Application closing date 22/09/2019  
Location Preston Campus  
Salary Grade/Salary: Grade H (£36914-42792)  
Job category/type Professional Services
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Job description

The University of Central Lancashire wishes to recruit an Accounts Receivable (Customer Accounts) Manager to manage a busy operational and customer facing team with significant transactional processing activities. The successful candidate will have experience of managing staff including their workloads and activities and will help develop and add value to the service and the promotion of best practice.

The successful candidate will be AAT qualified or hold an equivalent Professional Finance or business related qualification and will require significant knowledge and experience of AR processing, credit control, debt recovery, reporting and reconciliation activities in a high volume environment. In addition, the candidate must have experience of working with debt collection agencies and networking extensively.

Utilising excellent organisational and administration skills, the successful applicant will have the ability to manage and prioritise workloads, work under pressure, deal with complex problems and issues as well as meet tight deadlines. Applicants must be able to promote adherence to controls and implement financial policies and procedures.

Joining our friendly and welcoming team, we are looking for a confident and positive manager with excellent communication skills and who can be flexible and adaptable in their approach to tasks, the required workload and in support of influencing and implementing change.

Core opening hours are 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, with some flexible working when required.

Please contact Nicholas Brierley, Head of Financial Processes for any informal discussions or further details.

Applicants need to meet all essential criteria on the person specification to be considered for interview. This position is based in Preston.

School/Service: Financial Processes – Financial Services

Grade/Salary: Grade H (£36914-42792)

Hours: Full Time (1.0 FTE – 36.25 hours per week)

Basis: Fixed term contract for 12 months

Closing Date: 22 September 2019

Interview Date: To be confirmed

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