Robert Walters
Accounts receivable specialist
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Accounts Receivable Specialist
Salary: up to £29,000
Location: Blackburn
A leading global retailer is seeking an Accounts Receivable Specialist to join its expanding Transactional Shared Services team in Blackburn. This permanent, full-time role offers the chance to play a pivotal part in ensuring seamless sales processes while supporting the wider finance strategy of a successful, forward-thinking organisation. You'll be mentored and developed throughout your career, with access to extensive learning resources and a supportive network that values your growth. The workplace prioritises flexibility, wellbeing, and inclusivity, offering benefits from performance-based bonuses to health support and exclusive discounts. If you're seeking a long-term finance career within a thriving corporate enterprise, this opportunity is designed for you.
The role
As Accounts Receivable Specialist, you'll be integral to the smooth running of the finance department. Your day-to-day activities involve:
- Monitoring cash processes
- Importing reports into SAP
- Posting invoices and credit notes
- Reconciling accounts
- Uploading sales data
- Resolving discrepancies
- Escalating issues as needed
- Performing bank reconciliations
- Handling general administration duties
Success requires attention to detail, effective communication across all levels of management, adaptability in presenting financial information, and a commitment to meeting deadlines. You'll work closely with colleagues across departments to ensure accurate financial reporting while contributing positively to the overall business strategy. The role offers variety through ad hoc tasks and opportunities for problem-solving within a supportive team.
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Key responsibilities
- Monitor the end-to-end cash process, investigating discrepancies to ensure accuracy
- Import daily cash processing reports into SAP and maintain meticulous records for audit
- Document discrepancy and forgery reports promptly and professionally
- Post debtor invoices and credit notes accurately, allocating cash receipts to customer accounts
- Conduct monthly reconciliation of cash and card general ledgers, writing off within thresholds and investigating variances
- Post ad hoc journals to maintain accurate financial records
- Monitor missing sales, escalate issues, and resolve them collaboratively
- Upload fuel and shop sales data regularly, investigating variances to ensure complete revenue reporting
- Perform monthly bank reconciliations alongside sales reconciliation tasks
What you bring
The ideal candidate brings:
- Proven experience from similar roles within finance or shared services
- Client service skills matched by strong technical proficiency with MS Office
- Sound academic credentials alongside practical finance experience, enabling you to present financial information confidently yet sensitively across audiences
- Essential interpersonal skills as you'll collaborate closely with colleagues
- Analytical abilities to help you resolve discrepancies efficiently
- Organisational skills to meet deadlines in this fast-paced setting
- Adaptability—whether adjusting communication styles or embracing new learning opportunities
- Commitment to accuracy, teamwork, and ongoing development
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Benefits
The company offers:
- Performance-based bonuses
- Exclusive store and restaurant discounts
- ASDA discount cards
- Access to over 900 retailer deals
- Smart Health online GP services
- Employee assistance programmes
- Free financial advice
- Learning hubs with vast online course libraries
- Affordable meals at the onsite café
- Secure parking
- Dress down Fridays
- Flexi-time
- Prayer facilities
- Cycle-to-work schemes
- Sit/stand desks
- Work anniversary rewards
- Free eye tests
The culture is inclusive, supportive of personal growth, and committed to wellbeing through generous pension contributions and flexible working. All successful applicants undergo employer-funded DBS checks.
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If you're ready to take your finance career further within an inclusive global organisation that values your development—apply today.
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