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Accounts Payable / Accounts Receivable Supervisor

Part time - Charity sector | Lambeth | 21 hours per week | Office Based (Tue & Wed essential)

Are you an experienced Accounts Payable/Receivable professional looking to be in a supervisory role within a purpose-driven organisation?

Ashley Kate is working with a well-respected charity on an AP/AR Supervisor role, and this is a fantastic opportunity to join a respected charity and play a key role in supporting their finance operations.

Our client

This is a vibrant and growing charity that delivers life-changing nautical adventures for young people, helping to give them the best possible head start in life. Alongside this, they also provide personal and professional development opportunities for seafarers.

Working closely with staff and volunteers, they have developed a clear vision and strategy to continue driving forward, building on the incredible impact already made on the lives of thousands of young people; while ensuring volunteers receive the full support they deserve as a vital part of their success.

Based in the Lambeth office, this is an office-based role.

Purpose of the Role

The main purpose of this position is to oversee and maintain the charity's financial records, ensuring all receipts, payments, and transactions are accurately managed. The role will also be responsible for carrying out control checks and reconciliations in line with best accounting practice, while leading and supporting the staff within the Finance team.

You will be reporting directly to the Financial Controller, you will be responsible for:

• Maintain accurate financial records using Sunsystems

• Run and reconcile Aged Creditors and Debtors Reports, including credit control

• Manage direct debit providers and oversee weekly payment runs

• Reconcile accruals, provisions, prepayments, and deferred income

• Prepare monthly accounting close in collaboration with the Assistant Accountant

• Assist in the preparation of annual financial statements and liaise with auditors

• Support system administration and training (Sun, Unifi Apps, Sharperlight)

• Identify and correctly code Fixed Assets, maintaining registers and preparing year-end schedules

• Monitor the finance inbox and ensure timely responses to queries

• Line manage and develop the Finance Officer

• Provide ad hoc support to the Financial Controller as required

About You
We are looking for someone with:

Essential:

• Minimum 2 years' experience in AP/AR

• Previous line management experience

• High attention to detail and excellent numeracy

• Advanced Excel skills

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Sage or SunSystems

• Prepared for occasional travel

Desirable:

• Proven experience with Sunsystems

• Strong understanding of Fixed Asset Register management and month-end processes

• AAT qualification

What's on Offer

• Full time equivalent salary up to 40,000pa - pro rota for 21 hours - up to 24,000pa.

• 25 days annual leave (pro-rata), increasing to 29 days with service

• Life assurance at three times salary

• Private medical insurance for the employee, with options to add family members via a loan

• Pension scheme:

• Option 1: 5% employee / 10% employer

• Option 2: 3% employee / 5% employer

• Cycle to work scheme

• Access to a wellbeing portal

• Opportunities for training and professional development

• Part-time position: 21 hours per week, flexible working available. Flexible across 3-5 days, with Tuesdays and Wednesdays essential

• Opportunity to work in a supportive and values-driven environment.

• A role with real impact, contributing to the important work of the charity.

If you are an experienced AP/AR professional seeking a rewarding part-time opportunity, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today or contact Omair Ali at Ashley Kate Finance for a confidential discussion.

About Us

We are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive community. In line with our Diversity and Inclusion policy, we welcome applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability. As a Disability Confident Employer, and part of the Nicholas Associates Group, we are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities, and we're happy to discuss flexible working options.

We are committed to protecting the privacy of all our candidates and clients. If you choose to apply, your information will be processed in accordance with the Nicholas Associates Group of companies Privacy Notice.

Location: West Drayton (Full-time, 40 hours per week, Monday-Friday fully on-site)

Are you an experienced finance professional with a passion for credit control and relationship management? Our client, a global leader in their field, is looking for an Accounts Receivable Specialist to join their Finance team.

This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in maintaining healthy cash flow, ensuring accurate allocation of payments, and working closely with both customers and internal teams.

• Take ownership of the UK Accounts Receivable ledger, ensuring debtor days remain within company KPIs.
• Build strong relationships with customers to ensure timely payments and resolve queries quickly and effectively.
• Allocate cash received accurately across customer accounts.
• Provide regular reporting on outstanding debts, monitoring aged debt reports and escalating where required.
• Work cross-functionally with Operations and Finance to maintain alignment and clear communication.
• Conduct credit checks and maintain up-to-date customer records.
• Support continuous improvement in credit control processes and ensure compliance with company policies and regulations.

• Proven experience in credit control, accounts receivable or a similar finance role.
• Strong IT skills, particularly with Excel and finance systems.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to confidently engage and influence both customers and colleagues.
• Highly organised, detail-oriented, and comfortable working under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
• A team player with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to build lasting relationships.

• Be part of a supportive and collaborative finance team.
• Play a vital role in ensuring financial stability and growth for a successful global business.
• Opportunity to contribute to process improvements and drive efficiencies.

If you're a proactive, detail-driven finance professional looking for your next challenge, we'd love to hear from you.

ACS are recruiting for an Accounts Receivable Specialist . If you feel that you have the skills and experience required in this advertisement to be a Accounts Receivable Specialist submit your CV including an outline of your experience as a Accounts Receivable Specialist . It is always a good idea to include a covering letter outlining your experience as a Accounts Receivable Specialist with your application as this will enhance your chances of selection and improve your prospects of landing the Accounts Receivable Specialist role you desire.

I'm currently recruiting for an Accounts Receivable role with a successful family business in the Falkirk area.


This is an excellent opportunity to join a supportive finance team, where you'll not only manage the day-to-day AR function but also play a key part in the implementation of a new ERP system.


What you'll be doing:

- Daily bank reconciliations, processing sales invoices & debtor receipts

- Maintaining debtor ledger and managing trade debtors

- Chasing overdue debt and escalating when necessary

- Resolving invoice and customer queries efficiently

- Monitoring the AR mailbox and responding promptly to queries

- Summarising financial data for analysis and reporting deadlines

- Driving improvements across the AR process
- Supporting ERP testing and AR system implementation


What we're looking for:

- Strong attention to detail and ability to manage deadlines

- Confident in Excel and Microsoft Office

- Excellent communication skills, comfortable dealing with customers and colleagues across the business

- Accounts Receivable / Credit Control experience

- Proactive mindset, with an eye for process improvements

What's on offer:

- Competitive salary DOE + discretionary annual bonus

- 33 days annual leave

- 11% employer pension contribution

- Health & well being support (Remote GP, physio, mental health services)

- Employee discounts platform & life assurance cover

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.

Location: West Drayton (Full-time, 40 hours per week, Monday-Friday fully on-site)

Are you an experienced finance professional with a passion for credit control and relationship management? Our client, a global leader in their field, is looking for an Accounts Receivable Specialist to join their Finance team.

This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in maintaining healthy cash flow, ensuring accurate allocation of payments, and working closely with both customers and internal teams.

• Take ownership of the UK Accounts Receivable ledger, ensuring debtor days remain within company KPIs.
• Build strong relationships with customers to ensure timely payments and resolve queries quickly and effectively.
• Allocate cash received accurately across customer accounts.
• Provide regular reporting on outstanding debts, monitoring aged debt reports and escalating where required.
• Work cross-functionally with Operations and Finance to maintain alignment and clear communication.
• Conduct credit checks and maintain up-to-date customer records.
• Support continuous improvement in credit control processes and ensure compliance with company policies and regulations.

• Proven experience in credit control, accounts receivable or a similar finance role.
• Strong IT skills, particularly with Excel and finance systems.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to confidently engage and influence both customers and colleagues.
• Highly organised, detail-oriented, and comfortable working under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
• A team player with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to build lasting relationships.

• Be part of a supportive and collaborative finance team.
• Play a vital role in ensuring financial stability and growth for a successful global business.
• Opportunity to contribute to process improvements and drive efficiencies.

If you're a proactive, detail-driven finance professional looking for your next challenge, we'd love to hear from you.

ACS are recruiting for an Accounts Receivable Specialist . If you feel that you have the skills and experience required in this advertisement to be a Accounts Receivable Specialist submit your CV including an outline of your experience as a Accounts Receivable Specialist . It is always a good idea to include a covering letter outlining your experience as a Accounts Receivable Specialist with your application as this will enhance your chances of selection and improve your prospects of landing the Accounts Receivable Specialist role you desire.

Accounts Receivable Assistant - Temporary Contract (Part-Time)
Brighton

3 days per week

Office-based

Immediate Start

We are looking for an organised and detail-oriented Accounts Receivable Assistant to join a finance team on a temporary, part-time basis. This is a great opportunity to contribute to a busy department while maintaining work-life balance.

The Role:

• Process and allocate incoming payments
• Raise and issue customer invoices
• Reconcile customer accounts and resolve queries
• Support credit control with chasing outstanding payments
• Assist with month-end reporting and ad-hoc finance tasks

About You:

• Previous experience in accounts receivable, credit control, or a finance assistant role
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy with numbers
• Good communication and organisational skills
• Proficient in Excel and accounting systems
• Able to commit to 3 days per week in our Brighton office

Sewell Wallis are currently working with a renowned organisation in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, who are looking to appoint an Accounts Receivable Assistant. This position is being offered on a Fixed Term Contract basis for 12 months. They are looking for someone available for an immediate start.

As an Accounts Receivable Assistant, you'll play an important part in supporting the wider finance function by managing tasks such as raising invoices, allocating payments, and reconciling banking transactions. We are looking for someone with prior exposure to transactional finance and a solid understanding of accounts receivable processes.

Key responsibilities include:

• Posting daily banking activity into the ledger, preparing reconciliations against statements, and ensuring supporting records are maintained.
• Identifying and following up on missing information or discrepancies, ensuring transactions are accurately processed into the finance system on a timely basis.
• Preparing and processing electronic payments, securing the necessary approvals, and arranging transfers between accounts to ensure sufficient balances.
• Overseeing the systems used to record income received by cash and card, ensuring they are kept accurate and up to date.
• Carrying out periodic cash counts of main and departmental safes, as well as ad-hoc petty cash checks.
• Reviewing and updating process documentation to reflect current practices, at least annually or whenever changes occur.
• Supporting the Senior Accountant with month-end close, reconciliations, and resolving queries.
• Building strong working relationships across the finance team and the wider organisation to maintain a high standard of service.
• Ensuring weekly till income is posted correctly in the finance system, with all relevant documentation collected, filed, and queries with system users or IT resolved as needed.

What we're looking for:

• Previous experience within an Accounts Receivable or similar transactional finance role.
• Confident use of Excel and other Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong communication and people skills.
• Comfortable working in a busy and varied environment.

What's on offer?
Permanent staff can look forward to:

• Hybrid working arrangements
• 25 days holiday plus statutory entitlement
• Study support packages
• Enhanced pension scheme

If this sounds like the right next step for you, please apply below or get in touch with Eleanor Kirk for more details.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.

Sewell Wallis are currently working with a well-known business based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, who are looking to recruit an Accounts Receivable Assistant. This role will initially be on a Fixed Term Contract basis until the end of 2025, and they are looking for someone who is available to start immediately.

This Accounts Receivable Assistant role will cover a variety of duties such as invoicing, cash allocation and banking to support the wider finance function across the business. The ideal candidate will have transactional experience, with prior knowledge Accounts Receivable processes.

What will you be doing?

• Recording of daily bank transactions onto the cash book (or equivalent), documenting reconciliation back to the statement and filing of appropriate documentation.
• Ensuring anomalies / missing documentation is followed up on and that all transactions are posted to the finance system on at least a weekly basis.
• Processing of online faster payments, obtaining authorisation as required and arranging transfers between accounts as required to ensure there are adequate funds for the payment to clear.
• Administration, maintenance and development of the systems needed to record cash & card transactions.
• Carrying out periodic counts of the main finance safes and ad-hoc checks of departmental safes/petty cash.
• Responsibility for ensuring that procedure & processing notes are reviewed in line with activities and updates provided on at least an annual basis and in line with any process changes agreed.
• Assisting the Senior Accountant - Accounts Receivable & Credit Control with month end duties, reconciliation and query resolution as required.
• Maintaining effective communication with Finance colleagues and colleagues throughout the organisation to ensure an excellent and consistent Finance service provision.
• Ensure weekly till transactions are recorded correctly into the finance system, with supporting paperwork collected & electronically filed as required. Liaise with the till software key contact / IT to resolve queries raised by till operators.

What skills are we looking for?

• Previous experience in Accounts Receivable or within a similar finance role.
• Good working knowledge of Excel and Microsoft Applications.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, varied role.

What's on offer?

The following benefits are available for permanent employees:

• Hybrid working
• 25 days holiday + stat
• Study support
• Enhanced pension contributions

Apply below or contact Eleanor Kirk for more details.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.

Our client based locally to Woking are seeking an experienced AR assistant to join their busy team. This role will be responsible for processing sales transactions, sales invoice generation and liaising with customers. To be considered you must have previous accounts experience and be available immediately to start!

Duties:

• Record sales transactions accurately and reconcile reports using Microsoft Excel
• Prepare and issue customer invoices
• Process ad-hoc credit note requests, ensuring proper approval is documented
• Investigate and resolve any discrepancies
• Support the month-end process by assisting with the capture and recording of income for accruals
• Respond to customer queries promptly
• Produce regular reports and updates for the management accounts team.

Requirements:

• Strong attention to detail and high level of accuracy
• Experience in a billing or AR role previously
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and accounting systems
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines

Accounts Receivable Assistant - Temporary Contract (Part-Time)
Brighton

3 days per week

Office-based

Immediate Start

We are looking for an organised and detail-oriented Accounts Receivable Assistant to join a finance team on a temporary, part-time basis. This is a great opportunity to contribute to a busy department while maintaining work-life balance.

The Role:

• Process and allocate incoming payments
• Raise and issue customer invoices
• Reconcile customer accounts and resolve queries
• Support credit control with chasing outstanding payments
• Assist with month-end reporting and ad-hoc finance tasks

About You:

• Previous experience in accounts receivable, credit control, or a finance assistant role
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy with numbers
• Good communication and organisational skills
• Proficient in Excel and accounting systems
• Able to commit to 3 days per week in our Brighton office