Cash Allocation Specialist - Hybrid AR (Didcot)

IN2 Consult; East Hagbourne; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

IN2 Consult is recruiting a Cash Allocation Specialist for a Didcot hybrid role within a busy Accounts Receivable team. You will allocate customer receipts, post cash against invoices, and reconcile accounts to ensure the sales ledger accurately reflects what is owed.

The role requires experience in cash allocation, strong Excel skills, and familiarity with ERP systems, with a focus on accuracy and meeting daily deadlines. Hybrid working option available.

Qualifications

• Experience in cash allocation, posting or AR.
• Can handle high transaction volumes quickly without sacrificing accuracy.
• Excel skills including VLOOKUP, pivot tables and filters.
• Experience with ERP systems.
• Detail-oriented with a methodical, problem-solving approach.
• Strong verbal and written communication with customers and colleagues.
• Ability to prioritise workload against firm deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Allocate daily customer receipts from BACS, CHAPS, card and cheque payments against open invoices on the sales ledger.
• Match remittance advices to payments, investigating and resolving unallocated or unidentified cash.
• Reconcile customer accounts and clear historic unallocated balances and suspense items.
• Post receipts accurately within agreed daily deadlines.
• Work with Credit Control to resolve queries, short payments, overpayments and deductions.
• Raise and process customer refunds and credit notes in line with approval controls.
• Support the daily bank reconciliation and month-end close, including aged debt reporting.
• Contact customers and internal teams to get missing remittance information.
• Identify process improvements that cut unallocated cash and speed up allocation.

Skills

Cash allocation

Cash posting

Sales ledger

Accounts receivable

Excel

Education

AAT studies

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

IN2 Consult is recruiting a Cash Allocation Specialist for a Didcot hybrid role within a busy Accounts Receivable team. You will allocate customer receipts, post cash against invoices, and reconcile accounts to ensure the sales ledger accurately reflects what is owed.

The role requires experience in cash allocation, strong Excel skills, and familiarity with ERP systems, with a focus on accuracy and meeting daily deadlines. Hybrid working option available.