Accounts Receivable Manager

Location: Bourne ( Hybrid 3 days in the office per week ) Full time 37.5 hours 0830 - 1700

Salary £50k - £54k

Accounts Receivable Manager

The position is responsible for ensuring the sales ledger department processes all relevant transactions, developing IT controls and processes to monitor and continually improve the sales ledger systems.

This is a hands on role geared towards efficient collection of the company’s receivables and timely reporting of the company’s financial position on a monthly basis. To this end the job is KPI driven as prescribed by Business Units with monitoring outcomes being: overdue debtor day reductions; improved cash flow forecasting; improved profitability.

Credit Control Strategy

• Plan, implement and document a structured approach to debt management and collection.
• Review database integrity, (amending where appropriate) to ensure that customer details are correct.
• Propose and implement a debtor management programme for budget & targeting approval; review adverse variances.
• Propose and implement appropriate remedial actions, e.g. – customer visit, ASM discussions, ASM visit.
• Undertake a regular documented review of the above having regard to any changes incompany’s customers/markets.

Sales Ledger Management and Credit Control

• Manage the credit control function and ensure that the cash received is allocated on a daily basis.
• Produce and distribute monthly customer statements.
• Reconcile the sales ledger to the nominal ledger in a timely manner.
• Proactively liaise with customers to ensure that accounts are settled and ensuring that all reconciling items are dealt with in a timely manner, ( this may also involve visiting key customers when appropriate).
• Ensure that all price and invoice queries are dealt with in an efficient manner and that monthly credit note reports are distributed.
• Maintenance of the “On-Stop” accounts folder for delinquent customers and over credit limit orders.
• Oversee the daily reconciliation of the sales ledger and reporting sales to Barclays for the invoicing facility.

Credit Insurance

• On an annual basis, assist in the negotiation and renegotiation of terms with the company’s credit broker, liaise with Broker and ensure Broker works at maximum advantage to Company
• Ensure that all relevant information is shared with the credit insurance company on a timely basis, including reporting delinquent customers.
• Research best solutions to facilitate Export and UK Market development with new and existing customers.

Knowlege, Qualifications and Skills

• CICM qualified (Chartered Institute ofCredit Management)
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Accounts
• Receivable and credit risk management
• Strategic thinking

Desirable

• Experience of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012
• Change management experience · Systems migration / integration experience