AR Analyst 12 month FTC

SF Recruitment Ltd; West Midlands Combined Authority; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading name in the Financial Services sector is seeking an Accounts Receivable Analyst for a 12-month fixed-term contract in Birmingham. The role involves ownership of cash allocation processes and requires strong analytical skills with a finance operations background. This position offers an excellent opportunity to work in a dynamic environment and develop further expertise in finance operations.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical, reconciliation, or operations experience.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Familiarity with credit control systems is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of collections and cash allocation processes.
• Performing reconciliations, financial controls, and reporting.
• Identifying and resolving unallocated cash and overdue items.

Skills

Data reconciliation

Communication

Analytical mindset

Education

Experience in insurance or financial services

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.