Accounts Receivable Specialist (Temp - Retail Experience Needed) Your new company Founded over 25 years ago, this global makeup and skincare brand has gained a loyal following thanks to its incredible products. The team are looking to bring in an experienced Accounts Payable Specialist, who is a team player and thrives in a fast-paced environment. Your new role Raising customer invoices daily to 50–100 invoices daily on average. Issuing Credit Memo and RETA on the system and communicating it customers and relevant departments internally Processing customer returns/refunds/marketing rebates/discounts Issuing Credit Memo and RETA on the system and communicating it customers and relevant departments internally Cash Book postings and customer allocations on the ledgers Keeping the customer accounts up to date and accurate at all times Keeping Age Debtors clean and up to date Preparing Age debtors report with detail comments for Finance Manager’s, CFO and CEO’s review weekly P&L and Balance Sheet reconciliations Bringing Credit Memo and RETA’S list up to date for higher stakeholders reviews weekly Liaising with HoD’s and various department internally to resolve issues and queries Building good rapport with Customers for ease of communication and problem solving Help the team and Financial controller with any ad hoc tasks

What you'll need to succeed Required: AAT (studying or completed) / degree holder or working towards a finance qualification (ACCA/CIMA) Required: 5+ years of strong working experience as an AR within a commercial/retail industry preferably not required Strong knowledge and experience of AR processes and procedures Excellent attention to details whilst raising customer invoices Robust knowledge and experience dealing with high volume of customer returns Great exposure working with customer deductions such as (discounts, rebates, etc) Strong customer reconciliations skills Good understanding of Accruals and prepayments principles Good Written and spoken communication skills Good Inventory knowledge and reconciliations skills Strong Excel skills (VLOOKUPs, XLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables, Sumifs, Index Matches) required Great analytical skills Experience working in a fast-paced environment Exposed to Month End and Year End, working with tight deadlines and under pressure Work as a team and independently Collaborative, hardworking, diligent, pay attention to details, proactive and good time management Experience working with NetSuite will be an advantage Someone who can come in and hit the ground running

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