Job description
Accounts Receivable Supervisor
Location: Central London (Hybrid - 3 days in the office)
Salary: £45,000 + Bonus & Benefits
About the Opportunity
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Accounts Receivable Supervisor to join a fast-paced and growing retail business. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys combining operational finance with commercial analysis, taking ownership of the Accounts Receivable function whilst driving improvements in reporting, cash flow and financial performance.
Working closely with Finance, Commercial and Operations teams, you'll play a key role in ensuring the efficient management of customer accounts, leading a small AR team, and providing insightful analysis to support strategic decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
• Supervise the day-to-day Accounts Receivable function, ensuring invoices are raised accurately and collections are managed effectively.
• Lead, coach and develop a small Accounts Receivable team.
• Manage credit control activities, aged debt reporting and cash collection performance.
• Oversee cash allocation, customer reconciliations and dispute resolution.
• Produce weekly and monthly AR, cash flow and debtor reports for senior management.
• Analyse sales, revenue and customer payment trends to identify risks and opportunities.
• Partner with Commercial and Operations teams to improve billing accuracy and collection performance.
• Support month-end close activities, balance sheet reconciliations and reporting.
• Drive process improvements, automation initiatives and controls across the Order-to-Cash cycle.
• Assist with budgeting, forecasting and ad hoc financial analysis.
You'll have:
• Previous experience supervising an Accounts Receivable or Credit Control team.
• Strong understanding of the end-to-end Order-to-Cash process.
• Experience producing financial analysis and management reporting.
• Excellent Excel skills (Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP, SUMIFS and data analysis).
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the confidence to influence across the business.
• Experience working within a fast-paced retail, FMCG or consumer environment.
• A proactive mindset with a continuous improvement approach.