Accounts Receivable & Billing Manager

Securitas; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global security company in Birmingham is looking for an Accounts Receivable & Billing Manager to lead a high-performing team and ensure accurate billing and cash collection processes. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in credit control and team leadership, and a strong ability to enhance client experiences. This role offers a competitive salary, opportunities for professional development, and a hybrid working model, promoting growth and innovation within the team.

Benefits

25 days’ holiday

Pension scheme

Outstanding learning & development opportunities

Qualifications

• Significant experience in leading a team.
• Significant experience in credit control.
• Ability to manage a geographically diverse team.

Responsibilities

• Maximize collection of invoiced debt.
• Monitor and control the debt collection process.
• Ensure all collection issues are escalated to Senior Management.
• Build and maintain relationships with key debtors.

Skills

Team leadership

Credit control

Fluent English (B2)

Performance management

Job description

We're Hiring:Accounts Receivable & Billing Manager

📍 Location: Cuckoo Wharf, Birmingham
💰 Salary: Competitive salary+ Opportunities to grow
🕗 Hours: 8am–4pm | Hybrid working (3 days office: Wed, Thurs, Fri | 2 days remote)
🎓 Development: Outstanding learning & development from day one
✨ Benefits: 25 days’ holiday, pension scheme, plus a wide range of additional benefits

See a Different World. Where potential is seen and progress is nurtured.

The Accounts Receivable & Billing Manager plays a pivotal role in ensuring the accuracy, efficiency, and integrity of billing and cash collection processes. Leading and developing a high-performing team, you’ll drive strong financial controls, optimise working capital, and support the wider business through timely, insightful reporting and stakeholder collaboration.

As aAccounts Receivable & Billing Manager you’ll lead a high-performing team, implement robust financial controls, and provide timely reporting and insight to support business decision-making. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced finance professional to make a tangible impact within a supportive, forward-thinking organisation that values growth and continuous improvement.

✨If you’re ready to lead, influence, and grow your career in a role where your expertise directly impacts the business, we’d love to hear from you.

Job Description

Activities Scope:

• Maximise collection of invoiced debt on all STL accounts through proper contact with clients
• Analyse and identify the cause of overdue receivables and help the team reduce overdues.
• Respond to all client enquiries regarding credit holds, collection/past due issues and account reconciliation in a timely manner.
• Enhance the client experience through the timely response to all invoice and contract disputes, elevate and liaise where necessary.
• Ensure accurate and speedy billing of all completed service and installation jobs.
• Work with sales and operations to ensure commercial decisions do not create unnecessary credit risk.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor and control the debt collection process
• Review the performance metrics — regular meetings with team and management
• Ensure day-to-day activities meet high process quality, control and customer satisfaction standards
• Ensure all collection issues and disputes are escalated to Senior Management and the wider business as necessary
• Build and maintain relationships with key, recurring debtors
• Establish and maintain contact with critical debtors
• Support implementation of improvement initiatives
• Support credit control of new orders and clients
• Minimise bad debt write offs and prepare bad debt provision calculations
• Report weekly & monthly KPIs as required
• Lead all AR related audit queries
• Other tasks as required by the business

Collaboration with Teams

• Collaborate with other departments to ensure disputes are resolved quickly and complaints are escalated.
• Suggest and implement process improvements to enhance team efficiency and accuracy.
• Stay updated with new collection tools, technologies, and best practices to streamline workflows.

Training & Guidance

• Provide training or guidance to new team members or temporary personnel.
• Ensure that team members follow established data entry protocols and procedures

Qualifications

• Significant experience in leading a team.
• Significant experience in credit control.
• Fluent English - level B2 or above.
• Ability to manage a geographically diverse team and to drive consistent performance.
• Must have the right to work in the UK.
• Have a five-year checkable employment history or be able to produce documentary evidence of any period of unemployment, self-employment, or full and part-time education during that period.
• The ability to embody and uphold the Securitas core values of Integrity, Vigilance, and Helpfulness.

Additional Information

It’s great to see you’re considering a career with us here at Securitas Technology! You're one step away from joining our global team of over 375,000 professionals.

Why Choose Securitas Technology?

At Securitas Technology, we are on a mission to make the world a safer place, driven by our core values of Integrity, Vigilance, and Helpfulness. We foster empowerment, innovation, and growth, offering industry-leading training and career development opportunities.

What You Can Expect

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• Career Growth: Clear pathways from apprenticeships to leadership programs.
• Inclusive Leadership: A culture of respect, transparency, and collaboration.
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Our Commitment to You

We support our workforce through initiatives such as:

• Employee Networks – Safe spaces to connect and influence policies for change.
• Race at Work Charter & Armed Forces Covenant – Supporting equality and inclusion.
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• Health & Well-being Programs – Mental health support and workplace wellness.
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