Chasing overdue debt by telephone, email and letter within agreed timescales. Managing customers by risk profile and planning the cash collection in the month, pro-actively anticipates and prevents issues. Maintain and enforce the financial controls environment for AR. Identify weaknesses and plug any gaps. Calculating the AR bad and doubtful debt reserve at month end, then posting the journals for these. Management of customer rebates, monthly % calculated, credit notes issued, agreements managed with sales, simplifications and improvements brought. Working with IT to drive continuous improvement, bringing efficiencies and automation and reduced risk. Bank Reconciliations and allocation of Bacs, credit cards and cheques receipts daily on to the AR ledger. Identifying and logging queries, liaising with customers and internal customer services and commercial sales teams to resolve effectively. Set monitor and maintain credit limits, manage customer risk profiles and minimise bad debt situations. Reconciling customer statements monthly. Producing and maintaining reports for management weekly - aged debtors, over and 90% credit limit, KPI's such as DSO and overdue %, doubtful debt listings, collection strategy, debt profile current year vs prior year, invoice and credit note and plans to reduce both. Working to month end reporting deadlines. Opportunity to take on additional responsibilities within the finance department, particularly on improvement projects and month end and financial controls. AAT sponsorship a development option after a successful onboarding period. Strong cash collection abilities, managing both customers and internal sales team members. Natural and inherent drive to bring change, the AR function must be constantly improving and evolving and be led by the AR Controller who is comfortable with and embraces regular change. Great Excel Skills required - reporting requirements are high. Exceptional eye for attention to detail/accuracy but also an extrovert and direct personality. General bookkeeping experience/working knowledge of accounting processes and systems. Great interpersonal and communications skills. Able to work independently and without help and support, able to make considered decisions without needing permission. The ability to work to tight deadlines and be able to work under pressure. A leading industry firm A competitive salary