Accounts Receivable Assistant
Company: Confidential
Hertford – Office based
Role
- Raise customer invoices on the ERP system and ensure these have been correctly submitted on customer portals. Monitor the portals to ensure timely payments by customers.
- Responsible for managing the customer ledgers and ensuring all overdue is collected on a timely basis.
- Ensure all customer warranty claims and refunds are processes / disputed within tight timelines.
- Post Intercompany transaction and reconciliation.
- Assist in preparing monthly cash flow forecast.
- Process US and subsidiary sales invoices.
- Monitor customer’s supplier portals to ensure all electronic invoicing has been received and accepted by customers.
- Analyse and verify payment deductions (chargebacks, claims, and discounts) taken. Initiate and manage disputes with customers for questionable deductions taken.
- Work internally and externally to investigate and obtain evidence to resolve questionable chargebacks/deductions.
- Assist in monthly financial reporting, including presenting aged accounts receivable to management bi-weekly with status by customer and pending issues with action steps to resolve them.
- Review and validate customer merchandise returns for damaged or rejected product.
- Send customers statements and past due notifications. Successful and timely collecting on past due accounts, following group finance customer collection policies.
- Ensure that customer credit limits are not being exceeded. Follow group finance customer credit policies.
- Manage cashbook and bank reconciliations in local and multi-currencies. Post any resulting FX differences on a monthly basis.
- Prepare and review Monthly subsidiary Gross Profit and expenses reports.
- Any other necessary duties as assigned.
Person Specification
- A finance qualification – qualified AAT or equivalent
- Minimum 5 years in accounting environment with proven experience in accounts receivable
- Working with ERP systems will be an added advantage
- Proficient in dealing with figures, including currency conversion
- Methodical, with strong attention to detail & accuracy
- Problem solving skills
- Self-Starter, organised & systemic
- Discreet and trustworthy
- A knowledgeable user in MS Office, Excel and ability to work with large data
Monday – Friday , 9am till 6pm (1 hour lunch)
Salary - £Competitive
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please apply ASAP.
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