About The Company:
OCS UK & Ireland is a leading facilities management company with a turnover of £1.7bn and 50,000+ colleagues. We deliver innovative, award-winning services to the public and private sectors and our mission is to make people and places the best they can be.
This role sits within our Finance department which provides support services to the wider OCS Group and our front-line colleagues.
Working at OCS is more than just a job; it's an amazing opportunity to begin or expand your career in Facilities Management. OCS has an ambition to become an 'Employer of choice' in our sector and is proud to invest in our colleague's personal and professional development. OCS provides our colleagues with opportunities to gain qualifications through funded development programmes aligned to the knowledge, skills and behaviours attached to their roles.
About The Role:
Role Overview
We are currently recruiting for an Accounts Receivable Team Leader to join our passionate and driven team based at our Ipswich office.
Responsibilities:
* Manage a team of Accounts Receivable seniors and assistants
* Oversee the centralised accounts receivable team, motivating and managing the teams and taking responsibility for their overall output.
* Establish structure and processes in new centralised team. Harmonising processes from legacy SAP, Dynamics and Access Dimensions finance systems systems, as well as aligning ways of working from pre-merger OCS businesses.
* Working closely with other department managers to ensure we are working in the most efficient way
* Ensuring individuals and team KPIs are achieved within the team.
* Manage and develop the existing Accounts receivable team, whilst inducting new members of the team.
* Build and maintain relationships with major stakeholders.
* Work alongside the finance team leaders in each key business area to ensure that the function is providing the best available data to support the business operations.
* Implement and continual improvement of internal controls, harmonising processes to best practice.
* Creation of compliance frameworks and driving best practices within the systems environment.
* Ensuring correct training is provided to staff within the accounts receivable function and other departments across the business
* Produce valuable management information capable of driving strategic decision making.
* Delivery of all reports, schedules, and information to relevant stakeholders within tight deadlines
* Identification, management, and resolution of potential problem accounts and raise to the manager if needed.
* Understand the importance of working capital and cash flows, providing a narrative behind any issues within the department. Partnering with the treasury function in the production of forecasts.
* Drive system upgrades and development for the accounts receivable team, ensuring workflows are correctly followed.
* To perform any other ad-hoc duties as required
Requirements:
* Requirement to work at least 3 days a week from our Ipswich office location.
* Experience managing an account's receivable function is desirable
* Experience in developing the skill set of the wider team members.
* Strategic skills and ability to drive continual improvement across the full function.
* Proven experience designing and maintaining internal control frameworks.
* Effective communication across a range of stakeholders to ensure outputs from the function is maximised.
* Self-motivated and able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
* Have a positive and focused attitude when dealing with all colleagues.
* Have a flexible and positive attitude towards work.
* Experience using Microsoft Dynamics 365 and OCR technology is desirable.
* Be keen to continuously improve own learning and development.
* High level of Microsoft Excel competency
How to Apply: If you are interested in joining a business that encourages professional development, career progression and the chance to work with inspirational people then please click apply and register your interest! You can also sign up to our job alerts when registering which will notify you when other suitable vacancies are available. We are an equal opportunities employer and rely on a diverse workforce with a broad range of knowledge, skills, and backgrounds to deliver our goals. We offer an inclusive and welcoming environment and actively encourage applications from all individuals regardless of race, gender, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or age.