Finance Assistant

3 days ago

Southampton, United Kingdom Page Personnel Finance Full time

My client in Southampton is looking for a Senior Finance Assistant.

**Client Details**

My client is a world renowned company within Professional Services, with these particular offices based in Southampton (though the role will be hybrid).

**Description**

**Job Description & Summary**

The Receivables section performs the critical task of collecting the UK firm's billed income from external and internal clients, and the subsequent processing of all related payment receipts. Receivables sit within the Financial Control element of the firm'sinternal finance function - OneFinance.

About us:
Receivables comprises three closely linked operational teams: Collections, Inter-territory Receivables and Cash Allocations. The 28+ strong team is based predominantly in Southampton, with a small contingent in Belfast and within the firm's Shared DeliveryCentre in Poland.

The Cash Allocations team is responsible for ensuring the timely and accurate matching of all payment receipts to the Accounts Receivable ("AR") ledger, in line with Service Level Agreements ("SLA"s). The team also undertakes client account reconciliationsand prepares refunds, where appropriate. Owing to the high volume of receipts within the UK firm and the breadth of internal stakeholders, there's a high degree of communication and collaboration required, and a robust controls framework in place to ensurecompliance with relevant legislation and internal policy.

We're looking for an enthusiastic and aspiring individual to join our Receivables section, specifically the Cash Allocations team, in making a significant contribution to our receivables working capital performance.

You'll enjoy working as part of a team whilst building relationships with clients and internal stakeholders. You'll have demonstrated your ability to:

- Perform efficiently in a deadline driven environment
- Solve complex problems; taking a broad perspective to identify solutions
- Be self-motivated and operate with minimum supervision
- Work collaboratively with staff at all levels

Reporting to the Cash Allocations Team Leader, you'll be responsible for identifying and matching payments received into the firm's multiple currency bank accounts, ensuring this is carried out in a timely, accurate and controlled manner.

You'll follow defined processes and procedures to ensure that our SLAs and key performance indicators ("KPI") are met and maintained. You'll also work closely with the Cashiers team in relation to non-fee income and refunds.

Routine activities & responsibilities include:

- Investigate and accurately allocate remaining client payment receipts not matched through automation software
- Investigate and respond to enquiries and payment related queries from internal stakeholders and external clients
- Collaborate effectively with your wider Receivables team (Collections & Inter-Territory Receivables) and other key stakeholders to minimise unallocated cash
- Review, investigate and process cash transfers and reversals
- Review and prepare client refunds where appropriate, in line with relevant legislation and Firm's policy
- Undertake client account reconciliations, investigations and query resolution, ensuring all relevant documentary evidence is maintained for audit purposes
- In the spirit of challenging the status quo, contribute your ideas and / or recommendations for ongoing system and process improvements, and support subsequent implementations

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