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Accounts Receivable Team Leader
Job Location: Leeds, United Kingdom
Job Type: Permanent
Remuneration: Competitive salary based on skills, experience, and qualifications
We have an exciting opportunity for an Accounts Receivable Team Leader to join our Credit Control team.
The Credit Control team provides exceptional service across the UK, focusing on reducing debt and improving working capital.
We are looking for an individual who is up for a challenge and is keen to make an impact. The Accounts Receivable Team Leader will report to the Head of the department. You will be focused on improving debt collection and ensuring billings are done on a timely basis. You will contribute to managing the UK group’s debtor book ensuring that aged debt is managed effectively, and DSO targets are met.
You will be working closely with the operational and finance teams as well as directly with our clients across the globe collecting debt and billing. The role is broad, challenging and rewarding. The successful candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the SIUK Accounts receivable team, conducting regular 121s, debt reviews and team meetings.
The Accounts Receivable Team Leader will provide mentoring, guidance and support to the Accounts Receivable Controllers and Assistants, sharing their experience to assist them in resolving queries and improving efficiencies across the team. The Accounts Receivable Team Leader will require the gravitas to deal with issues, and be responsible for the team’s overall performance whilst understanding when to escalate to the Head of AR.
Based in Leeds, the position offers flexible working in line with Sedgwick’s UK policy. If you're ready for a challenge, we want to hear from you!
What you'll be doing:
* Manage a team of Credit Controllers & Assistants.
* Conduct regular 121s and debt reviews.
* Track cash collections for the team and measure performance.
* Responsible for ensuring billing transactions, including invoicing, refunds, credits, and write-offs are completed in a timely manner.
* Ensuring month end activities are delivered in line with the Group financial reporting calendar and supporting the AR Manager with month end reporting.
* Maintain an excellent relationship with clients and operational teams.
* Using strong problem-solving skills, your focus will be to support the team to reduce overall debt, with a focus on the over 30 days aged debt, improve cash flow and to liaise across Sedgwick International UK to come up with innovative ideas and processes to reduce aged debt and debtor day figures.
* Ability to manage workload to achieve both billing and cash collections targets to ensure both of these areas are getting the appropriate attention in order to reduce the overall DSO position.
You will have/will be:
* Educated to at least 5 GCSE/GCE at A-C grades, including Maths.
* Experience of billing & credit.
* Technical competencies in Excel & Word.
* Knowledge of SAP would be an advantage.
* Able to work to targets, be self-motivated, focused, assertive and able to work in a team.
* Excellent communication skills via all appropriate media.
What we’ll give you for this role:
Remuneration & more:
* Competitive salary taking into account skills, experience and qualifications
* A Self Invested Personal Pension Scheme
* Holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays
* Flexible working 3 days in office and 2 work from home
* 35 hour week
Health & support:
* Private healthcare plan (including pre-existing conditions)
* Life assurance Employee assistance programme for employee wellbeing
* Group Income Protection
Other benefits:
* Voluntary benefits – dental cover, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan, wellbeing and digital GP applications
* Discounts on various products and services
This isn't just a position, it's a pivotal role in shaping our industry.
At Sedgwick, you won't just build your career; you'll cultivate a team of experts. Our Sedgwick University offering empowers you to excel as well as your team members, with the most comprehensive training program in the industry which includes more than 15,000 courses on demand, training specific to roles, and opportunities to continue formal education.
Together, we're not only reshaping the insurance landscape, we’re building a legacy of talent. Come and be a catalyst for change within our industry.
Next steps for you:
Think we'd be a great match? Apply now – we want to hear from you.
As part of our commitment to you, we are proud to have a zero tolerance policy towards discrimination of any kind regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital/ family status, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation.
After the closing date we will review all applications, and may select some applicants for an interview (which may be virtual, or in-person).
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Sedgwick is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
The statements contained in this document are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by a colleague assigned to this description. They are not intended to constitute a comprehensive list of functions, duties, or local variances. Sedgwick retains the discretion to add or to change the duties of the position at any time.
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