Finance Assistant (Accounts Receivable)
Contract: FTC 6 months; Full-time (37.5 hours per week); Monday Friday between 9am - 5pm
Location: Home based; Fully remote
Salary: GBP22,093.50 per annum
MAIN OBJECTIVE
Undertake billing and credit control duties.
SPECIFIC DUTIES
- Undertake billing, credit control and retainer reconciliation duties for a portfolio of clients.
- Ensure that clients are billed/invoiced for all goods and services commissioned on a timely basis with reference to a range of operations systems.
- Undertake credit control to ensure that all customers settle all invoices within terms, escalating on a timely basis having explored all obvious avenues where that s not the case.
- Resolve all customer billing queries working with customer service colleagues to investigate all requests for credit notes.
- Establish strong and professional working relationships with billing contacts that are formed within your client portfolio.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS ROLE
Essential:
- Educated to GCSE standard or equivalent (A-C in Maths and English)
- Experience in finance clerical roles
- Experience in dealing with large volumes of data and financial information
- Knowledge of Outlook and intermediate to advanced Excel
- Excellent numerical skill and attention to detail
- An ability to use initiative and to work independently
Preferable:
- Experience in Accounts Receivable
- Knowledge of SAGE or similar billing platforms, although training will be given
- Knowledge of Word and PowerPoint
CORE SKILLS & BEHAVIOURS
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office
- Interpersonal and influencing skills
- Organisational skills
- Displaying confidence and clarity in decision making
- Exemplary communication skills
- Time planning and priority setting skills
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
- Responsible
- Well Organised
- Professional in appearance and approach
- Able to work alone or as a team
- Trustworthy and Honest
- Calm under pressure
- Willing to learn new skills
- Efficient
- Enthusiastic and Proactive
- Possess a positive can-do attitude
HOW TO APPLY
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