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Senior Accounts Receivable Administrator
Location: Remote / Home working
Salary: £30,014.40 - £33,508.80
Hours: 40 hours per week
Contract: Fixed term until January 2027
The Aurora Group
The Aurora Group is one of the largest providers of SEND educational and care services in the country, supporting over 1,200 children, young people and adults, and employing over 1,500 staff spread across 27 services around England.
We’re currently looking for a Senior Accounts Receivable Administrator. Whilst the role is home based, there is a requirement to travel once a week to Twigworth, Gloucestershire where our Central Office provides financial support, leadership and governance to the group as well as a number of our sites across the country.
The Role:
You will be supporting the financial operations manager raising customer invoices, tracking payment, managing customer accounts and ensuring timely payments to maintain a healthy cashflow.
Main duties:
1. Raise sales invoices for each student
2. Assist with bank reconciliations
3. Preparation of client invoices and maintain sales ledger records
4. Monitor and reconcile payments received and balances due on client accounts
5. Ensure collection of outstanding funds is made in a timely manner and that all client queries are dealt with promptly
6. Supervise the Accounts Receivable Team
7. Building relationships with key stakeholders such as the Business Development Team and Local Authorities.
Please note that duties will vary and you will be expected to contribute to the overall aims of the team.
Successful candidates are likely to demonstrate:
8. Experience of working in a finance team
9. Experience of implementing new processes
10. Able to work accurately with strong attention to detail
11. Able to work to deadlines
12. Good team working skills
13. A flexible and adaptable approach with a “can-do” attitude
14. An outgoing and confident character with excellent communication skills and a professional telephone manner
15. Strong Excel Skills and ability to handle large amounts of data
16. GCSE Maths and English Language qualification minimum Grade 4 or equivalent is essential.
What’s on offer?
Be part of our successful team and also benefit from a generous package that includes:
17. Life assurance
18. Enhanced Pension scheme
19. Enhanced annual leave
20. Perkbox - offering retail and other discounts, access to car lease scheme and bike to work scheme
21. Employee assistance programme
22. Fully funded training and qualifications
23. Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.
How to Apply:
Please complete an online application form in full, remembering to include all employment and education details.
Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.
This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.
Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.
Safeguarding Statement
The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.