Accounts Receivable Analyst

Reference Number: JO-2502-548217
Accounts Receivable Analyst
Rate: Negotiable
Job Type: Contract
Location: Manchester

Location: Manchester (2 days a week in the office, 3 remote)

Duration: Till December 2025

Pay rate: Up to £14.74 per hour PAYE

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Summary:

The Accounts Receivable Clerk is responsible for providing effective, efficient financial and administrative operations for all accounts receivable services.

Responsibilities include managing daily bank receipts and allocation of cash, ensuring customers pay to terms, and resolving overdue payments.

Credit management tasks include running and analyzing monthly risk assessment reports, conducting daily credit checks and risk assessments using online portals, and liaising with internal departments to monitor payment performance and ongoing creditworthiness.

Job Description:

1. Proactive involvement in ongoing harmonization project for O2C, attending online calls as required, and providing supporting documentation to the project team.
2. Running, analyzing, and reviewing monthly credit risk assessment reports.
3. Supporting junior team members in daily tasks, looking at the training plan, and collaborating with line managers to provide support.
4. Developing effective working relationships with both internal departments and customers.
5. Investigating and initiating queries with both internal and external customers in a timely manner.
6. Collecting overdue items and working to targets set.
7. Managing daily bank receipts and allocation of cash.
8. Providing holiday cover when required.

Education and Skills:

1. Degree (required) and GCSE or equivalent qualification in Mathematics and English.
2. Highly proficient in Excel, including advanced functions such as lookups and pivot tables.
3. Tactful and confident telephone manner, with high attention to detail.
4. Adaptable and solid team player.
5. Ability to multi-task, prioritize workload, demonstrate accuracy, and meet deadlines.