Accounts Receivable Assistant - Cash Allocation

Confidential; East Hagbourne; Hybride; GBP 27 000 - 33 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Confidential in Didcot, United Kingdom, is seeking a Cash Allocation Specialist to join the Accounts Receivable team in a hybrid role. You will match customer receipts to invoices, post payments, and ensure timely reconciliations to keep the sales ledger accurate.

The successful candidate will handle high volumes, use Excel for data analysis, work with ERP systems, and liaise with internal teams to resolve discrepancies while supporting month-end processes.

Qualifications

• Experience in cash allocation, cash posting, or accounts receivable.
• Able to handle high transaction volumes quickly and accurately.
• Strong Excel skills including VLOOKUPs and pivot tables.
• Experience with multiple ERP systems.
• Excellent attention to detail with a methodical approach.
• Strong verbal and written communication with customers and colleagues.
• Ability to prioritise daily workload against deadlines.
• Desirable: AAT study or interest in studying; shared service centre experience; multi-currency or multi-entity allocation.

Responsabilités

• Allocate daily customer receipts from multiple payment methods against open invoices.
• Match remittance advices to payments; resolve unallocated cash.
• Reconcile customer accounts and clear historic unallocated balances.
• Post receipts accurately within daily deadlines.
• Collaborate with Credit Control to resolve queries and deductions.
• Raise and process customer refunds and credit notes as approved.
• Support daily bank reconciliation and month-end close; aged debt reporting.
• Contact customers and internal teams to obtain missing remittance information.
• Identify process improvements to reduce unallocated cash and speed up allocation.

Connaissances

Accounts receivable

High-volume processing

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Prioritisation under deadlines

Outils

Excel (VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables)

ERP systems

Description du poste

Cash Allocation Specialist Didcot (Hybrid) Permanent Up to £30,000

The Opportunity

IN2 Consult is partnering with a market leading business based near Didcot, to recruit a Cash Allocation Specialist into its Accounts Receivable team. This is a busy, high-volume role at the centre of the order-to-cash process. You will make sure customer receipts are matched, posted and reconciled accurately and on time, so the sales ledger always shows a true picture of what the business is owed.

Key Responsibilities

• Allocate daily customer receipts from BACS, CHAPS, card and cheque payments against open invoices on the sales ledger
• Match remittance advices to payments, investigating and resolving unallocated or unidentified cash
• Reconcile customer accounts and clear historic unallocated balances and suspense items
• Post receipts accurately within agreed daily deadlines
• Work with Credit Control to resolve queries, short payments, overpayments and deductions
• Raise and process customer refunds and credit notes in line with approval controls
• Support the daily bank reconciliation and month-end close, including aged debt reporting
• Contact customers and internal teams to get missing remittance information
• Identify process improvements that cut unallocated cash and speed up allocation

About You

• Previous experience in cash allocation, cash posting, sales ledger or accounts receivable
• Comfortable working through high transaction volumes quickly without losing accuracy
• Good working knowledge of Excel (VLOOKUPs, pivot tables, filters)
• Experience with various ERP systems
• Strong attention to detail with a methodical, problem-solving approach
• Confident communicator, by phone and email, with customers and colleagues
• Able to prioritise a daily workload against firm deadlines

Desirable: AAT studier or interest in studying, shared service centre experience, multi-currency or multi-entity allocation.