Accounts Receivable Assistant

Jacob Grey Recruitment; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Jacob Grey Recruitment seeks an experienced Credit Control and Receivables assistant to join its finance team in Hertfordshire. The role covers end-to-end accounts receivable, debt collection, credit checks, and invoicing support.

You will communicate persuasively with clients, manage creditor relationships, and help safeguard cash flow. A proactive, detail‑oriented approach is essential in this busy environment.

Qualifications

• Strong, persuasive communication skills.
• Ability to recall debt in a sensitive, efficient manner.
• Operational Excel skills and basic accounts software familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Post and allocate receipts and payments to correct accounts.
• Oversee outstanding debt for ca. 100 clients via phone and email, professionally.
• Deal with and resolve customer debt issues.
• Credit check customers and maintain the system.
• Establish credit limits for clients and ensure coverage by credit insurance.
• Primary backup for sales invoicing; support the AP team as needed.

Skills

Strong communication

Persuasive communication

Excel

Accounts software

Tools

Excel

Job description

We are a thriving Hertfordshire based business seeking to add an experienced Credit Control and Receivables assistant to our finance team. We seek a confident and ambitious professional, who will take on a full range of accounts receivable and credit control responsibilities.

Reporting to the Group FD, the responsibilities are:

• Posting and allocating receipts and payments to correct accounts
• Overseeing the outstanding debt of c.100 clients via phone and email, in a professional, persuasive and sensitive manner
• Dealing with and resolving customer debt issues
• Credit checking customers and maintaining the system
• Establishing credit limits for our clients and ensuring they are covered by credit insurance
• Primary backup for sales invoicing
• Supporting the AP team where necessary

We are looking for someone with:

• Strong and persuasive communication skills
• The ability to recall debt in a sensitive but efficient manner
• Able to use Excel at an operational level
• Existing invoice processing experience, ideally with accounts software

Our growing company is a success story, where hard work and team effort has given us the opportunity to grow our team and attract high calibre personnel. The appointee will see this as an exciting and challenging role and for the right candidate we will provide the platform for progression in the finance sector