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Accounts Receivable Specialist

£33,000 per annum + benefits

Permanent | Hybrid (3 days office-based)

Location: Borehamwood, Hertfordshire

AAT Qualification Preferred

We’re working with a respected healthcare services provider who needs a sharp, hands-on Accounts Receivable Specialist to join their growing finance team based in Borehamwood.

You’ll be joining a collaborative finance team that values accuracy, accountability, and open communication. They’re a close-knit bunch who take pride in getting things right first time.

This is a hybrid role (minimum 3 days a week in the office) where you’ll take full ownership of the end-to-end billing process, from invoicing and reconciliations to credit control and cash allocation. You’ll work closely with internal teams and external funders to maintain a strong cash position and ensure financial accuracy across all transactions.

What makes you right for this:

• Prepare and deliver accurate invoices aligned with contract requirements.
• Uploading invoices via customer portals or sending directly by email.
• Liaising with internal validation teams to confirm billing data and resolve any discrepancies.
• Acting as the main contact for payment discussions.
• Keep on top of aged debt and follow up promptly to maintain healthy cash flow (NHS and local authorities).
• Negotiating repayment plans and maintaining detailed communication records.
• Reconciling accounts and preparing month-end debtor reports.
• Supporting audit requirements and contributing to process improvements.
• Ensuring compliance with internal controls and external financial standards.

What We’re Looking For:

• Necessary: Experience in healthcare, local authority, or service-based sectors .
• Proven experience covering the end-to-end Accounts Receivable process (Sales-to-Cash) .
• Strong understanding of financial systems and accounting principles .
• Advanced Excel skills , especially with reconciliations and large data sets.
• Confident communicator able to manage relationships with multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines.
• Familiarity with NHS or council billing processes is desirable.
• AAT qualification or equivalent experience is desirable but not essential if you have strong AR experience.

What’s On Offer

• Salary: £33,000 per year (open to negotiation for strong experience)
• Perks: 33 days annual leave including bank holidays, plus your birthday off
• Company pension scheme and life assurance.
• Access to wellbeing resources and a 24-hour GP helpline.
• Ongoing professional development and career progression opportunities.
• Hybrid working – 3 days in the office, 2 days remote (after induction).

Who This Role Suits

This position will suit someone who’s naturally analytical, assertive, and detail-driven, with a strong background in accounts receivable and credit control. If you’re confident dealing with funders, comfortable with reconciliations, and enjoy improving processes — this could be a great next step for you.

If this sounds like the next step in your finance career, send your CV to Lochlan Dolman at or call

The Consultancy Group are working with a global Retail brand with a rich heritage and a forward-looking mindset. As our Accounts Receivable Accountant, you will play an important role in ensuring the smooth running of daily cash and credit control processes, while developing your expertise in an international, fast-moving business environment.

Responsibilities

• Record and reconcile daily cash receipts, ensuring all cash transactions are accurately posted and aligned with related sales or return entries.
• Monitor and manage store cash balances, coordinate cash collections, maintain floats, and investigate discrepancies.
• Oversee gift card operations for both retail and e-commerce, including reconciliations for gift cards, store credits, and customer reward programs.
• Take responsibility for designated balance sheet accounts, ensuring timely and accurate reconciliations.
• Process and reconcile monthly department store settlements covering loyalty programs and e-commerce activities.
• Provide financial support for store openings and closures, ensuring smooth transitions.
• Contribute to credit control tasks by preparing customer invoices, uploading data to client portals, and allocating incoming payments.

What we are looking for

Knowledge:

• Strong grasp of accounting fundamentals, including double-entry bookkeeping and reconciliations.
• Familiarity with revenue recognition principles and cash-handling procedures in a retail environment.

Experience:

• 1–2 years of practical experience in an accounting or finance role (ideally within the retail sector).

Education:

• AAT qualification or a degree in accounting/finance preferred (though not essential).

Systems & Tools:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, with advanced Excel skills (e.g., pivot tables, XLOOKUPs, reconciliations).
• Knowledge of SAP or similar ERP systems considered advantageous.

Benefits

• Salary of £30,000–33,000
• Clothing allowance (taxable benefit)
• 50% discount including sale items (25% in outlets)
• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Extra day off for your birthday
• 2 paid volunteering days per year
• Enhanced pension contributions
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

The Consultancy Group are working with a global Retail brand with a rich heritage and a forward-looking mindset. As our Accounts Receivable Accountant, you will play an important role in ensuring the smooth running of daily cash and credit control processes, while developing your expertise in an international, fast-moving business environment.

Responsibilities

• Record and reconcile daily cash receipts, ensuring all cash transactions are accurately posted and aligned with related sales or return entries.
• Monitor and manage store cash balances, coordinate cash collections, maintain floats, and investigate discrepancies.
• Oversee gift card operations for both retail and e-commerce, including reconciliations for gift cards, store credits, and customer reward programs.
• Take responsibility for designated balance sheet accounts, ensuring timely and accurate reconciliations.
• Process and reconcile monthly department store settlements covering loyalty programs and e-commerce activities.
• Provide financial support for store openings and closures, ensuring smooth transitions.
• Contribute to credit control tasks by preparing customer invoices, uploading data to client portals, and allocating incoming payments.

What we are looking for

Knowledge:

• Strong grasp of accounting fundamentals, including double-entry bookkeeping and reconciliations.
• Familiarity with revenue recognition principles and cash-handling procedures in a retail environment.

Experience:

• 1–2 years of practical experience in an accounting or finance role (ideally within the retail sector).

Education:

• AAT qualification or a degree in accounting/finance preferred (though not essential).

Systems & Tools:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, with advanced Excel skills (e.g., pivot tables, XLOOKUPs, reconciliations).
• Knowledge of SAP or similar ERP systems considered advantageous.

Benefits

• Salary of £30,000–33,000
• Clothing allowance (taxable benefit)
• 50% discount including sale items (25% in outlets)
• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Extra day off for your birthday
• 2 paid volunteering days per year
• Enhanced pension contributions
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

• Are you an experienced professional in the field of Credit Control, Accounts Receivable or Billings?
• Looking for your next challenge in a supportive and thriving environment?

If so, we have an outstanding supervisory opportunity to present to you. My client is a market-leading manufacturer of sustainable products and have proven themselves committed to helping the industry create a greener, smarter future.

One of the largest employers in the region, they are seeking to add a talented Accounts Receivable Supervisor to lead and coach a talented team, supervising Credit Controllers and Sales Ledger Administrators. Your responsibilities will include:

• Driving cash collection to meet targets and maintaining the integrity of AR accounts
• Supervising invoice queries, postings, and month-end reporting
• Coaching, mentoring, and optimising team performance
• Working closely with credit risk and other internal departments to manage customer accounts

My client is based in South Manchester but offers hybrid working options (2 days from home) and flexible working patterns. The successful candidate will have:

• Proven line management experience in a finance or accounting environment
• Excellent communication and people management skills
• Experience in Credit Control / Sales Ledger, chasing overdue debt and working to tight deadlines

This is a business with an excellent reputation for looking after its people. You can expect a salary of circa £42,000 plus annual bonus. Pension, life assurance, health cash plan, dental, eye tests, and wellbeing support are also available. There are flexible holiday options (25 days plus bank holidays, buy/sell options), and employee discounts, Share Incentive Plans, and Employee Profit Participation Programmes.

This is an outstanding chance to work in a forward-thinking, sustainability-focused business that values your ideas and development. Interested in being considered? Apply without delay.

Accounts Receivable Specialist

£33,000 per annum + benefits

Permanent | Hybrid (3 days office-based)

Location: Borehamwood, Hertfordshire

AAT Qualification Preferred

We’re working with a respected healthcare services provider who needs a sharp, hands-on Accounts Receivable Specialist to join their growing finance team based in Borehamwood.

You’ll be joining a collaborative finance team that values accuracy, accountability, and open communication. They’re a close-knit bunch who take pride in getting things right first time.

This is a hybrid role (minimum 3 days a week in the office) where you’ll take full ownership of the end-to-end billing process, from invoicing and reconciliations to credit control and cash allocation. You’ll work closely with internal teams and external funders to maintain a strong cash position and ensure financial accuracy across all transactions.

What makes you right for this:

• Prepare and deliver accurate invoices aligned with contract requirements.
• Uploading invoices via customer portals or sending directly by email.
• Liaising with internal validation teams to confirm billing data and resolve any discrepancies.
• Acting as the main contact for payment discussions.
• Keep on top of aged debt and follow up promptly to maintain healthy cash flow (NHS and local authorities).
• Negotiating repayment plans and maintaining detailed communication records.
• Reconciling accounts and preparing month-end debtor reports.
• Supporting audit requirements and contributing to process improvements.
• Ensuring compliance with internal controls and external financial standards.

• What We’re Looking For:

  • Necessary: Experience in healthcare, local authority, or service-based sectors .
  • Proven experience covering the end-to-end Accounts Receivable process (Sales-to-Cash) .
  • Strong understanding of financial systems and accounting principles .
  • Advanced Excel skills , especially with reconciliations and large data sets.
  • Confident communicator able to manage relationships with multiple stakeholders.
  • Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines.
  • Familiarity with NHS or council billing processes is desirable.
  • AAT qualification or equivalent experience is desirable but not essential if you have strong AR experience.

  
  

  What’s On Offer

  • Salary: £33,000 per year (open to negotiation for strong experience)
  • Perks: 33 days annual leave including bank holidays, plus your birthday off
  • Company pension scheme and life assurance.
  • Access to wellbeing resources and a 24-hour GP helpline.
  • Ongoing professional development and career progression opportunities.
  • Hybrid working – 3 days in the office, 2 days remote (after induction).

  
  

  Who This Role Suits

  This position will suit someone who’s naturally analytical, assertive, and detail-driven, with a strong background in accounts receivable and credit control. If you’re confident dealing with funders, comfortable with reconciliations, and enjoy improving processes — this could be a great next step for you.

  
  

  If this sounds like the next step in your finance career, send your CV to Lochlan Dolman at or call