London: London, United Kingdom
Duration: 12 months, Fixed term contract
Salary: Competitive, plus benefits
Purpose: The Accounts Receivable Assistant will support all stages of the accounts receivable process, ensuring that customer invoices and queries are handled promptly and effectively. Additionally, they play a crucial role in ensuring financial entries are accurately recorded.
Principal Accountabilities
* Issue royalty invoices according to contractual agreements, ensuring that royalties are accurately calculated by the customer and correctly entered in Salesforce by the legal team
* Calculate and invoice annual fees and other fixed payments according to contractual agreement
* Set up advance opportunity invoices in Salesforce in line with contractual agreements
* Issue credit notes when required
* Integrate invoices into Business Central, ensuring correct deferral of revenue
* Monitor and process UK payments received
* Efficiently manage the revenue email inbox to promptly address and resolve customer queries and manage communications
* Credit control, collaborating closely with Legal and Translation, Adoption and Copyright (TAC) teams
* Send and reconcile monthly customer statements
* Prepare monthly reporting e.g. Aged Debtors reporting for presentation at monthly meetings
* Publications:
o Run daily reports from the payment processing platform (Webshop)
o Run invoice integration between Webshop and Business Central
o Liaise with IT team to resolve invoices that fail integration
o Liaise with Customer Services team to resolve any queries on invoices/payment received
o Post cash receipt journals for all Webshop sales
o Bank reconciliation (publications account)
o Maintain refund register
o Reconcile customer accounts
o Reconcile stock report
o Reconcile deferral report
o Perform stock count at year-end
Salesforce
* Consistently maintain and update Salesforce to ensure it contains accurate and relevant contract information
* Continuously improve Salesforce processes to optimise royalty revenue coordination
Other
* Support the timely preparation of revenue reports from Business Central and Salesforce
* Support the preparation of annual budgets
* Assist with balance sheet reconciliations
* Assist with internal and external audits
* Handle ad-hoc requirements
* Act as back-up to the revenue team and provide ad-hoc support to the revenue team and the wider Finance team as required
Skills And Attributes
* Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
* Ability to work from own initiative
* Proactive manner, ability to use own initiative, and willingness to accept responsibility
* Process focussed and methodical manner, with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
* Highly organised and focused, able to multi-task and manage workload to ensure that priorities are met
* A motivated team-player, who can work effectively with other team members
* Eagerness to learn and willingness to listen to others; ability to follow instructions and respond positively to constructive feedback
Essential
Qualifications and experience
* Work towards a recognized accounting qualification (AAT / ACCA / CIMA) (optional)
* Previous experience with accounts receivable and / or accounts payable is essential
* Previous experience working with multiple currencies
* Proficiency in Excel
* High level of attention to detail and accuracy
Preferred
* Experience working in an international environment.
* Experience working with Business Central and Salesforce
Closing date: 18th April 2025
Please note that while we have a closing date for this application, we reserve the right to interview candidates and potentially close the role early should we find a suitable candidate before the closing date.
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