accounts receivable Woking, England
Job description
At McLaren Racing, we believe only by chasing performance in everything we do can we give ourselves the best chance of success. Performance on track and in the factory. Performance for our people, our business and our partners. It’s about more than winning. It’s about hitting the highest standards, and then raising the bar again.
Purpose of the Role:
Reporting to the Senior Associate, this role is part of the team primarily looking after the Accounts receivable function. The successful candidate will be required to proactively chase aged receivables, ensuring that the Company maintains its tight cashflows. Furthermore, as part of our continuous improvement to be cost cap competitive, the role will be an important part in identifying and driving
transformation within the finance function, in order to streamline and maximise resources.
Principal Accountabilities:
- Responsible for assisting the Senior Associate in the effective management of cash collection across all the McLaren Race series
- Working closely with the business partners & marketing leads to ensure cash collection is maximised and cash is allocated in a timely manner
- Proactively reduce aged debt and highlight accounts that require review
- Deal with invoice queries that occur and ensure timely resolution
- Reconciliation of Aged receivables and assistance in the preparation of month end reporting
- Completion of onboarding for new or existing customers
- Support process improvements within the order to cash cycle
- Raising sales invoices
- Bank verifications
- Ensure intercompany invoices are raised on a timely basis
- Assist with the maintenance of the customer records within the ERP system
- Ad hoc duties as required
To Succeed In this Role:
- Minimum of 1 years experience working in a Accounts Receivable role
- You’re an advanced user of Microsoft (Excel pivots, vlookups)
- You have excellent written and verbal communication skills and you’re able to communicate effectively with business partners outside of Finance
- Accurate, with a detail focused and a collaborative approach.
- Excellent Attention to detail and high level of accuracy
- Ability to prioritise and organise to work effectively to deadlines.
- Be a self-starter with a positive, can-do attitude, who is happy to work independently when required
- Have an inquisitive mind
Personal Attributes:
- Exceptional work ethic; takes accountability for both success and failure; continually strives for better
- The drive, determination, and commitment to get things done and get results
- Proactive approach to working practices and demonstrates a positive/can-do attitude
- Ability to work well under pressure
- Demonstrates a self-starting nature and the ability to manage your own workload
- Ability to work with diverse workforce and in challenging conditions
- Displays a professional curiosity to seek opportunities for continual improvement
- Has the ability to build strong and meaningful relationships with key stakeholders
- Can multi-task and juggle several of ongoing projects at once.
- Strong organisational skills and co-ordination capabilities
What McLaren can offer?
We constantly strive to be better tomorrow than we are today. Our ambition is to be the most pioneering and exhilarating racing team in the world, and our collective task is to set the standards for high performance in sport. We show up every day with energy and enthusiasm, ready to play our part.
We encourage and support diversity, equity and inclusion. We will actively promote a culture that values difference and eliminates discrimination in our workplace.
McLaren Racing is based at the iconic McLaren Technology Centre (MTC) near Woking. Our state of the art, sustainable campus offers many facilities including a gym, swimming pool, restaurant and indoor and outdoor break-out areas, as well as direct access to park and common land. The MTC is connected to Woking mainline station via regular shuttle buses, from which London Waterloo is a 30 minute train ride.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including private healthcare, car schemes, life insurance and generous pension contributions.
