Accounts Receivable - Temp - North West

MCS Group; Derry and Strabane District; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

MCS Group seeks a Finance Assistant (Collections) in Campsie area, Derry/Londonderry. This is a temporary, onsite, full-time role with a salary of £26k.

The Finance team handles Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger and Trade Compliance, with the Collections Associate focusing on recovering outstanding receivables and maintaining customer relations. Key duties include outbound collections calls, resolving payment variances, reviewing accounts for delinquency, and supporting

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office including Excel, Word, Access, and other software as needed to perform duties.
• Strong communication, proactive problem solving and analytical skills required.
• Education: a minimum of GCSEs including Maths and English.

Responsibilities

• Make outbound calls to collect payments and maintain customer relations.
• Identify, investigate and resolve payment variances (short payments, late payments, discounts, duplicate bills).
• Review open accounts for collections and apply payments.
• Resolve customer disputes and maintain data accuracy per financial policies.

Skills

MS Office

Excel

Communication skills

Problem solving

Analytical skills

Organisational skills

Education

GCSEs including Maths & English

Tools

Microsoft Office

Access

Word

Job description

Finance Assistant (Collections) Role - Campsie area, Derry/Londonderry

Temporary Contract

Onsite Role

Fulltime Temporary Role

Salary £26k

This position is within the companies flexible's Finance team, comprising of Accounts Payable, Account Receivable, General Ledger Accounting and Trade Compliance.

The Collections Associate is responsible for collections of outstanding accounts receivable from the existing client base and all other aspects of collections, resolving customer billing problems and reducing accounts receivable delinquency while maintaining a professional relationship with customers.

This position will report to the AR Team Lead.

Key Duties:

• Making outbound calls in a professional manner while keeping and improving customer relations
• Identify, investigate and resolve payment variances. This will include short payments, late payments, past terms discounts, duplicate billings, etc
• Reviewing open accounts for collections efforts
• Applying payments and facilitating resolution of customer disputes
• Proactively identifying process improvement opportunities that will reduce future occurrences of aged accounts receivable balances and work with appropriate internal contacts to implement those improvements
• Maintain financial and data accuracy through adhering to all financial policies and procedures
• Commits to adhering to Service Level Agreements both within the company and with outside customers
• Performs other duties as Will include participating in special projects as identified
• Supporting credit management across numerous sites, managing blocks on delinquent accounts and assessing new customers for credit

Education - A minimum of 5 GCSE's or equivalent including Maths & English

Training/Attributes:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office including Excel, Word, Access, and other software as needed to perform duties of the position
• Strong organisational skills in handling multiple responsibilities simultaneously with high attention to detail and a high level of accuracy
• Ability to work independently or/and collaboratively, and to adapt to a fast-changing environment
• Strong communication, proactive problem solving, and analytical skills required
• Teamwork
• Good organisational skills
• Attention to detail
• Strong communication skills
• Accurate data handling