accounts receivable Gatwick, England
Job description
Role and Responsibilities
Our European Finance department is a growing team responsible for managing the accounts of CAE’s European civil aviation businesses. We’re looking for you to join the team as an Accounts Receivable Administrator.
Day to day your role will include:
Invoicing customers in a correct and timely manner, both system and manually generated in line with department KPIs
Collecting outstanding AR and keep the value of overdue AR and Days of Sales Outstanding (DSO) measurements to acceptable levels
Resolving customer queries, including the recommendation and implementation of any agreed improvements
Ensuring all daily sales transactions are booked, reviewed and processed in a timely and accurate manner
Reconciling sales sub-ledgers to the general ledger at month-end
Correctly matching customer receipts to invoices
Reconciling customer receipts to the cashbooks, and reconciling statements with customers to resolve issues
Ensuring credit memos are duly processed once authorized
Ensuring compliance with AR corporate policies and procedures
Ensuring customer databases are kept up-to-date with payment terms, contact details etc
Providing accurate and timely reports to the AR Group leader and other members of management within the region
Preparing for, and attending, periodic AR status meetings in line with governance model
Ensuring intercompany billing and reporting is provided within deadlines
Ensuring all audit queries are addressed within the required deadline
Assisting with specific business unit tasks, including month-end close, forecasting
Our ideal candidate has:
Experience in Accounts Receivable, Credit Controller, or Sales Ledger role
Experience with finance systems (eg. Oracle Cloud or similar)
Proficient in Excel and similar systems
What else would be beneficial/ desirable?
Credit management qualification
Bi-lingual (we’re a European team so additional languages would be useful!)
Location:
Gatwick, West Sussex
We operate a hybrid approach to on-site/ remote work. It’s expected that you’ll be in the office at least twice a week, including every Monday.
What kind of person will succeed in this team?
We’re looking for you to be a strong communicator, keen to interact with a range of customers, suppliers, and internal colleagues. We’re building a proactive and driven team across the region, so we’re looking for you to be diligent, motivated and target driven to help us achieve our goals.
CAE offers:
Private health insurance
Healthcare cash plan
Employee stock purchase plan
Pension scheme
Flexible vacation policy
Flexitime scheme
Life Assurance
About us
At CAE, we equip people in critical roles with the expertise and solutions to create a safer world. As a technology company, we digitalize the physical world, deploying software-based simulation training and critical operations support solutions. Above all else, we empower pilots, cabin crew, airlines, defence and security forces and healthcare practitioners to perform at their best every day and when the stakes are the highest. Around the globe, we’re everywhere customers need us to be with more than 13,000 employees in approximately 250 sites and training locations in over 40 countries. CAE represents more than 75 years of industry firsts—the highest-fidelity flight, mission and medical simulators and training programs powered by digital technologies. We embed sustainability in everything we do. Today and tomorrow, we’ll make sure our customers are ready for the moments that matter.
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Position Type
Regular
CAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.
Equal Employment Opportunity
At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. With no exception.
As captured in our overarching value "One CAE", we’re proud to work as one passionate, boundaryless and inclusive team.
At CAE, all employees are welcome regardless of race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity or age.
The masculine form may be used in this job description solely for ease of reading, but refers to men, women and the gender diverse.
