Account Receivable Officer

Accounts Receivable Officer

This is an opportunity to join a proactive team, with the challenge of working in a varied, busy department in Portsmouth. You will be part of a team of 6 working on the collection of income billed using Oracle Accounts Receivable.

Salary: £13.30 per hour
Shift Pattern/ Hours: Wednesday to Friday / 18.5 Hours per week
Location: Portsmouth
Contract Length: 9 Months

The role:

Working as part of the Central Income and Payments team in Financial Services, the main responsibilities of the role are to ensure that the Central Accounts Receivable system is administered in an accurate and timely manner.

What you will be responsible for:

1. Dealing with queries and enquiries from both internal and external customers on a daily basis
2. Responsible for maintaining the Customer Database, which includes the set up and amendment of customer records in the Oracle Accounts Receivable system to enable invoices to be raised
3. Responsible for setting up new direct debit instructions and amendments to existing instructions
4. Dispatching the automated reminder letters to a weekly or monthly schedule according to the different types of billing
5. Correcting receipt posting queries
6. Raising credit notes, raising refunds for over payments and processing write offs
7. Daily invoice distribution, which includes the printing of Invoices, managing enclosures, and occasionally raising invoices for smaller departments
8. Providing support to the Income and Payments section as and when required

What you will bring with you:

1. Experience of working in an Accounts Receivable environment
2. Understanding of financial billing/invoicing procedures
3. Experience of general office procedures
4. Strong literacy and numeracy skills
5. Experience of using an Accounts Receivable package such as Oracle
6. Good communication skills with people at all levels
7. Attention to detail and the ability to produce accurate work and maintain and record data accurately

If you would like to apply for this role, please contact Melissa Gourlin at (phone number removed).