Accounts Receivable Assistant

Job Description:

Derby Based
On-site (potential to work one day from home after training)
£28,000 - £30,000 
Flexible to start between 8am/9am and finish between 4pm/5pm 

Eaton Syalon are working with a Derby based business to recruit an Accounts Receivable Assistant into their Finance team on an on-going temporary basis. We're looking for candidates who are from an accounts receivable / credit control / reconciliations background, who have strong Excel skills and are motivated to use technology to enhance the role and drive efficiencies in the finance team. 

Key Responsibilities:

- Chase outstanding customer debt 
- Distribution of statements and invoices to customers
- Escalation to external debt collection agencies if required
- Identifying cash collection risks and reporting any identified risks to management
- Credit checking of new account customers and initial review of credit worthiness
- Reconcile AR ledger at Period End 
- Posting of cash and matching to invoices 
- Processing refunds and credits to the ledger on timely basis
- Bank and payment reconciliation from multiple payment streams 
- Support the business with a new system migration and data cleanse project 

Person Profile:

- We're looking for a self-starter who is interested in supporting with a system migration so use of Excel and general appreciation for systems and IT is essential
- Previous accounts receivable / credit control and bank reconciliations experience would be advantageous  
- Experience of handling large volumes of data 

If you're looking for an on-going temporary role which combines AR/credit control support/reconciliations and a systems/data project, please apply for immediate consideration. 

This role is on-site based with the potential to work one day from home once successfully onboarded into the business.