Accounts Receivable Specialist - 6 Month Interim

Reed; Cambuslang; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Reed is recruiting an Accounts Receivable Specialist for a 6-month interim assignment in Cambuslang, Scotland. The role focuses on order-to-cash processes, billing accuracy and collections to support revenue assurance in a busy finance team.

You will maintain master data, analyse customer profitability, manage credit and collections, perform reconciliations and generate financial reports while working fully office-based. The contract is full-time and office-based in Cambuslang.

Qualifications

• Experience within Accounts Receivable, Billings, Credit Control or Order-to-Cash
• Strong AR processes, billing operations and customer account management
• Experience performing reconciliations, collections, dispute resolution and reporting
• Ability to analyse financial data and identify trends or issues
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Responsibilities

• Maintain customer, pricing, product and tax master data, ensuring accuracy across all systems and workflows
• Analyse customer profitability and associated costs to support commercial decision-making
• Investigate and resolve customer queries and internal stakeholder issues in a timely manner
• Support credit management activities, including maintaining credit policies, setting credit limits, monitoring exposure and analysing credit risk
• Manage order allocation, release, tracking, forecasting, amendments and cancellations
• Handle self-billing processes, tax liabilities, revenue assurance activities and associated reporting
• Perform account reconciliations and settlements
• Manage collections activity, including setting collection targets, analysing aged debt, negotiating payment settlements and escalating issues where required
• Validate customer deductions, issue credit memos and develop action plans to resolve disputes
• Perform revenue accounting activities, process bad debt provisions, support period-end close activities and reconcile indirect taxes
• Generate, review and analyse financial and operational reports to support business performance

Skills

AR processes

Billing operations

Customer accounts

Reconciliations

Collections

Dispute resolution

Reporting

Excel

Finance systems

Attention to detail

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

Finance/accounting software

Job description

Accounts Receivable Specialist - 6 Month Interim (X3-1329691) Cambuslang, Scotland

Salary: GBP16 - GBP18 per hour

Cambuslang, Glasgow £16.63 - £18.71 per hour + Holiday Pay 6-Month Interim Assignment Full-Time | Office Based

Our client is a large, market-leading organisation seeking an experienced Accounts Receivable (AR) Specialist or Billings Specialist to join their finance team on a 6-month interim basis. This is an excellent opportunity to join a high-performing business and support critical order-to-cash and accounts receivable activities during a busy period.

Working as part of an established finance function, you will play a key role in ensuring billing accuracy, maintaining customer accounts, managing collections, and supporting revenue assurance processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain customer, pricing, product and tax master data, ensuring accuracy across all systems and workflows


• Analyse customer profitability and associated costs to support commercial decision-making


• Investigate and resolve customer queries and internal stakeholder issues in a timely manner


• Support credit management activities, including maintaining credit policies, setting credit limits, monitoring exposure and analysing credit risk


• Manage order allocation, release, tracking, forecasting, amendments and cancellations


• Handle self-billing processes, tax liabilities, revenue assurance activities and associated reporting


• Perform account reconciliations and settlements


• Manage collections activity, including setting collection targets, analysing aged debt, negotiating payment settlements and escalating issues where required


• Validate customer deductions, issue credit memos and develop action plans to resolve disputes


• Perform revenue accounting activities, process bad debt provisions, support period-end close activities and reconcile indirect taxes


• Generate, review and analyse financial and operational reports to support business performance

Candidate Requirements

• Previous experience within an Accounts Receivable, Billings, Credit Control or Order-to-Cash environment


• Strong understanding of AR processes, billing operations and customer account management


• Experience performing reconciliations, collections, dispute resolution and reporting


• Ability to analyse financial data and identify trends or issues


• Strong attention to detail and accuracy


• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills


• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and finance/accounting systems


• Experience working within a large corporate or shared service environment would be advantageous

What's On Offer

• Competitive hourly rate of £16.63 - £18.71 per hour plus holiday pay


• 6-month interim assignment with a leading organisation


• Valuable experience within a complex, fast-paced finance environment


• Full-time, fully office-based role in the Cambuslang area

If you are an experienced AR Specialist, Billings Specialist, Credit Controller or Order-to-Cash professional looking for your next interim opportunity, we'd love to hear from you.