Accounts Receivable Assistant 6 Month FTC

Mediq UK are a supplier of healthcare consumables, healthcare equipment, cleaning, and hygiene products, as well as healthcare devices to hospitals, care homes, and other facilities serving the healthcare sector in the UK. Mediq are an International healthcare company with leading market positions in 13 countries. Our global head office is located just outside Utrecht, the Netherlands. We have more than 2,500 employees and we are committed to improving healthcare outcomes and the affordability of care.

We are recruiting for an Accounts Receivable Assistant on a 6 month fixed term contract at our HQ in Castle Donington. The role of Accounts Receivable Clerk is wide and varied, with responsibilities including:

• Maintaining the sales ledger
• Raising and posting sales invoices
• Allocating customer receipts
• Reconciling customer accounts
• Managing credit control activity
• Dealing with operational and customer queries
• Undertaking ad hoc finance and administrative tasks to support wider Finance deliverables

This is a 6-month fixed-term Accounts Receivable role supporting BAU processing alongside a defined piece of work relating to a recent acquisition. As part of the contract, the role will support the handover and orderly wind-down of the acquired entity’s sales ledger, ensuring customer balances are accurately reconciled and reduced to nil as the business is fully integrated into the group. This activity will be supported by the Head of Transformation and provides useful exposure to integration activity, although the primary focus of the role remains core AR delivery.

Candidates must have strong experience using Sage 200, with Sage 500 experience desirable. This role is office based 5 days per week.

Salary: £26,000

Responsibilities:

• Take ownership of the acquired entity’s sales ledger during the transition period, ensuring accuracy and control until closure
• Review, reconcile and validate all customer balances, resolving historic discrepancies where required
• Ensure all outstanding sales invoices and credit notes are correctly raised, posted and applied in line with agreed cut-off dates
• Support final customer collections and settlements and ensure the ledger is wound down to nil
• Provide a structured handover of the closed ledger, confirming all balances cleared and issues resolved
• Raising and posting sales invoices and credit notes to the nominal ledger and dealing with any related queries
• Allocating customer receipts and resolving unallocated cash
• Managing customer account reconciliations
• Supporting credit control activity, including chasing overdue debt in line with agreed terms
• Maintaining accurate sales ledger records and supporting month-end close activity
• Maintaining batch processing and spreadsheets to support month-end reporting
• Ad hoc financial and administrative duties

Qualifications:

• Experienced in Accounts Receivable Finance environments, specifically managing sales ledger and cashbook transactions
• Computer Literate. Numerate. High degree of accuracy.
• Strong Written and Verbal Communication
• Excellent attention to detail
• Keen to develop skills and undergo training to allow future personal growth
• Strong and confident team player

Benefits:

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• 4x Life Assurance
• Pension scheme
• Sick Pay
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

Please note that this job description is not exhaustive and additional duties may be assigned as needed.