Senior Accounts Receivable Officer

Children's Health Foundation; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 52,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cycle to Work Scheme

PRSA: up to 6%

Job summary

Children’s Health Foundation seeks a Senior Accounts Receivable Officer to lead daily AR operations, ensure accurate income recording and reconciliation, and drive improvements across finance systems. You’ll collaborate with fundraising and other teams to code income correctly and maintain strong internal controls.

The role focuses on cash collection, timely reporting, and building robust relationships with stakeholders while supporting month-end and year-end close in a dynamic nonprofit

Qualifications

• Proven experience in accounts receivable or a similar finance-focused role.
• Strong systems capability, including experience of finance, banking platforms and Microsoft Excel. Experience working across finance and CRM would be advantageous.
• Strong analytical skills with excellent attention to detail and the ability to investigate and resolve complex reconciliation issues.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build effective relationships with key stakeholders.
• Strong experience of reconciliations, income processing, debtor management and financial controls.
• High levels of integrity, accountability, and professionalism.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities, meet deadlines, and perform effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Accounting Technician or other relevant qualification would be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for the effective day-to-day operations of the accounts receivable function, ensuring income is accurately recorded, allocated and reconciled on a timely basis.
• Carry out reconciliation of income received through bank accounts, direct debits, third party platforms, post and other payment channels, investigating and resolving discrepancies promptly.
• Work closely with Fundraising and other internal teams to ensure income is correctly identified, coded and allocated, including restricted and designated income where applicable.
• Prepare regular accounts receivable and income reports and analysis and provide clear information on outstanding or unresolved items.
• Support month-end and year-end processes, ensuring accounts receivable balances, income reconciliations and supporting schedules are complete and accurate.
• Maintain strong financial controls across the accounts receivable cycle, including review and authorisation processes.
• Develop strong working relationships with internal stakeholders and relevant external parties, resolving income and payment queries efficiently.
• Identify and implement improvements to accounts receivable processes, systems and reporting, ensuring documented procedures are maintained and regularly reviewed.
• Support the integrity and consistency of data between finance, banking, payment and CRM system.
• Work closely with the wider Finance team to support accurate financial reporting, audit requirements and the effective operation of the Foundation’s financial controls.
• Provide guidance and support to colleagues on accounts receivable processes and requirements and act as a key point of expertise for the function.

Skills

Accounts receivable

Excel

CRM systems

Financial controls

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Education

Accounting Technician

Tools

Banking platforms

Finance software

CRM

Job description

Job Description

Role

Senior Accounts Receivable Officer

Reporting To

Head of Finance

Background and Context

Children’s Health Foundation (CHF) is focused on raising funds to fulfil our mission of providing world class medical facilities, research and compassionate loving care for every sick child in Ireland cared for in Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) hospitals and urgent care centres.

The Foundation supports Crumlin and Temple Street Children’s Hospitals, National Children’s Hospital Tallaght and Connolly Urgent Care Centre.The creation of Children’s Health Foundation in 2019 brought together the existing Temple Street Foundation and The Children’s Medical and Research Foundation Crumlin to continue to support Ireland’s sickest children in their treatment journey today, tomorrow and into the future.

Role Purpose

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced and commercially driven Senior Accounts Receivable professional to join a high-performing finance team. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, is passionate about maximising cash collections, improving processes, and developing strong relationships with key stakeholders. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring income received by the Foundation is accurately recorded, allocated, reconciled and reported, while maintaining strong financial controls and supporting effective cash management.

Working closely with colleagues across Finance, Fundraising and other teams, the role will oversee day-to-day accounts receivable activity, support the timely collection of outstanding amounts, ensure the accurate processing of income from a range of sources and drive continuous improvement across accounts receivable processes.The role requires a highly organised and experienced individual with strong attention to detail, sound financial judgement and the ability to build effective working relationships across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for the effective day-to-day operations of the accounts receivable function, ensuring income is accurately recorded, allocated and reconciled on a timely basis.
• Carry out reconciliation of income received through bank accounts, direct debits, third party platforms, post and other payment channels, investigating and resolving discrepancies promptly.
• Work closely with Fundraising and other internal teams to ensure income is correctly identified, coded and allocated, including restricted and designated income where applicable.
• Prepare regular accounts receivable and income reports and analysis and provide clear information on outstanding or unresolved items.

Note: This Description is a guide to the general range of duties assigned to the post holder. It is intended to be neither definitive nor restrictive and is subject to periodic review with the employee concerned. This is not an exhaustive list of duties. All CHF employees work collaboratively towards a shared organisational goal.

• Support month-end and year-end processes, ensuring accounts receivable balances, income reconciliations and supporting schedules are complete and accurate.
• Maintain strong financial controls across the accounts receivable cycle, including review and authorisation processes.
• Develop strong working relationships with internal stakeholders and relevant external parties, resolving income and payment queries efficiently.
• Identify and implement improvements to accounts receivable processes, systems and reporting, ensuring documented procedures are maintained and regularly reviewed.
• Support the integrity and consistency of data between finance, banking, payment and CRM system.
• Work closely with the wider Finance team to support accurate financial reporting, audit requirements and the effective operation of the Foundation’s financial controls.
• Provide guidance and support to colleagues on accounts receivable processes and requirements and act as a key point of expertise for the function.

Qualifications and Experience

• Proven experience in accounts receivable or a similar finance-focused role.
• Strong systems capability, including experience of finance, banking platforms and Microsoft Excel. Experience working across finance and CRM would be advantageous.
• Strong analytical skills with excellent attention to detail and the ability to investigate and resolve complex reconciliation issues.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build effective relationships with key stakeholders.
• Strong experience of reconciliations, income processing, debtor management and financial controls.
• High levels of integrity, accountability, and professionalism.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities, meet deadlines, and perform effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Accounting Technician or other relevant qualification would be an advantage.

Terms and Benefits

• Flexible hybrid work policy
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• PRSA: up to 6% contributory subject to eligibility criteria.
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Training and Education allowance
• Paid Sick leave – subject to eligibility criteria.
• 21 days annual leave and five privilege days per annum

Note: This Description is a guide to the general range of duties assigned to the post holder. It is intended to be neither definitive nor restrictive and is subject to periodic review with the employee concerned. This is not an exhaustive list of duties. All CHF employees work collaboratively towards a shared organisational goal.

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