Accounts Receivables Manager -12 months contract

Caterpillar; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A global manufacturing company in Peterborough is looking for an Accounts Receivables Manager on a 12-month contract. The role includes managing a credit controller team, ensuring timely payments, and mitigating financial risks. Ideal candidates should possess strong leadership skills, financial analysis expertise, and relevant qualifications in finance. Competitive salary up to £52,000 pa plus benefits.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Up to 10% Bonus

Contributory pension scheme

Share scheme with employer match

Access to health and dental care plans

Qualifications

• Strong leadership and inter-personal skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively across complex organisations.
• Knowledge of data gathering and analysis tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team ensuring effective execution.
• Deliver reports on aged debt performance to stakeholders.
• Support credit insurance policy management.
• Oversee month-end tasks for accurate reporting.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Accuracy and attention to detail

Financial analysis

PC skills

Education

Degree focused in Finance, Economics, Accounting or relevant field

Qualification like CIMA, CFA, ACCA, CPA

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Power BI

Alteryx

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Accounts Receivables Manager – 12 months contract

Location: Peterborough

Salary/Grade: £47,000 – £52,000 pa (depending on experience)

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave
• Up to 10% Bonus
• Contributory pension scheme - Caterpillar will double the employee's contribution Up To 10%
• Contributory share scheme - Caterpillar will match 50% of the employee's contribution.
• Optional flexible benefits including access to health and dental care plans, EV car lease, holiday purchase

About IPSD

Caterpillar Industrial Power Systems Division (IPSD) designs, tests and manufactures 0.5 to 18L Cat and Perkins engines that power over 5000 applications including Marine, Petroleum, Industrial Applications, Electric Generators and Locomotives. Caterpillar’s company strategy includes sustainability as one of four focus areas and IPSD is engaged and actively preparing energy solutions for the future.

Perkins Engines Company Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., recognised as a leading manufacturer of industrial diesel engines. OEM Manufacturers and end users on every continent have, for generations, trusted Perkins engines to power their world.

At the Peterborough facility we are responsible for the marketing, sales and manufacturing of industrial engines for both the Cat and Perkins brands. Wherever you work, together we create sustainable, world-changing solutions that impact lives around the globe.

The Opportunity

At Caterpillar, we believe each person is unique and valued and are committed to ensuring that our workplace is diverse and representative of the many customers we serve around the globe. Different perspectives help us achieve our best work and come together to form a high-performing Caterpillar team that makes positive changes in the communities where we live and work. That’s the Power of Everyone.

This is a great opportunity to join the Financial Services team, where you will have the unique opportunity and exposure to work closely with both our end customers, and our significant global matrix teams, supporting the Industrial Power Solutions division. You’ll be accountable for supporting a team of three credit controllers to enact our internal governance effectively, ensuring customers pay both timely and accurately, and handle overdue payments in-line with our company’s risk policies. The successful candidate will excel in building strong customer relationships, have a passion to resolve customer issues through strong collaboration across our internal partners to drive customer satisfaction and deliver business goals.

Furthermore, you will be provided the scope (and any required development) to help shape and improve the as-is, to innovate and create more value for our customers and the organisation. This role works closely with their peers and cross-functional departments, offering continuous support to team members, fostering teamwork, and providing cover for the Business manager on occasion.

What You Will Do

• Lead and manage a team, providing strategic direction and ensuring effective execution of controls.
• Cultivate a collaborative and high-performing team culture through continuous development, mentoring, and training initiatives.
• Execute Caterpillar’s internal accounting practices to ensure timely customer payments whilst mitigating financial risks and observing credit insurance guidelines.
• Prepare and deliver reports on aged debt performance, communicating key insights to senior leadership and other stakeholders to support strategic decision-making.
• Represent the AR function in the deployment of a new ERP system for North American legal entities; lead testing, process migration, and change management to ensure successful implementation.
• Ownership of month-end tasks, ensuring timely completion and accurate reporting in line with deadlines.
• Support the management of credit insurance policies across local and international markets, ensuring adequate coverage and compliance.
• a leader or contributor role, etc.

Additional Info

• Travel may be required (up to 5%) to support ongoing work activities
• If you will be selected for the interview, these will happen wc 13th October and will be face-to-face in Peterborough facility
• This position requires the candidate to work a 5-day-a-week schedule in the office.

What You Have

Effective Communications:

• Strong leadership, initiative, inter-personal skills, coupled with the ability to (verbally and written) communicate effectively across a complex internal and external organisations.

Accuracy and attention to detail:

• Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high level of precision.

Financial Analysis:

• Knowledge of data gathering and analysis tools/techniques to collect data from a variety of sources in an objective manner to reach a conclusion (ie. Power BI, Alteryx).
• Good knowledge of accounting and financial accounting.

PC skills:

• Fluent in Microsoft Excel.

Candidates may also have gained the following skills:

• Knowledge of process improvement techniques and tools (ie. Six Sigma, Lean).
• Prior job-related experience having worked within a fast-paced manufacturing/industrial environment, or within debt collection / recovery within credit finance insurance.
• Degree focused in Finance, Economics, Accounting (or relevant other fields), an equivalent qualification (ie. CIMA, CFA, ACCA, CPA), or a broader qualification of relevance to the industry/role (ie. MIEx, Risk/Compliance).
• Experience of having worked within financial reporting process controls framework (ie. Sarbanes-Oxley).

NB. The panel cannot make assumptions when shortlisting therefore please demonstrate your qualifications and experience on your CV relevant to the criteria outlined.

Pending the number of applications, the criteria for the position may be enhanced to facilitate shortlisting #LI

Posting Dates: September 25, 2025 - October 9, 2025

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply

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