Senior Finance Executive , Accounts Receivable

This job is with Skyscanner, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly. What will you be responsible for ? Ensure timely payments from partners by proactively following up on overdue balances, resolving any underlying issues with a problem-solving approach, and striving for mutually beneficial resolutions. Handle invoices, credit notes, and accruals in Workday and our in-house billing systems, ensuring efficient operations for partners, affiliates, and intercompany transactions. Keep our ledgers tidy, accurate, and up-to-date, and ensure bad debt provisions are always accurate. Dive into the dynamic world of KYC and credit checks for our new partners, ensuring we build strong and trustworthy relationships. Engage with our credit insurers to secure vital credit insurance cover to improve our risk management strategies. Allocate payments, prepayments, and deposits. Set up and maintain partner records in our systems, ensuring accuracy of billing. Collaborate with our Commercial teams to foster alignment and drive our business growth. Get hands-on with important metric reports and controls to provide insights that will help craft our strategic direction. Contribute to the evolution of Skyscanner’s credit policy, ensuring we adapt to the ever-changing market landscape. Take part in exciting transformation projects to boost the efficiency of our sales ledger and onboarding processes. What the job entails ? Receivables Management: Meet monthly cash collection goals, minimising bad debt exposure across different currencies. Debt Collection: Proactively manage debtor accounts through calls and emails, ensuring timely payments and regular follow-ups. Client Collaboration: Work closely with Account Managers to resolve overdue or disputed accounts and maintain strong client relationships. Dispute Resolution: Investigate account disputes, advancing unresolved issues to the Account Managers and Directors as needed. Credit Assessments: Evaluate the creditworthiness of new and existing clients to establish credit limits and payment terms. Account Setup: Ensure all client accounts are accurately set up with complete details in the system. Banking & Cash Allocation: Assist with banking operations and ensure accurate allocation of incoming payments. Credit Card Reconciliation: Manage the reconciliation and allocation of credit card payments. Credit Control Letters: Issue notices such as 7-day reminders and final warnings and initiate legal action where necessary. Customer concerns: Address customer concerns regarding billing to maintain positive relationships. Journals: Process credit and debit journals, keeping financial records accurate and up to date. What we are looking for ? We’re seeking a dynamic problem-solver with outstanding organisational skills, ready to handle competing priorities and thrive under tight deadlines. Strong analytical skills are a must, your ability to derive insights from data will be key to our success. We want a proactive and ambitious individual who’s eager to make a tangible impact and explore growth opportunities across teams. Strong analytical skills and attention to detail. We’re seeking a creative problem solver who is willing to question conventional wisdom and bring in new concepts. Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills to build relationships with the wider finance team and other collaborators like Commercial and Legal colleagues. Experience in sales ledger tasks such as onboarding new customers, billing, collections, and reporting. Experience with compliance and control processes. CICM qualification would be beneficial but not a pre-requisite. #LI-DNI