Are you confident on the phone and comfortable working with numbers? This is an exciting opportunity to join an education business as an Accounts Receivable Clerk, playing a key role in ensuring payments are correctly allocated and outstanding fees are chased where necessary. This role is a perfect fit for someone with strong customer service experience, particularly in a phone-based role, who also has a solid understanding of finance.

This position offers a fantastic blend of finance work and communication, with a 50/50 split between reconciling payments, checking whether they require chasing, and speaking with customers to resolve queries. You'll be part of a supportive finance team working on a valuable data-cleansing project, with hybrid working and onsite parking available.

Key Responsibilities:

Reviewing outstanding fees to determine whether they require chasing.
Reconciling payments against the system to check for discrepancies.
Investigating exemptions or reasons payments may not need to be chased.
Contacting customers via phone and email to discuss outstanding balances.
Allocating incoming payments and ensuring records are accurate.
Assisting with a large-scale data-cleansing project to improve financial records.Candidate Attributes and Skills:

Strong customer service experience, ideally in a phone-based role.
Confidence in speaking with customers and resolving payment queries.
Some finance knowledge-this could come from prior experience, an AAT qualification, or a finance-related degree.
Analytical mindset with the ability to work through large data sets.
Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and handling sensitive conversations.Benefits:

Hybrid working (office and home-based split).
Onsite parking.
Supportive finance team with excellent training.
Opportunity to work on an exciting data-cleansing project.
Potential for extension beyond the initial 6-month contract.This role is ideal for someone who enjoys problem-solving, is great with people, and wants to gain more finance experience. If you're immediately available or on a short notice period, we'd love to hear from you!

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