Accounts Assistant - Accounts Receivable

The White Company; City Of London; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discount - up to 50%

Holiday 23 days increasing to 25

Holiday Buy up to 5 days

Discretionary bonus scheme

Wagestream money management app

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Staff discounts

Hybrid working pattern

Social events

Great location near transport links

Job summary

The White Company is seeking a motivated Accounts Assistant for Accounts Receivables (AR) to join our busy Finance Operations Team and support our growing B2B, Wholesale and International Partnerships. You will report to the Finance Manager of Cash & AR and help maintain online and store tender-type reconciliations across the business.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone keen to learn and develop their career within the retail finance function and multi-country operations.

Qualifications

• Strong Excel and Word skills.
• Experience with Microsoft D365 is desirable.
• Previous AR role or reconciling a large volume of transactions is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Handle Accounts Receivable activities including credit checks and setting up B2B/Wholesale customer accounts.
• Raise B2B/Wholesale/invoice for stock related sales and royalty/commission deals.
• Maintain reconciliations of B2B/Wholesale customer accounts and chase discrepancies.
• Respond to AR emails and queries; run debtors reports and send monthly statements.
• Allocate payments to invoices and customer accounts.
• Assist in Balance Sheet reconciliations for PayPal, Card and cash control accounts across UK, Europe, Ireland.
• Support month-end processes and provide monthly statistics reports.

Skills

Excel

Word

D365 (MS Dynamics)

AR experience

Tools

Microsoft D365

Job description

Our Role

We are looking for a motivated Accounts Assistant for Accounts Receivables (AR) to join our busy Finance Operations Team and support our growing B2B, Wholesale and International Partnerships. Reporting to the Finance Manager of Cash & AR the Accounts Assistant - AR will support the growing Partners teams as well as maintaining online and store tender type reconciliations across the entire business.

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who is keen to learn, whilst further developing their career.

What you'll be doing

Accounts Receivable:

• Perform credit checks and work alongside the B2B/Wholesale teams to successfully set up new B2B/Wholesale customer accounts
• Raise B2B/Wholesale/Ad-hoc invoices for stock related sales and royalty/commission deals
• Ongoing reconciliations of the B2B/Wholesale Customer Accounts, following up and resolving any discrepancies and outstanding items on a timely basis
• Responding to emails and queries sent to the accounts receivable inbox
• Run outstanding debtors' reports, send out monthly statements and chase any outstanding debts
• Allocate payments received against relevant invoices and customer accounts

Cash to Sales:

• Assist in maintaining the Balance Sheet Reconciliations for Credit Card, PayPal & Cash control accounts for the UK, Europe & Ireland
• Assist in daily reconciliations across multiple tender types
• Processing of journal uploads from monies received
• Support the ongoing reporting of cash losses to the Business
• Assist with the month end process
• Help support the Finance Manager with the preparation of Monthly statistics reports

Other:

• Assisting the team with busy periods/overflow/holiday cover

What skills & experience you'll need

• Strong Excel and Word skills
• Experience of Microsoft D365 is desirable
• Previous experience in an AR role or reconciling a large volume of transactions is highly desirable

Success Measures

• General finance experience, preferably in Account receivable
• Strong attention to details and accurate input is essential
• Excellent communication skills - both written and verbal
• Retail experience - highly desirable

What we'll offer you

At The White Company, we value our employees for always going the extra mile for every one of our customers; we reward this with great benefits and competitive salaries.

• Discount - Up to 50% discount (dependent on contract type)
• Holiday - 23 days, increasing to 25 days with length of service
• Holiday Buy - Opportunity to buy up to an additional 5-day holiday
• 20% Bonus Potential - In addition to our competitive salaries, all our employees are entitled to join a discretionary bonus scheme (based on policy eligibility)
• Wagestream Money Management App - Access to Wagestream gives you power over your pay and supports financial wellbeing
• Continued Development - We offer structured support from our own in-house Learning and Development Hub
• Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance
• White City House (Soho House Group) Tenants Membership at a discounted rate, offering access to facilities in the House

Additional Benefits

• Fruit basket daily
• Tea and coffee provided
• Hybrid working pattern with WFH - option on Mondays and Fridays
• Social - Christmas party/social events throughout the year
• Seasonal Sample Sales
• Volunteer Day - with a charity of your choice
• Great Location - Close to transport links - over ground Shepherds Bush station /underground White City & Wood Lane stations. Westfield shopping centre with shops restaurants/bars/cinema and gym

Our Equality Diversity and Inclusion statement of commitment

At The White Company, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture that welcomes and celebrates a diversity of backgrounds and identities.

We are working together to ensure our environment is one where people can bring their authentic selves to work, where their contribution is valued, ability enhanced, and perspective appreciated. Where difference is respected, encouraged, and celebrated.

We are committed to an active Equality Diversity and Inclusion Policy, which starts with our recruitment and selection process.

We'd love you to join us on our journey.

Our Sustainability statement of commitment

We are committed to building a sustainable legacy that will enable a brighter future for people and our planet. We believe this should be reflected in everything we do.