Accounts Receivable Clerk

Witherslack Group; Lancaster; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading provider of special education and care in the UK is seeking an Accounts Receivable Clerk to join their team. You will play a key role in managing finances, ensuring timely billing, and reconciling accounts. The position offers a salary between £25,000 and £28,000, along with extensive benefits including 7 weeks' holiday and a hybrid working option after probation. Ideal candidates will have strong attention to detail and prior experience in a sales ledger role.

Benefits

Ongoing professional development

7 weeks’ holiday

Flexible benefits package

Wellbeing tools and advice

Medical cover

High-street discounts

Beautiful working environments

Qualifications

• Highly accurate with strong attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience in a previous sales ledger based role.
• Ability to extract and manipulate data for reporting purposes.

Responsibilities

• Support the Group’s Accounts Receivable function.
• Ensure finances are managed effectively, and customers are billed correctly.
• Reconcile customer accounts and receive funds on time.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Sales ledger experience

Intermediate Excel skills

Data extraction and manipulation

Debt resolution

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Accounting systems

Job description

Salary: £25,000 - £28,000 depending on experience

Location: Based at Head Office, Lupton. Hybrid working option available after successful completion of probation

Huge Small Victories

We are the highest Ofsted-rated provider in the country for special education and care. Our teams are fulfilled by the idea of making even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things.

For children with complex needs the level of care and education we provide must go above and beyond.

That’s what drives us here at Witherslack Group. With our high staff-to-child ratio and in‑house clinical teams, we’re proud to have a reputation for excellence and market‑leading OFSTED ratings.

Get out what you put in

As an Accounts Receivable Clerk you will be responsible for supporting the Group’s Accounts Receivable function. This role plays an important part in ensuring that finances are managed effectively, customers are billed correctly, customer accounts are reconciled and funds are received on time. This will provide a good understanding of our business model and will provide for the right candidate the ability to grow into the business.

What we do for you

We know you’re going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the sector. With us, you’ll get to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people – plus you’ll get:

• Salary: Base salary of between £25,000 – £28,000 depending on experience
• Training: Ongoing professional development.
• Holiday: You’ll work hard at WG, so you’ll be rewarded with 7 weeks’ holiday (including bank holidays)
• Flexible benefits package: meaning you can increase/decrease your holiday allowance, pension and life insurance – check out our benefits here
• Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance
• Medical: cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high‑street discounts
• Beautiful working environments: with the very best facilities
• Bring your whole‑self to work

Here at Witherslack Group, we celebrate everyone’s differences as that’s what makes us the best at what we do. Our young people come from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds and with different needs – and our workforce reflects that diversity, so that our teams can engage, encourage and inspire our young people to be themselves.

We’ll give you the chance to build an exciting career in a fast‑growing organisation, where you’re free to achieve your potential. Here’s what we need from you;

• Highly accurate with strong attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience in a previous sales ledger based role
• Experience with Microsoft Office suite, with Excel skills rated as intermediate or above
• Ability to extract and manipulate data for reporting purposes.
• The ability to analyse and resolve aged debt queries and discrepancies

It is also desirable, but not essential if you have;

• Self‑management – the ability to plan time and organise effectively to meet tight deadlines
• Experience in using different accounting systems
• Previous experience in dealing with local authorities or other outside agencies.

Join the UK’s best special education and care provider

Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose‑led employer, in an environment that allows you to be yourself.

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The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost). We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.