Accounts Receivable Co-ordinator

**Accounts Receivable Co-ordinator | Lifestyle Brand**

**Permanent**

**Up to £35,000 + Study support + benefits**

**Hybrid working | 3 days in the office | SW London**

Our client is one of UK's best loved brands with a huge presence across the UK and Ireland with stores, along with a huge impact across e-commerce and wholesale.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Accounts Receivable Co-ordinator to join the Finance team and play a key part to the business. You will be a natural business partner who respects long-term relationships with their suppliers and clientaccounts.

The long term for the Accounts Receivable Co-Ordinator will also offer fantastic opportunity to grow this area in the future.

**The role**

Manage the sales ledger, including concession partners, ensuring accurate recording of all sales ledger transactions. Manage credit control; ensuring debts are collected on a timely basis to maximise working capital.

**Responsibilities**:
**Management of Sales Ledger**
- Manage the sales ledger ensuring sales invoices, credit notes and receipts are accurate, and the ledger is kept up to date and allocated.
- Issue regular statements to customers.
- Ensure the timely collection of balances due in order to minimise the company's risk of bad debts and proactively manage slow and late payers.
- Run the daily invoice run plus raise any manual sales invoice or credit notes on request.
- Liaise with the wholesale department to review the sales ledger bi-weekly, ensuring any issues are highlighted.
- Monitor the retail debtors to ensure all financial transactions are interfaced into the accounting system.
- Produce and send out monthly credit held list.
- Maintain aged debtors summary and conduct weekly reviews with the Head of Finance.
- Manage the accounts receivable inbox.
- Respond to both internal and external enquiries concerning sales ledger transactions.
- Calculate and produce commission statements for all agents.

**Management of Concession Partners**
- Manage the day-to-day operational activity for all concession partner sales and returns.
- Weekly reconciliations between reports and the accounting system to ensure accurate recording of all sales and return transactions.
- Calculate and post commission, changes and vat deducted from remittances and ensure remittances are allocated when received.
- Raise any issues with sales or return transactions with IT

**Other duties**
- Work with the Head of Finance to improve efficiency of all processes and take on additional duties as efficiency improves.
- Carry out any additional duties as required assisting in maximising the potential and efficiency of the Finance department.

**Key Skills and Experience Essential**:

- Previous experience of working within an Accounts department and in an account receivable function.
- Confident in dealing with customers over the phone
- Able to demonstrate relevant professional experience/professional or academic qualifications
- Strong numerical skills.
- Good Microsoft Excel and IT skills.
- High degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Strong levels of communication and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Proactive and flexible approach.
- Capable of working to tight deadlines.
- Ability to prioritise and work well under pressure.
- Dedicated and responsible approach to job role.
- Ability to work both independently and within a small team.
- Flexible in working hours (particularly at month-end).

**Desirable**:

- Experience working in the retail sector.
- Systems Knowledge: Microsoft AX Dynamics