Job Title: AR Cash Application Specialist

Term Type: 6 month contract

Purpose of the role:

• To ensure accurate records of cash-received into the Business from clients is maintained.
• To ensure an accurate and up-to-date AR picture is available, to assist the Collections team in driving down debt thereby increasing the company's cash-flows to assist with growth.
• To liaise with the other AR sub-teams, to ensure a smooth process of communication on client payments and any issues arising.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Day to Day processing and allocating of cash received to appropriate clients and invoices, in RMB.
• Contact clients directly and liaise with the Collections team, to ensure unidentified receipts are worked on each day and kept at an absolute minimum.
• Monitoring and processing of items highlighted each week on the Un-Reconciled Report.
• Timely and accurate recording, of payments returned to clients outside of the RMB refund process.
• Responding to queries from the Collections & Billing teams in a timely manner.
• Assist in forensic analysis of aged items and on-account payments to ensure open-items are identified and closed out;
• Identifying and working through areas for improvement and increased automation with external consultants and the Corp-Sys team.
• Assist as required with the month-end Bank > GL reconciliations.
• Participating in the financial close process including sub ledger to GL reconciliations and ensuring all activities are completed in a timely and accurate manner.
• Responding to audit queries.
• To undertake ad hoc and other duties as required by the Shared Services team.

Desired:

• Maintains current and deep technical knowledge (e.g., GAAP, Exchange rules, Tax laws)
• Strong knowledge of Excel;
• Excellent system skills;
• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal);
• High attention to detail;
• Must be self-motivated and self-starting with ability to multi-task and effectively manage own workload, prioritising effectively and consistently meet deadlines;
• Excellent analytical skills with proven attention to detail;
• Demonstrates a clear commitment to the team approach exchanging ideas and providing support to colleagues;
• Organised and methodical.