Accounts Receivable Team Lead

at  One YMCA

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Central Services team as an Accounts Receivable Team Leader. We are seeking a dedicated and driven individual to oversee our accounts receivable function. This role is ideal for someone who is passionate about leading a team and driving efficiency within a dynamic business environment.
At One YMCA we support people across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, and Buckinghamshire through a range of crucial services across multiple communities. We are proud of our diversity and work with all ages, faiths, and backgrounds, as part of a global network of 14,000 YMCAs, celebrating 175 years of life-changing work and we are committed to making a difference in the lives of those we serve.

The Role:

• Ensure that sales invoices and credits are accurately and promptly raised in accordance with contracts.
• To raise any adhoc invoices as requested and supporting documentation provided.
• Ensure refunds are effectively processed in the finance system.
• Assist with accounting for Rental income and all other income in conjunction with operating.
• Maintenance of customers database on the organisation’s sales system.
• Allocation of all income from bank statements on the finance system.
• Deal with customers and resolve sales ledger queries.
• Manage aged debtor balances proactively, chasing for payments all invoices issued as appropriate and ensuring well documents notes on matters arising.
• Issuing customer statements on a regular basis.
• Reconciliation of all relevant control accounts and any other reconciliations as required.
• Collate relevant budgeting information from all stakeholders and working closely with operations to ensure up-to-date information is provided.
• Produce sales ledger reports as requested.
• Proactively facilitate prompt banking of cash receipts by operations.
• Accurately allocating all cash related receipts and expenses on the finance system.

At One YMCA we are an inclusive organisation and actively promote equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills and potential. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, communities and industries, and are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities
A full job description is available - Please click the link at the bottom of the page
This is a Full Time role.
Hours per week: 37.5
Working Pattern: Weekday
One YMCA and its subsidiaries, the Early Childhood Partnership (ECP) and Signpost are on an exciting journey to double our impact by 2025. We are over half way through an exciting new strategy launched in the first hour of the new decade, via email where all staff and volunteers were invited to put themselves forward to apply and attend an intensive, three-day Kickstarter Event.
By the end of these three days, there was a brilliantly multi-faceted set of themes and ideas, which formed the starting point for the rest of the Mission 25 process to build on. The aim of Mission 25 is to give every staff member and volunteer the opportunity to play their part in shaping the strategy to do “more and better, together” so that we double our impact by 2025. We deliver a vast array of services across Herts, Beds and Bucks that reach over 135,000 individuals annually.

These include:

• Provision of over 700 units of accommodation for homeless people
• Move on accommodation for individuals moving onto independent living
• Housing and practical/emotional support for young asylum seekers
• Community HUBs hosting a range of activities and meeting space hire
• Childcare provision in Hertfordshire
• Family support through a network of children’s and family centres covering Hertfordshire and Bedford
• Therapeutic and non-therapeutic support for male and female victims of domestic abuse and their children
• Independent sexual violence services across Bedfordshire, Luton and Hertfordshire
• Domestic abuse perpetrator reform programmes across Bedfordshire
• Youth services offering emotional wellbeing support and youth club opportunities for 11-19 year olds alongside our National Airplay programme funded by the RAF Benevolent Fund
• A community gym where everyone can enjoy the benefits of physical exercise Our values remain at the forefront of how we operate as a charity, and it is important to us that all staff and volunteers can fully buy in to our ethos.

• Ensure that sales invoices and credits are accurately and promptly raised in accordance with contracts.
• To raise any adhoc invoices as requested and supporting documentation provided.
• Ensure refunds are effectively processed in the finance system.
• Assist with accounting for Rental income and all other income in conjunction with operating.
• Maintenance of customers database on the organisation’s sales system.
• Allocation of all income from bank statements on the finance system.
• Deal with customers and resolve sales ledger queries.
• Manage aged debtor balances proactively, chasing for payments all invoices issued as appropriate and ensuring well documents notes on matters arising.
• Issuing customer statements on a regular basis.
• Reconciliation of all relevant control accounts and any other reconciliations as required.
• Collate relevant budgeting information from all stakeholders and working closely with operations to ensure up-to-date information is provided.
• Produce sales ledger reports as requested.
• Proactively facilitate prompt banking of cash receipts by operations.
• Accurately allocating all cash related receipts and expenses on the finance system