Join an established organisation with a strong focus on reliable service, sound financial controls and continuous process improvement. This is an opportunity to become a key member of a collaborative finance and administration function while working in a varied, hands-on position. The company's identity will remain confidential during the initial stages of the recruitment process.
Your new role
Reporting to the Finance, Administration & HR Manager, you will take ownership of accounts receivable, client credit, daily banking and cashflow inflows while also supporting routine office administration.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Allocating customer receipts and maintaining accurate account records
- Issuing statements and following up overdue accounts
- Maintaining debtor ageing, collection notes and DSO reporting
- Investigating payment issues and coordinating customer disputes
- Completing new client financial onboarding and credit assessments
- Obtaining credit reports and trade references
- Preparing credit recommendations and escalating higher-risk applications
- Completing daily bank reconciliations and investigating unidentified or unreconciled transactions
- Maintaining expected receipts, collection forecasts and banking records
- Supporting office supplies, mail, workplace events and other general administration
- Maintaining accurate, audit-ready records and supporting ISO and audit requirements
To be successful in this position, you will bring:
- Previous experience in accounts receivable, credit control or a similar transactional finance role
- Strong collections experience and confidence following up overdue accounts
- Experience allocating payments and completing bank reconciliations
- The ability to review credit information and make well-considered recommendations
- Strong numerical skills and excellent attention to detail
- Clear communication and a professional, customer-focused approach
- Excellent organisation skills and the ability to manage recurring deadlines
- A reliable and proactive attitude with a focus on improving processes
- The ability to handle sensitive financial information with discretion
- A willingness to assist with general office and administrative responsibilities
- A broad role offering ownership across accounts receivable, credit, banking and administration
- The opportunity to manage key customer finance processes from onboarding through to collections
- Exposure to cashflow forecasting, risk assessment, audit support and process improvement
- A varied position where you can make a visible contribution to the wider business
- The chance to join a collaborative environment that values reliability, initiative and attention to detail
About us
At Hays, we invest in lifelong partnerships that empower people and businesses to succeed. You are at the heart of everything we do. With over 50 years’ experience and a workforce of more than 10,000 people across 32 countries, we collectively put our customers, at the heart of everything we do.
Drawing on knowledge that’s unique to our scale, our commitment to understanding your needs and our ability to meaningfully innovate we are more than just a specialist recruitment business. By providing advice, insights and expertise on issues you face in today’s fast paced world of work, we’ll help you make the right decisions for tomorrow.
Looking for the right role for you?
At Hays we know that finding the right role at the right time takes careful consideration. As your lifelong career partners, we’re by your side, every step of the way.
Whether you’re seeking a new opportunity or support in navigating a career change, we bring the expertise and the connections to partner with you to help you realise your ambition.
Providing an unmatched breadth of jobs across industries and professions whilst leveraging our knowledge, employer relationships, learning opportunities and support, we can offer you roles that challenge and excite you.
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