Accounts Receivable/credit Control Associate

**GENERAL PURPOSE & COMPANY**

This role is based in the UK Financial Shared Service Centre which is located in Irlam, Great Manchester. The centre provides support to the financial transactions of the Packaging Systems platform in Barry Wehmiller. The Entities we partner are currently located in the UK, Italy and the USA.

BW Packaging Systems brings its expertise and wide range of packaging technologies to help identify the best solution for packaging needs, whether a single machine or a fully integrated line. With parts and service teams positioned around the world, BW Packaging Systems and our leading packaging brands serve customers in the food, beverage, personal care, household, pharmaceutical and other industries.

The primary function of the Accounts Receivable Associate is to support the Accounts Receivable processes, ensuring the issue of invoices to customers, allocating cash, reconciling aged debtors, all elements of credit control, order releases, month-end processes, and resolution of queries.

You may be expected to support any of our UK sites; _Nottingham, Droitwich or Doncaster _as well as our Head Office in the _US _although a specific entity/entities will be assigned.

A requirement for this role is ability to visit the sites in the UK, once every couple of months to build and maintain strong relations sites.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Setting up and maintaining customer accounts
- Evaluating customer credit lines by reviewing and researching Orbis credit reports and payment history
- Daily invoicing and the raising of sales credit notes
- Issuing commercial invoices, certificate of origin and packing list
- Query resolution
- Assessment of credit holds
- Coordinate the resolution of customer disputes, working with other departments when necessary
- Monthly Presentation of Debt position and actions to division
- Process and allocate bank receipts
- Various accounts receivable and sales month-end tasks
- Letters of credit and cash against documents paperwork

**QUALIFICATIONS**
- A minimum of 4 GCSE's, or equivalent, including Mathematics and English
- Financial Qualification is desirable
- Good knowledge of excel including reporting, lookups and pivot tables

**EXPERIENCE**:

- At least 3 years’ experience working in Accounts Receivable, preferably within a Shared Service Centre Environment
- Knowledge of accounting systems, ERP

**KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES**:

- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent IT literacy, specifically Excel and good knowledge of MS Office including Teams and Outlook
- Organised with the ability to multitask and prioritise
- Passion for process improvement
- Working towards achieving SLAs and supporting the monthly KPIs
- Customer focused, ability to provide quality service and flexibility
- French language is desirable but not essential
- Knowledge of AS 400, JD Edwards, Power Link XA is desirable but not essential
- Participating in conference call via Teams

**PERSONAL SPECIFICATON**:

- Knows the concepts, practices, and procedures of Accounting within Accounts Receivable
- Ability to learn and take on new processes
- Ability to initiate and work independently
- Ability to work in a team
- Communicates effectively within a complex business environment
- Problem solving skills, action oriented
- Knowledge of common accounting packages
- Attention to detail and ability to document to a high standard
- Full driving licence is required

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Additional Job Description
- Maintain customer order files, reviews purchase orders, prepares progress billings, and reconciles shipped projects
- Prepare parts and miscellaneous invoices
- Balance monthly sales journal to ledger and accounts receivable aging
- Prepare daily deposits, posts cash receipts, and reconciles variances; processes customer credit card payments
- Review customer accounts for credit and collection issues
- Reconcile and prepare month-end reports
- Other duties as assigned

Pay: From £28,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Manchester: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Accounts receivable: 3 years (required)
- credit control: 3 years (required)
- Microsoft Excel: 3 years (required)
- shared service centre: 3 years (preferred)

Reference ID: R010805