Accounts Receivable Assistant

6 days ago


Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom Sedgwick Full time

About the Role:

The Accounts Receivable Assistant will play a vital role in providing a first-class service to the entire UK business. The team is focused on reducing debt through credit control activities and improving our overall working capital position.

We are looking for an individual who is up for a challenge and is keen to make an impact. You will be focused on improving debt collection, contributing to ensuring that the UK group's aged debt is managed effectively, and DSO targets are met.

Reporting to Accounts Receivable Credit Controllers, you'll be working closely with the operational and finance teams as well as directly with our clients across the globe on billing and collecting debt. The role is broad, challenging, and rewarding, and successful candidates will be responsible for the entire Accounts receivable process from billing, resolving queries, through to credit control and cash allocation.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Assist with the set-up of accounts for new clients to achieve their billing needs
  • Work to procedures and processes for Accounts Receivable that support company and departmental standards and strategic directives
  • Review and submit billing transactions, including invoicing, refunds, credits, and write-offs on a timely basis in order to provide excellent service to clients and the operational and Finance teams
  • Maintain an excellent relationship with Operational teams and clients for the purpose of information gathering for billing, reporting, and credit control
  • Strive for 100% billing accuracy in order to ensure efficiency in the Accounts Receivable process and identify areas for improvement in processes
  • Ability to manage workload in order to achieve both billing and cash collections targets to ensure both of these areas are getting the appropriate attention in order to reduce the overall DSO position
  • Ensure cash allocations are done on a timely basis and unallocated cash issues are resolved quickly

What We Offer:

  • Competitive salary depending on skills, experience, and qualifications
  • Many of our vacancies offer the opportunity to work flexibly, whether from office and/or home
  • Healthcare scheme
  • A Self-Invested Personal Pension Scheme
  • Holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays
  • Discounts on various products and services
  • Employee assistance programme for employee wellbeing
  • Life assurance
  • Group Income Protection
  • Voluntary benefits – dental cover, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan, wellbeing, and digital GP app

About Sedgwick:

Sedgwick is a place where creative and caring people of all backgrounds can be challenged, grow as individuals, and feel a higher purpose in the unique value they bring and the difference they make in the lives of others. We celebrate our differences; cultivating uniqueness and belonging allows us to connect with our consumers on a personal level, understand our clients' needs, support the communities in which we operate, and perform at our best.

We're passionate and understanding about our colleagues – so we have built flexibility into our colleague working model. If you wish to work from home, split your working time between the home and office, or change your hours so you can collect your children or care for someone in your family, we're supportive of that. As a flexible employer, we're happy to discuss options that take into consideration your personal needs for this position during your interview.

Sedgwick is an Equal Opportunity Employer.



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