Accounts Assistant (receivables)

Job Introduction

We are looking for an Accounts Assistant (payables) to join our finance team on a 3 month fixed term contract.  You’ll be joining a great team in a business that’s best in class, making a genuine difference to people’s lives.  

Reporting to our Head of Finance, you will take responsibility for the incoming cash flow of The Good Care Group finances.  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 Care Managers, 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

• Approving new customer contracts
• Raising invoices for new customers
• Raising monthly renewal invoices
• Updating and amending customer invoices to reflect any changes made within the month
• Chasing  up overdue balances, following internal debt collection procedures
• Direct Debit collections - adhering to the BACS/AUDISS rules, setting up new direct debit instructions
• Processing customer refunds in line with our refund policy
• Assisting with annual audit

The Ideal Candidate

• Previous accounts department and credit control experience
• History of debt collection and reconciliation of client accounts
• AAT qualification desirable
• High proficiency in Excel
• Must be a people person with strong teamwork skills
• Commercially aware
• Strong organisational skills with attention to detail and a methodical approach

This role is London office based (Whitechapel) with some opportunity for home working

The Good Care Group is a leading provider of live-in care services across England and Scotland.  Alongside our sister company Oxford Aunts, we ensure that our clients receive the best possible care, in the comfort of their own homes.  We blend a caring approach with a commercial edge and our way of working has seen us grow and catch the eye of Sodexo, who acquired us in 2019. 

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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