Accounts Receivable

Our client in the education industry is looking for a new Accounts Receivable to join their growing team in London. Reporting into the Finance Manager, this role will see you take ownership of a divisional accounts receivable function and provide support for operational areas of the business.

Key responsibilities

• Manage end‑to‑end payment processing across multiple platforms (GBP/USD/EUR/CAD banking portals, SumUp, Flywire, Stripe) and perform daily payment reconciliations.
• Maintain sales ledger accuracy through invoice creation, credit notes, adjustments, and ensuring correct data exports into accounting systems.
• Investigate unapplied receipts and suspense items, working closely with Admissions to ensure correct allocation.
• Process student and customer refunds in line with approval procedures and support teams with payment or invoice queries.
• Assist internal teams with debt collection, preparing weekly credit control reports and monitoring outstanding balances.
• Reconcile bank accounts in Sage Intacct and Intrinsiq, maintain income and cash records, and complete monthly control account reconciliations.
• Prepare key month‑end reports (e.g., turnover, deferred income, sales ledger reconciliations) and support year‑end audit tasks and sampling.
• Ensure the integrity of financial data across internal systems and provide general bookkeeping and administrative support as required.

The ideal candidate will be a strong self starter and experience AR clerk who is looking for new progression. You will be tasked with taking on end to end AR processes so experience in this area is a must. Strong systems experience including excel will also be needed. Strong personable and communicative ability will also be needed to liaise with other teams inside and outside finance.

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