Accounts Receivable Supervisor

The purpose of this role is to provide strategic leadership and management to the Accounts Receivables area ensuring it meets key performance metrics such as error-free processing, efficient cash allocation and timely settlement of debtors, whilst providing high quality service to internal and external customers. This role is also responsible for developing and improving processes and controls in the function.

Client Details

You will be working for a brilliant Government Organisation in London.

Description

The key duties of this role are as followed:

• Act as a work stream lead for all O2C transactions, ensuring that the AR team function is operating efficiently and effectively, in accordance with the Agencies' Debt Management Strategy principles and that robust systems of control are in place
• Focus on streamlining current collection processes and implementing changes in policies where necessary
• Lead of and support any internal projects and process and system changes to improve the efficiency of the O2C process
• Standardise and document O2C processes - develop and document all relevant processes and ensure there are standard operating procedures in place for all areas.
• Review and implementation of new and existing O2C policies
• Business Partner with a wide range of key stakeholders across all levels within the business to collectively monitor debt situation to reduce any old or disputed debts within the business
• Manage monthly bad debt reporting ensuring all provisions are in line with current agreed policies and that they are fully explainable to Senior management
• Manage the full Credit Control function across multiple business operating areas: Regularly meet with the businesses to ensure the function delivers support to the businesses, assess debtor profiles, and address any problematic accounts.
• Manage, train, and develop current AR team (4+) and highlight critical business hires where necessary
• Put in place targets and KPI's and monitor teams performance on ongoing basis
• Understand and enforce standard operating procedures and ensure key performance indicators are achieved
• Ensure that staff resources are used effectively and workloads managed
• Provide leadership, direction and motivation to the team
• Manage the relationship and output of the agency's debt collections agencies.
• Lead month-end close activities for the receivables ledger, ensuring the ledger is closed and reconciled to timetable.
• Prepare the year-end transactions schedules for the purposes of external audit and to be the first point of contact in the team for auditor's queries.
• Any other related responsibility assigned by management from time to time.

Profile

The Successful Applicant:

• Will have experience of Credit Control and complex Accounts Receivable Ledger management.
• Proven leadership and management skills coupled with excellent interpersonal skills to deliver complex and sensitive information to various stakeholder groups.
• Strong financial management skills and ability to question shortcomings and seek operational enhancements.
• Experience of delivering change across complex organisations and diverse teams.
• Substantial experience of leading Financial Transactions teams with a demonstrable track record of managing change and improving performance through technical know-how and analytical skills.
  
  
• Leadership: A flexible and adaptable leader with the ability to lead through change, drive new and complex pieces of work and deliver to a high standard at pace. A creative problem solver, who is capable of innovating to overcome barriers to progression whilst maintaining strong compliance.
• Leadership: Demonstrable ability to engage and motivate remote teams while keeping them focused on high standards and delivery.
• Communicating and Influencing: Highly developed interpersonal and influencing skills, good knowledge and understanding of Finance and wider Agency's priorities. The knowledge and experience to confidently navigate sensitive and complex issues allied to an ability to build excellent relationships and networks with key stakeholders across organisational boundaries as well as external parties, taking a collaborative approach.
• Changing and Improving: Always look for better ways of doing things and continuously drive process efficiencies and improvements across finance systems and processes.
• Seeing the Big Picture: An innovative and strategic thinker who can project their own ideas and challenge established ways of working. Able to identify and consider relevant external and internal factors and the implication of these on the area of responsibility.
• Managing a Quality Service: Have keen eyes for detail and put in place the necessary processes and systems fixes to ensure efficient service delivery. Anticipate, identify and address any risks or problems before they occur.

Job Offer

You will be offered a 12 month fixed term contract within a well known government organisation.