Accounts Receivable Manager (12-Month FTC Maternity Cover)

Colliers International EMEA; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international real estate firm is seeking a skilled Accounts Receivable Manager in Greater London. The role involves managing a team of 4, overseeing cash flow and debt collection processes, and maintaining stakeholder relationships to minimize bad debts. Candidates should have a degree or equivalent experience and at least 5 years of managerial experience in Accounts Receivable within a large organization. An understanding of credit control procedures and excellent communication skills are essential. The position is full-time and on-site.

Qualifications

• Ability to handle cash flow and analyze aged debtor reports.
• Manage stakeholder relationships to resolve bad debts.
• Experience in a multi-tasking team manager role.

Responsibilities

• Manage team of 4, setting tasks and performance targets.
• Conduct monthly reviews with stakeholders regarding debtors.
• Ensure timely reconciliations and cash handling.

Skills

Chasing debt effectively

Self-motivated

Understanding of credit control procedures

Microsoft Office knowledge

Excellent communication skills

Time management

Team player

Ability to work under pressure

Proactive and flexible attitude

Education

Degree level education or equivalent experience

5+ years Accounts Receivable managerial experience

Job description

Responsibilities

• 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: Manage 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 KPIs and SLAs.

Key skills

• 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.

Qualifications

• Ideally educated to degree level or equivalent work experience.
• A minimum of 5 years Accounts Receivable managerial experience within a large company environment.
• Experience of managing a team.
• CICM Students are welcome to apply.

Additional Information

At Colliers we empower people to perform at their best. As a Disability Confident Employer we want every candidate to feel welcome. If anything would help you take part in our process such as extra time or rest breaks step-free access or a different interview format please tell us in your application. You are not expected to share a diagnosis or medical history.

Please tell us what would help you take part and give enough practical detail for us to arrange it. We will handle your request confidentially and it will not affect how you are assessed. We make reasonable adjustments in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Colliers is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of age; disability; gender; gender reassignment; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity; race (including colour nationality and ethnic or national origins); religion or belief; sex; or sexual orientation. We also value diverse experience and neurodiversity.

Remote Work: No

Employment Type: Full-time

Department / Functional Area: Finance

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1