Accounts Receivable - Temp - North West

Finance Assistant (Collections) Role - Campsie area, Derry/Londonderry

Temporary Contract

Onsite Role

Fulltime Temporary Role

Salary £26k

This position is within the companies flexible's Finance team, comprising of Accounts Payable, Account Receivable, General Ledger Accounting and Trade Compliance.

The Collections Associate is responsible for collections of outstanding accounts receivable from the existing client base and all other aspects of collections, resolving customer billing problems and reducing accounts receivable delinquency while maintaining a professional relationship with customers.

This position will report to the AR Team Lead.

Key Duties:

• Making outbound calls in a professional manner while keeping and improving customer relations
• Identify, investigate and resolve payment variances. This will include short payments, late payments, past terms discounts, duplicate billings, etc
• Reviewing open accounts for collections efforts
• Applying payments and facilitating resolution of customer disputes
• Proactively identifying process improvement opportunities that will reduce future occurrences of aged accounts receivable balances and work with appropriate internal contacts to implement those improvements
• Maintain financial and data accuracy through adhering to all financial policies and procedures
• Commits to adhering to Service Level Agreements both within the company and with outside customers
• Performs other duties as Will include participating in special projects as identified
• Supporting credit management across numerous sites, managing blocks on delinquent accounts and assessing new customers for credit

Education - A minimum of 5 GCSE's or equivalent including Maths & English

Training/Attributes:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office including Excel, Word, Access, and other software as needed to perform duties of the position
• Strong organisational skills in handling multiple responsibilities simultaneously with high attention to detail and a high level of accuracy
• Ability to work independently or/and collaboratively, and to adapt to a fast-changing environment
• Strong communication, proactive problem solving, and analytical skills required
• Teamwork
• Good organisational skills
• Attention to detail
• Strong communication skills
• Accurate data handling

To speak in absolute confidence about this opportunity please send an up to date CV via the link provided or contact Clare Simpson at MCS Group 028 96953499

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