We are seeking a proactive and commercially aware Accounts Receivable Specialist to support our growing UK accounting and outsourced finance practice with 2-3 years of experience.

The role will be responsible for accounts receivable, customer invoicing, cash allocation and credit control across a portfolio of UK clients.

The successful candidate will play an significant role in helping clients invoice accurately, collect cash promptly and maintain clean customer ledgers.

You will work closely with the Finance Manager and UK-based CFO and will communicate with customers where required. Excellent spoken and written English is therefore important.

Key Responsibilities

Accounts Receivable & Billing

- Prepare and issue customer invoices accurately and on time
- Process recurring and subscription invoices where applicable
- Maintain customer records within Xero and other accounting systems
- Ensure invoices are correctly allocated to nominal accounts, departments, projects and tracking categories
- Maintain accurate accounts receivable ledgers
- Process credit notes and invoice adjustments following appropriate approval
- Reconcile customer accounts and investigate discrepancies
- Monitor aged receivables and outstanding invoices
- Maintain supporting documentation for customer billing

Credit Control & Collections

- Monitor outstanding customer balances and payment due dates
- Perform regular credit-control follow-ups
- Communicate professionally with customers regarding outstanding invoices
- Obtain expected payment dates and maintain collection notes
- Escalate overdue or disputed invoices to the Finance Manager
- Maintain accurate aged-debtor reports
- Identify recurring payment issues and customer disputes
- Support the Finance Manager and CFO with working-capital management

Cash Allocation & Reconciliation

- Allocate customer receipts accurately against outstanding invoices
- Investigate unidentified and incorrectly allocated receipts
- Reconcile customer accounts to accounting records




- Assist with bank reconciliation of customer receipts
- Monitor unapplied cash and resolve outstanding items
- Ensure the accounts receivable ledger accurately reflects customer balances

Month-End & Reporting Support

- Ensure sales ledgers are complete and accurate for month-end
- Prepare accounts receivable reconciliations
- Review aged-debtor balances and provide commentary on significant overdue amounts
- Provide debtor and collection information for cash-flow forecasting
- Assist with revenue reconciliations
- Support recurring revenue and deferred-revenue schedules where required
- Provide supporting schedules to the Finance Manager for management accounts
- Assist with VAT reconciliations relating to sales transactions

Systems & Process Improvement

- Maintain accurate accounting records within Xero
- Work with billing, CRM and other finance systems where applicable
- Support integrations between accounting and operational platforms
- Identify opportunities to automate invoicing, collections and cash allocation
- Maintain standard operating procedures and client-specific process documentation
- Quickly learn and adopt new finance technology

Essential Requirements

Experience & Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or Commerce
- Minimum 2–4 years' accounts receivable, credit control or accounting experience
- Experience working with UK accounting is strongly preferred
- Experience working across multiple companies or clients is desirable

Technical Skills

- Strong understanding of accounts receivable and double-entry bookkeeping
- Experience preparing customer invoices
- Customer account reconciliation experience




- Strong credit-control and collection experience
- Understanding of UK VAT on sales transactions
- Understanding of month-end procedures
- Strong Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP and SUMIFS

Systems Experience

- Xero – essential
- Microsoft Excel – essential
- Microsoft Office
- Experience with CRM, subscription billing or payment platforms is desirable
- HubSpot experience is desirable
- Ability to learn new systems quickly

Communication Skills

This is an important requirement for the role.

Candidates must demonstrate:

- Excellent spoken English
- Excellent written English
- Ability to write professional customer emails
- Confidence communicating with UK customers
- Professional and persistent credit-control communication
- Ability to resolve queries without damaging customer relationships

Personal Attributes

We are looking for someone who:

- Takes ownership and accountability
- Is highly organised and detail-oriented
- Is confident following up outstanding payments
- Communicates professionally and diplomatically
- Can manage multiple clients and competing deadlines
- Is proactive in resolving billing and collection issues
- Understands the importance of cash collection and working capital
- Learns new systems quickly
- Looks for opportunities to improve and automate processes

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

- Customer invoices issued accurately and on time
- Cash receipts allocated promptly and accurately
- Reduction in overdue receivables
- Aged-debtor reports maintained accurately
- Credit-control follow-ups completed within agreed timelines
- Customer queries and disputes resolved promptly
- Month-end AR close completed within agreed deadlines
- Minimal invoicing and VAT errors
- Accurate cash-collection forecasting
- Continuous improvement and automation of AR processes

Working hours: UK hours from 9am to 6pm everyday and follow UK public holidays

Pay: ₹30,000.00 - ₹40,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person

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