Accounts Receivable Manager (12-Month FTC - Maternity Cover)

Colliers International; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global real estate services firm in Camden Town is looking for a candidate to manage accounts with a focus on cash flow analysis and team management. The role includes building relationships with stakeholders and ensuring compliance with credit control procedures. Ideal candidates will have excellent communication skills and be proactive under pressure.

Qualifications

• Experience managing a team and setting tasks.
• Ability to build stakeholder relationships.
• Proficiency in managing financial systems like Salesforce and SAP.
• Experience in analyzing cash flow and aged debtor reports.
• Understanding of credit control procedures.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

Responsibilities

• Manage team of direct reports, setting daily and weekly tasks.
• Build relationships with stakeholders and conduct debtor meetings.
• Oversee integration of Salesforce and SAP systems.
• Analyze aged debtor reports and track cash inflow.
• Ensure all cash receipts are processed efficiently.

Skills

Team management

Stakeholder management

System management

Cash flow analysis

Legal compliance

Effective communication

Time management

Credit control understanding

Microsoft Office proficiency

Proactive under pressure

Job description

• Team Management - Manage 4 direct reports. Setting daily and weekly tasks including processing and reconciliation targets.
• Stakeholder Management - Build relationships with the head of each business area, leading monthly debtor meetings, reviewing and taking actions on any potential bad debtors.
• System Management - Manage the integration between salesforce and SAP. Ensuring weekly reconciliations are completed. Oversee the new Finance system Fina + Implementation.
• Cash Flow - Analysing the aged Debtor report, reviewing the high value accounts, Tracking the inflow of receipts and reporting weekly for cashflow the predicted amounts due in.
• Month End - Mange the close of the AR ledger, including bank, debtor and fee reconciliations.
• Customer Statements - Ensuring customer account information is kept up to date and monthly statements are sent.
• Bank - Ensuring all cash receipts before 12pm the following day. Identifying any duplicate or payments received in error. Check and send all payments and transfers to the Head of UK Finance before 12pm on Wednesday every week to paid out on the Friday.
• Legal - Identifying any accounts which need to be escalated with either 7-day letters or court action. Sending and maintaining a log of all action taken. Liaising with the in-house legal counsel to ensure appropriate action is taken.
• As and when required ensure any general AR duties that need to be performed are completed, including - chasing debtors, reconciliations, banking etc.
• Balance sheet and expense reconciliations.
• Comply with all existing KPI's and SLA's.
• Ability to chase debt effectively without compromising customer relations.
• Focussed, self - motivated and driven to achieve clearly defined cash and DSO targets.
• A strong understanding of credit control procedures.
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills.
• A good team player.
• Able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Proactive, able to use own initiative and is able demonstrate a flexible attitude to the workload.