Accounts Assistant Receivables

Job Introduction

We are looking for an Accounts Assistant (receivables) to join our finance team. You’ll be joining a great team in a business that’s best in class, making a genuine difference to people’s lives. This is a fantastic opportunity to work closely with clients and their families to ensure the financial stability of the company.

Reporting to our Head of Finance, you will take responsibility for debt collection and processing of credit notes and invoices for The Good Care Group.  Accuracy is a must in a role like this.  We are also looking for a ‘can-do’ attitude, enthusiasm and confidence.  You will be interacting with our carers, clients and their relatives so you will need to be approachable, helpful and understanding.

Why join us:

• Supportive team and management

• Award winning innovative software and processes

• Great place to build upon your finance skills with potential development opportunities across the Sodexo Group

• You’ll be based in our Whitechapel office with an opportunity for some home working

• Free confidential Employee Assistance Programme

Role Responsibility

• Debt collection

• Processing of credit notes and invoices for changes as required

• Assist with the monthly billing process

• Cover in times of absence on approval of new contracts and raising initial invoices

• Answer phone calls for the finance team

• Respond to queries in relation to receivable

The Ideal Candidate

• Previous accounts receivables experience especially in debt collection

• Team player

• Good telephone manner with ability talk to vulnerable adults or families of deceased relatives

• Good excel skills

• Ability to adapt to system changes and implement new ideas

• Can do attitude, enthusiastic, confident, cheerful approach and understanding towards the carers (e.g. a mistake is a big deal).

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process