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Assistant Account Handler
Position details:
ID: 1437716
Subcompany: Standard Club Management (UK) Limited
Office: London
Department: Finance - London
Employment type: Permanent
Seniority: Experienced
Schedule: Full Time
Required years of experience: 2 to 5 years
Our accounts receivable team is looking to recruit a highly motivated, team-orientated person to work within a busy team with specific responsibility for the allocation of daily cash receipts and chasing for outstanding premiums for the Club’s Offshore & Renewables sector based in London.
The ideal candidate will take responsibility for day-to-day tasks to achieve the credit control collection targets.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Investigating and reconciling payments received from Brokers and Members from around the globe to identify the correct premiums to be applied to the payment.
- Importing bank files to our financial systems and assigning online receipts to the accounts receivable teams.
- Working closely with Underwriting Assistants and Underwriters to resolve issues surrounding unallocated payments in conjunction with other members of the credit control team.
- Chasing debts by telephone and email (these debts may be due from brokers or directly insured clients).
- Attend a weekly Sector meeting to flag any potential bad debtors to the team and advise of any significant debts cleared.
- Attending quarterly meetings with the Sector Head and the Finance team to agree action for debt over 90 days old.
- Dealing with both internal/external queries in a timely manner.
- Arranging payments for any credit refunds required.
- Monitoring the debt position of the Offshore & Renewable Sector members and providing reports on member debt to the Head of Sector (and their reports) at short notice.
Essential Skills/Qualifications/Experience
- Numerate
- Accurate. Must have the ability to check own work for accuracy before passing on for review
- Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines
- Good knowledge of Excel
- Problem-solving capabilities
Desirable Skills/Qualifications/Experience
- Previous experience using Sun 6 or other accounting packages
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Previous experience of working in an accounting team
- The opportunity to enhance your experience and to help deliver our goals
- A competitive salary and attractive benefits package
- The opportunity to learn new skills and develop your career
- An open and flexible team environment
- A best in market hybrid working policy