The role
Salary range:
The salary range for this position is:£51,099 - £58,197
The Role:
Applications are invited for the role of Accounts Receivable Manager, the role will manage a team of 6 credit controllers with responsibility for income allocation and debt recovery. This position is offered on a secondment basis for 6 months. The role is based in the Transactional Finance Service and as one 3 managers across you will join a management team committed to collaborative working. Transactional Finance provides a centralised accounts payable, receivable, income allocation and collection service as well as corporate banking, ERP user support, control and helpdesk functions.
You will be committed to ensuring high standards of service are consistently met, working collaboratively with staff and customers to ensure income is collected and debt recovery processes are effective.
This is an excellent opportunity to work within a busy and dynamic finance service, delivering an outstanding credit control and debt monitoring system for Southwark Council.
About Southwark:
We are the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues and social enterprises and we have a young, diverse and growing population.
At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities. Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.
About You:
As an Accounts Receivable Manager you will:
- To lead on the delivery of the credit control, debt monitoring and customer income allocation function across Southwark Council.
- Manage a central point of contact for customer and debt queries.
- Provide professional advice on debt recovery for the Council, across all debt types
- Work with Council departments to ensure agreed processes and procedures are followed in the creation of customer accounts and the raising of invoices.
- Lead of income and debt policy development.
We welcome applications from people who have a strong background in finance, excellent leaderships skills and who are able to empower staff. You will need to be able to analyse complex financial data and be skilful in presenting and reporting information to senior managers.
Additional salary details
This is a 6 months fixed term contract and we will only consider applications from internal candidates, that are current employees or agency workers on an active assignment.
Benefits and more information:
https://jobs.southwark.gov.uk/why-us/
Recruitment timetable
Recruitment Timetable
Advert Closing Date: 11.59pm on the 15th January 2024
Interview Date: 23rd January 2024
Guaranteed Interview Scheme:
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
-Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
- Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
- If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
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