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Finance Officer

Job Posted: 11 days ago

Salary: £ 28,000 - 32,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Expire in: 16 days

Job Description

Your new company

Hays Accountancy & Finance are exclusively partnering with a prestigious leading education organisation to recruit a dynamic & experienced Finance Officer to join their accounting team in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. This permanent role will take responsibility for the day-to-day management of fees and income, ensuring billing are accurate and payments are collected efficiently. The position is best suited to a finance professional with credit control and billing experience, who are used to building both internal/external relationships at all levels. This is a great opportunity to really support process improvement within the finance billings department, reporting directly to the Finance Manager. 

Your new role

Your key duties will involve preparing and issuing termly fee bills, maintaining/reconciling billing accounts, reconciling payments, along with communicating professionally with external stakeholders regarding fees and payments. You will resolve billing queries, manage the debt recovery process, monitor outstanding fees and follow up on overdue accounts, manage payment plans, and escalating issues to the Director of Finance. You will process monthly direct debit collections, assist with debt reporting to Senior Management and credit control administration. You will support various projects, process and system improvements within the billing/collections processes to ensure a more streamlined accounting function.

What you'll need to succeed

To be considered for this varied Finance Officer role, you will need experience in a similar position, previous experience of debtor management/credit control processes, with the ability to meet tight deadlines with high accuracy and attention to detail. You will have previous finance experience, including data management for invoicing, an excellent telephone manner with proven customer service skills to communicate professionally with a range of external and internal stakeholders. Strong MS Excel skills with experience in financial systems, a team player with a proactive attitude to process improvement. Experience working within the education sector, knowledge of direct debit collections, along with school finance, would be advantageous but not essential. 

What you'll get in return

This permanent Finance Officer role offers a salary between £28,000 - £32,000 per annum, dependable on experience based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. The position offers flexible start/finish times, a Christmas holiday shutdown, a contributed pension scheme, use of on-site sport facilities, free daily lunches, along with further organisational benefits. This is a great opportunity to join one of Cheltenham's most prestigious education establishments, where you can really add value to the billing and credit control processes within an established finance function. 

What you need to do now

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