Accounts Receivable Specialist – Hybrid & Credit Control

SF Partners; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working after probation

Job summary

SF Partners is working with a Nottingham-based technology business to recruit a Permanent Accounts Receivable Assistant on a full-time basis. The role sits in the sales ledger team, with hybrid working options after probation, and will involve billing, cash posting, credit control and debt collection.

You will support month-end processes, maintain customer records, perform credit checks, and provide debt reporting to keep financials accurate.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a Credit Control or Accounts Receivable role.
• Excellent communication skills, with confidence dealing with customers and colleagues at all levels.
• Excellent PC skills, including outlook and teams experience.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, including the ability to analyse and organise financial data utilising basic excel functions including lookup formulas, pivot tables and filters.
• Netsuite/Oracle experience, including processing of transactions, reporting and maintain customer records.
• Ability to work independently while contributing positively to a fast-moving team.
• A commercially focused, proactive and solutions-oriented approach.

Responsibilities

• 1. Manage a ledger of customer accounts; set up and maintain customer accounts; check sanctions, credit limits and terms.
• 2. Perform credit control tasks including statements, reminders, and dunning via phone/email.
• 3. Investigate and resolve payment discrepancies, unidentified receipts, short payments and queries.
• 4. Liaise with sales, customer experience, logistics and finance to resolve queries and disputed transactions.
• 5. Conduct customer credit checks for new applications, credit limit increases and annual reviews with approvals as per authority.
• 6. Provide monthly aged debt review and weekly updates to Financial Controller; highlight high-risk accounts and debt recovery actions.
• 7. Support sales teams with regional aged debt insights.
• 8. Complete daily billing of sales orders and upload invoices to portals.
• 9. Post daily remittances and resolve unallocated cash to keep the ledger up to date.
• 10. Be AR process owner; review systems and propose improvements to Financial Controller.
• 11. Provide financial analysis and support as required.
• 12. Work on projects identified by the Financial Controller.

Skills

Credit Control

Accounts Receivable

Communication skills

Excel proficiency

Netsuite/Oracle

Independent worker

Problem solving

Tools

Outlook

Teams

Job description

SF Partners is working with a Nottingham-based technology business to recruit a Permanent Accounts Receivable Assistant on a full-time basis. The role sits in the sales ledger team, with hybrid working options after probation, and will involve billing, cash posting, credit control and debt collection.

You will support month-end processes, maintain customer records, perform credit checks, and provide debt reporting to keep financials accurate.