Accounts Receivables Assistant Manager

Company description:
Our offices are based in London and Macclesfield, linked via good public transport routes. We offer comprehensive learning & development opportunities, and an engaging work atmosphere. They are sociable and open spaces with fantastic restaurant / cateringfacilities. Lunch subsidies / free refreshments and snacks are offered.
At Elior we're enriching lives, everywhere, every day. Feeding children in schools, loved ones in hospitals and care homes, sports fans in stadiums, visitors in heritage sites and teams in the workplace.
We are a multi-award-winning global player in the hospitality sector, founded in 1991 with over 105,000 colleagues worldwide, serving over 4 million guests every day. In the UK, our dedicated team serve our customers across 1200 locations.
Because of our success and stability, we can offer you excellent career opportunities where you will be nurtured and supported to fulfil your potential. We are renowned for looking after our people, with 87% of our colleagues feeling proud to work with us,and we are committed to delivering delicious and healthy food, which is ethically sourced.
And we're committed to looking after the planet, supporting the community, cutting food waste and supporting wellbeing. We've lots to shout about with our strong and united approach in tackling many important global sustainability issues.

Job description:
Your key responsibilities as the Assistant Accounts Receivables Manager will consist of:

- Manage a team of Credit controllers and Billing assistants
- Responsible for a small portfolio of National accounts
- Maximise monthly cash collections, in line with agreed client contractual payment terms
- Ensure the daily cash allocation to clients' accounts is accurate and achieved within given timescale
- Maintain the debt query management tool and drive prompt dispute resolutions to ensure funds available for collection
- Maintain the billing functions and drive for the accurate and prompt delivery of invoices
- Drive for achievement of team set monthly KPi's
- Attend monthly debt calls with Operational teams to drive and focus cash collections
- Provide weekly reporting of Accounts receivables ledger for the business
- Provide credit screening for existing and potential new clients, to maximise revenue opportunities and minimise risk of bad debt
- Train, coach, develop and manage performance across the team.
- Perform monthly 1-2-1 meetings with the team members
- Assist in ad hoc projects and tasks as required by the business, in relation to Accounts receivables and Billing
- Initiate and support continuous improvement opportunities within the team.

Profile description:
The experience and knowledge we are looking for from the future Assistant Accounts Receivables Manager include;
- Previous experience of managing an Accounts receivables team and ideally a member of the CICM or working towards the qualifications
- SAP FICO knowledge
- Excellent communicator with ability to solve problems, communicate and influence at all levels
- Strong excel skills, with the ability to manipulate late volumes of data to produce business information
- Highly organised, with the ability to work under pressure
- A team player with a flexible approach to work
- Warm, friendly and genuine

We offer:
As part of your package, we are offering a salary up to £34,000 depending on experience plus a 10% performance-related bonus.
This role also comes with single healthcare cover, company pension scheme, life insurance (x4), 33 days holiday - pro-rata (including Bank Holidays). You can also purchase up to 5 additional days annual leave.
In addition, we also offer a free lunch and refreshments daily when working from the office, together with a fantastic selection of health, wellbeing, and lifestyle benefits, including a cycle-to-work scheme and discounts on cinemas, retail, restaurants, andfamily days out. And since the community is at the heart of everything we do, we also provide personal leave for charity work.