Accounts Receivable Specialist

About the Role

Accounts Receivable Specialist – 12-month Fixed Term Contract

• Location: North Belfast
• Job Type: Full-time | Office Based | 12-month FTC
• Salary: £competitive

REED Accountancy is delighted to be working with a rapidly growing business in the Newtownabbey area for an experienced Accounts Receivable Specialist to join their team on a 12-month, fixed-term basis.

This business is an Industry leader, and the finance department is evolving and growing. The successful Accounts Receivable Specialist owns the credit control strategy, manages aged debt to acceptable levels, and ensures accurate reconciliation of sales and receivable ledgers.

Day-to-day of the role:

• Take ownership of the full accounts receivable and credit control function, ensuring effective management from invoice generation through to cash collection.
• Manage receivables across multiple regions, handling multi-currency transactions and varying VAT requirements in compliance with local regulations.
• Monitor and control aged debt, establishing collection targets, KPIs and escalation procedures to support timely cash recovery.
• Process and reconcile transactions across a range of payment platforms, ensuring accuracy and completeness of financial records.
• Lead month-end reconciliations of sales and accounts receivable ledgers, promptly investigating and resolving discrepancies.
• Assess customer creditworthiness, setting and reviewing credit limits and payment terms to minimise financial risk.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with both internal departments, including Sales and Customer Service, and external customers.
• Produce regular management reports covering debtor performance, cash collection forecasts and aged debt analysis.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, controls and efficiencies within the credit control function, helping to reduce bad debt exposure.
• Ensure adherence to company policies, accounting standards and applicable regulatory requirements across all operating regions.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Proven experience in Accounts Receivable, Credit Control or Collections, ideally within a senior or supervisory capacity.
• Experience managing multi-currency accounts and international customer portfolios is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with online payment platforms and highly IT proficient
• A recognised finance or credit management qualification (e.g. AAT or CICM) is desirable, though not essential.
• Experience within a high-growth, international or e-commerce environment would be beneficial.

If you would like to be considered for this role then please apply via the link provided. Alternatively, please feel free to contact Mary from the Reed Offices directly.