AR Analyst 12 month FTC

SF Recruitment; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the Financial Services sector seeks an Accounts Receivable Analyst for a 12-month FTC in Birmingham. This role involves ownership of cash collections, reconciliations, and stakeholder management, ideal for candidates with a finance operations background. The position offers a dynamic work environment with opportunities for growth.

Qualifications

• Experience in insurance or financial services environment.
• Strong data reconciliation and Excel skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of the collections and cash allocation process.
• Liaising with internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Performing reconciliations, financial controls, and reporting.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Reconciliation

Strong data skills

Excellent communication

Stakeholder management

Tools

Excel

Agresso

Xchanging

Job description

Accounts Receivable Analyst - 12 Month FTC
Location: Birmingham (Hybrid) Salary: Competitive Sector: Financial Services

Our client, a leading name in the Financial Services sector, is seeking an Accounts Receivable Analyst to join their Finance Operations team on a 12-month fixed-term contract.

This role offers an excellent opportunity for candidates with strong analytical, reconciliation, or operations experience-particularly those from insurance, claims, underwriting support, or finance operations backgrounds. Prior credit control experience is desirable

Key Responsibilities:

• Ownership of the collections and cash allocation process
• Liaising with internal teams (underwriting, claims, finance, ops) and external stakeholders (brokers and service providers)
• Performing reconciliations, financial controls, and reporting
• Identifying and resolving unallocated cash and overdue items
• Supporting continuous improvement of finance processes and systems

Ideal Candidate:

• Experience in insurance or a financial services environment
• Strong data reconciliation and Excel skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
• Analytical mindset with attention to detail
• Familiarity with credit control, Agresso, Xchanging, or similar systems (desirable but not required)

This is a great opportunity for someone looking to step into a finance operations or credit control role within a dynamic and supportive environment.