Lotus Natural Foods, the healthy snacking division of Lotus Bakeries and a portfolio of 5 incredible brands; BEAR, TREK, Nakd, Kiddylicious and Peters Yard, all having their own distinct proposition and role within our business.
We have great ambitions for all our brands, ensuring that as a business we deliver sustainable growth over the long-term. We believe that taste and quality are 100% of what underpins us as brand leaders within our categories, and what pulls us apart from our competitors. All of our brands started right here in the UK, as the first market for distribution, but over the years we can now be found across the globe, our ranges have got bigger, along with us as a business.
To date we have achieved so much, but there is still plenty of room to grow further and that means we need more brilliant people, those that share an ambition for making a difference and want to join us in delivering the next chapter of growth. Fancy getting involved, then read on
About You
From playful snacks like BEAR Yoyos to artisanal treats like Peters Yard crackers, this is your chance to grow your skills and make a real mark. You will need to be:
A strong communicator, comfortable to communicate internally and externally
A self-starter able to take initiative to solve problems
Proven experience and knowledge of a Finance system (eg SAP) and Excel skills
Experience in Credit Control is preferential, but not essential
Basic understanding of accounting principles
Willingness to learn
Great attention to detail
Good team player
About the Role
You will report directly into the Compliance Director for Natural Foods, within the wider Finance Team and support the Natural Foods brands. The key focus areas of the role are:
Aged Debt / Accounts Receivable (AR) the bulk of the work
Responsible for overall AR position for the all business units, knowing how it works from order to payment.
Monitoring AR position requesting documents, querying deductions, processing documents and chasing customers for payments.
Reconciling our systems with customer accounts, to identify issues before they arise.
Process claims received from customers and liaise with the Sales Teams & Operational Teams to ensure resolution on a timely basis.
Liaise with General Accounting Centre (our shared services function), to ensure cash matching is timely and accurately.
Assisting with any Dunning (debt chasing) processes, maintaining multiple shared email inboxes and being the point of contact for customer queries.
Drive change in processes to support clearance of debt (including chasing sales teams to approve customer claims, and easily handling customer portals).
Having satisfying fun, as we collect the money.
Other ad-hoc tasks a much smaller part
Inputting and maintaining customer Master Data in SAP, including pricing, promotional discounts and others.
Help setting/controlling customer Credit Limits on SAP and co-ordinating credit limit reviews. Putting customers on stop and releasing stops where required. Recommending credit insurance.
Assisting the Compliance Director, the business Controllers and the Finance Director with ad-hoc administrative tasks.
Helping develop SAP systems so that they are fit for the future, including user acceptance testing for relevant processes.
Team
Be a team player. We all get stuck in to achieve results here at Lotus Natural Foods and we love our team to look beyond their own role, whether that be contributing to innovation workshops or building upon ideas to amplify the overall result that perhaps sit outside of your role.
Be willing to problem solve, as we deal with imperfect information.
Culture is hugely important to us here at Lotus Natural Foods and we look to our employees positively contributing to it.
Reporting into
Compliance Director, within Finance.
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