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About the Role
The Accounts Receivable Specialist will provide experienced, hands-on AR support across reconciliations, cash and receipt management, and debt recovery, while also supporting process improvement and automation initiatives within the Finance team.
Responsibilities
- Deliver period-end reconciliations across shopping card, cinema and affiliate revenue streams, ensuring accuracy, completeness and strong financial controls.
- Investigate discrepancies across affiliate platforms and Business Central, identifying root causes and recommending practical resolutions.
- Manage cashbook postings, receipt allocation and Business Central approvals, identifying and resolving anomalies.
- Oversee debt recovery activities, adapting collection approaches and escalating complex accounts.
- Produce AR reporting and commentary to support informed decision-making.
- Build collaborative relationships with internal teams and external partners to resolve queries.
- Identify and recommend improvements to reconciliation and AR processes to enhance controls and efficiency.
Requirements
- Solid, hands-on experience within an Accounts Receivable or Sales Ledger environment.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and work with a good degree of independence.
- Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables, VLOOKUPs and XLOOKUPs.
- Familiarity with finance systems.
- Track record of investigating complex variances and discrepancies.
- Clear and effective communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Ability to build trusted working relationships and influence stakeholders.
- Proactive, improvement-focused approach with interest in identifying better ways of working.
- Experience across both B2B and retail or ecommerce environments is desirable.
- Experience with Dynamics 365 / Business Central is a welcome addition.
- Curiosity about AI and automation as tools for improvement is a welcome addition.
Skills
- Excel
- Pivot tables
- VLOOKUPs
- XLOOKUPs
- Finance systems
- Business Central
- Dynamics 365
- AI
- Automation
Location
- Leicestershire
- London, Holborn
Work Type
- Hybrid working
- Fixed-term contract
Experience Level
- Experienced
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave plus public holidays
- Additional day off for your birthday
- A Moments that Matter day
- Buy and sell holiday scheme of up to 5 days
- A volunteering/fundraising day
- Annual company bonus scheme
- Blue Light Card and exclusive access to thousands of discounts
- Personal growth fund of £450 per year
- Private Medical Insurance
- Auto-enrolment pension scheme via salary sacrifice
- Enhanced Maternity, Partner, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave
- Healthcare cash-back plan
- Colleague Assistance Programme
- Flexible hours
- EV charging and free parking onsite at HQ
- Relaxed dress code
- Modern office space
- On-site gym including free HIIT and stretch classes at HQ
About the Company
- Our mission is simple: make heroes happy. Our members are real-life heroes who keep us all safe, cared for, and thriving. By focusing on their happiness, we create amazing experiences, deliver unrivalled discounts, innovative products, and world-class service. We don't just follow the usual path - we look for smarter, bolder ways to deliver real impact. We take ownership, move fast, and work shoulder to shoulder to build something special.
Equal Opportunity
- Blue Light Card is an equal opportunities employer. We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive team where different perspectives and experiences help us grow, innovate, and better reflect the communities we serve. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. In the event of a high number of applications, we’ll prioritise candidates who meet both the essential and desirable criteria for the role.