Job Description

You will take responsibility for actioning and administering accurate collection processes and ownership of several ledgers. This is a great opportunity for an enthusiastic and committed accounting and credit control professional to apply their skills in a multicurrency, international environment. If you’re interested in studying towards a professional finance qualification such as ACCA, CIMA or CICM, we can provide a full study support package covering tuition fees, exams and study days, on successful completion of the probationary period.
The main role responsibilities include:

• Prepare weekly reports to aid collections and reduce debtor days/DSO
• Collection of outstanding balances (chasing outstanding debt makes up 50% of this role)
• Liaising with sales managers and customer care advisors to ensure effective collection of monies outstanding
• Liaising with internal and external parties to resolve queries, as necessary
• Assisting the cashier to receipt payments in multi currencies
• Allocating and ensuring statements are up to date and accurate
• Processing refunds and commission payments to students/agents
• General Ledger reconciliations
• Raising Intercompany transactions
• Fostering and maintaining good business relationships with agents and all stakeholders
• Identifying and recommending process improvements related to own work
• Ad-hoc tasks

About our offer:
The role is hybrid, with 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home. You’ll be working in a friendly, supportive team in a lovely workspace in Hammersmith which offers great facilities such as free gym membership and onsite barista and social gatherings in the evening.
Our employee benefits include;

• Life assurance and income protection schemes
• 25 days holiday
• Medical cash plan
• Cashback scheme through Perkpal
• Contributory pension scheme
• Discounted tuition available across a range of courses (including Masters programmes) through the Kaplan employee "Gift of Knowledge" scheme

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

This is a full-time position with a starting salary of up to £26,000 and a study package (optional) after successful probation period for those wishing to work toward a CICM qualification or accounting qualification (CIMA/ACCA). As an employer, we can offer good scope for career progression within a commercial Accounting and Finance function, including opportunities in the accounts team and group finance team.

• Experience working in a credit control/accounts receivable role in a fast-paced, high volume, transaction orientated environment.
• Experience working under pressure to strict deadlines.
• Knowledge of accounting systems and accounting principles
• Intermediate Excel knowledge (V Lookups, pivot tables, formatting of data…)
• Team player with flexibility to work additional hours as required,
• Strong team working skills and willingness to help out other team members.
• Ability to use initiative and take ownership of ledger.
• Strong client focus and good communication skills (verbal and written)