinks requirements. Apply today to join this amazing company!

The organisation is experiencing high growth, they have recently acquired smaller organisations and this exciting opportunity is due to their expansion. This fast growth will offer you the opportunity to progress quickly in your career developing your skills, experience, and future earning ability.

This is exciting opportunity an immediate start (however they can accommodate a two week notice period) role. The interview process is a two-stage process, initially a Teams meeting followed by a face to face interview in the office.

Responsibilities of the Accounts Receivable Assistant:

Maintaining the sales ledger:

• Process incoming multi-currency daily receipts from multiple banking sources.
• Accurate allocation of customer payments to National, Indies and Export customers.
• Identify and verify discrepancies on customer accounts and resolve clients’ billing issues.
• Prepare and process multi-currency invoices and credit notes.
• Reconcile the accounts receivable ledger to ensure that all payments are accounted for and properly posted with supporting documentation attached.
• Reclassification of exit stock and other nominal reanalysis.
• Preparation of daybook and invoice financing monthly reconciliations.
• Analyse royalty and licencing data and generate quarterly invoices.
• Maintaining the accounts receivable mailbox with prompt and accurate responses.
• Retail, both Store and Web (Ecommerce), transaction posting from Shopify to Sage and month end control a/c reconciliations.

Credit Control:

• Applying our company credit control policy and keeping monthly debtors’ collections within set targets.
• Chasing overdue debt using our credit control software Credit Hound and over the phone in a calm and helpful manner.
• Facilitate payment of overdue invoices by sending invoice reminders and contacting customers.
• Taking customer payments over the phone using our secure online merchant terminal and bank cheques.
• Managing your own credit control calendar to ensure chasing is performed methodically and on time.
• Review company credit control policy periodically with a focus on continued improvement and learning.
• Processing customer refunds and trade references on request.
• Generate statements and reports detailing accounts receivable status.
• Performing month-end draft bank reconciliations to ensure the accuracy of the month’s postings.
• Perform transaction processing related to Accounts Payable.
• Makes recommendations for continual process improvements and ensures that procedures are documented.

Skills and experience of the Accounts Receivable Assistant

• Sage 200 ideally, or any Sage software.
• Exposure to Shopify, PayPal, Wise, Faire and others, desirable.
• Proven working experience as Accounts Receivable Clerk.
• MS Excel - Pivot tables, VLOOKUPs and formulas
• Solid understanding of basic accounting principles, fair credit practices and
• collection regulations.
• Proven ability to calculate, post and manage accounting figures and financial
• records.
• Accurate data entry skills along with a knack for numbers.
• Customer service orientation and negotiation skills.
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Actively studying AAT (ideally)

Benefits Package:

• Company bonus scheme
• Company pension scheme
• Hybrid working
• Loyalty reward holiday scheme
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption & shared parental leave
• Dog friendly office
• Staff discount of up to 60% off
• Annual volunteer days

This job may also be known as a sales ledger clerk.