Senior Accounts Receivable Representative /Loughborough/ Mon to Fri / £17.24 per hour/ 9-month contract/ 36 hours a week.
Our client is seeking a skilled Senior Accounts Receivable Representative to join their Finance team in Loughborough on a 9-month contract. In this pivotal role, you'll work independently to drive transactional excellence across accounts receivable operations, focusing on collections efficiency, reducing past due balances, and minimising bad debt. You'll collaborate with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders-including Sales, Customer Services, and Finance teams-to resolve invoice disputes, assess credit risk, and support revenue growth. With at least 12 months of collections experience and strong Excel skills, you'll bring precision, initiative, and a proactive approach to managing financial data and customer accounts.
Responsibilities
You will primarily be responsible for the following:
Collect invoices (Pre-call/prepare/send statements with current invoices), call on past due invoices, problem solve disputeswith the customer and sales team.
Credit risk assessment on new and existing accounts, and periodic review with corrective action when needed.
Assessment of orders on hold and orders release.
Input invoices into portals as required.
Work cross-functionally with FP&A, Commercial and Customer Services teams to resolve any outstanding discrepancies oninvoices around pricing, short shipments, invalid PO numbers, billing method issues as well as support the sales team for
increasing revenue whilst limiting risk.
Assisting with cash allocation as and when required.
Any other ad-hoc credit control related duties as requested by line management.Experience
Minimum of 12 months experience in collections
Proficient in Excel- v-lookups/pivot tables Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
Ability to quickly learn organisation specific computer applications, ability to learn accounting principles
Good spoken and written communication skills are required to collaborate with various partners
Knowledge and experience of accounting packages; competent in the use of Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook
Microsoft Excel skills (intermediate requirement)
High attention to detail and accuracy as data entry is a critical component of role
4 -5 GCSE's or equivalent at Grade 4 or above (including Maths and English)
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