Accounts Receivable Officer

Location: Southbank
Discipline: Accounting Support
Job type: Permanent
Salary: AU$65000.00 - AU$75000.00 per annum + super
Contact name: Owen Scott

Contact email: owen.scott@accountability.com.au
Job ref: 261685
Published: over 1 year ago

  • Industry leading wholesale and retailer based in Melbourne CBD, very close to public transport
  • Hybrid work environment with 2 days in office and 3 work from home, with flexible start and finish times
  • Permanent opportunity on offer, with perks including 50% discount on car/home insurance and free roadside assist with partnered insurance entities.

The Role

Reporting to the Accounts Receivable Supervisor, you will be responsible for ensuring our Customer Accounts are well managed and that we receive timely payments. You will resolve queries and report on debtor accounts to the relevant business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

The purpose of the role is to create value by:

Managing Debtors & Debtor reporting requirements:

  • Taking ownership over Debtor Accounts, the Debtors Aged Trial Balance, reconciling accounts to the Trial Balance.
  • Increasing cashflow through effective collection and receipting of outstanding debt.
  • Enhancing internal and external customer relationships
  • Responsible for completing month end duties.
  • Assisting with the successful completion of our Audit & Tax compliance.
  • Bank and Customer Account Reconciliations.
  • Provide support to Finance Business Partners.
  • Assist with reporting and analysis of budgets and forecasts.
  • Promoting best practice debtor management processes with knowledge of recoveries procedures, accounting standards and driving systems improvement initiatives.

Proactively providing value-add support to Accounting Team to reduce non-value-add tasks while keeping in place a solid internal controls environment:

  • Providing support to members within the Accounting team and across the business.
  • Preparing adhoc debtors reports.
  • Completing all tasks as assigned from the Accounts Receivable (AR) Supervisor, Accounting Lead, Finance Managers and leaders across the business.
  • Supporting and driving continuous improvement within accounts receivable processes, policies, systems, and controls.

Qualifications / Experience Requirements

  • Experience in Managing Debtors and sound knowledge in Full Cycle Accounts receivable process.
  • Experience with ERP systems (Microsoft D365 preferred).
  • Intermediate to advanced excel skills.
  • Excellent written & verbal communication Skills with an ability to develop good relationships with all stakeholders.
  • Proactive mindset to resolve queries.
  • Demonstrated experience of at least 5 years in preparing and managing debtor accounts.
  • Ability to manage time, set priorities and plan workload to meet objectives

About you

  • We are looking for someone who is driven, well organised, self-motivated and proactive.
  • Collaborative in your approach and results driven.
  • With significant experience having undertaken an AR role in a similar organisation and looking to grow and develop a career.

If you have the skills required, and if you are keen to learn more, please apply below or contact Owen Scott on +61 3 8629 1319 .