Interim Accounts Receivable Officer

Interim Accounts Receivable Specialist

Location: Remote – occasional visits to London office
Contract: 3 months
Hours: 35.5 hours per week
Rate: £23–£27 per hour via umbrella
Start: ASAP

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Interim Accounts Receivable Specialists to support a busy finance team on a 3-month project focused on clearing a significant invoice and debt backlog.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced AR professional who is comfortable working autonomously, managing a high volume of outstanding invoices and proactively chasing debt to deliver results within a defined timeframe.

The Role

You will join an established finance team to focus specifically on reducing and ultimately clearing a substantial backlog of outstanding invoices.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Reviewing and processing a high volume of outstanding invoices and accounts receivable items.
• Proactively chasing outstanding debts and resolving payment queries.
• Investigating discrepancies and working with relevant internal stakeholders to resolve issues.
• Maintaining accurate and up-to-date financial records.
• Prioritising workload effectively to maximise backlog reduction.
• Providing clear updates on progress and highlighting any issues or risks.
• Producing weekly progress updates against backlog clearance targets.
• Communicating professionally with internal stakeholders throughout the project.

About You

We are looking for an experienced Accounts Receivable professional who can hit the ground running and work with minimal supervision.

You will ideally have:

• Strong, demonstrable Accounts Receivable experience.
• Experience working in a high-volume finance environment.
• A proven ability to manage and chase outstanding debt.
• Excellent attention to detail and strong organisational skills.
• The confidence to work autonomously and take ownership of a workload.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• A tenacious and proactive approach to resolving outstanding items.
• Good Excel and general systems skills.
• Previous experience with MISIS would be advantageous but is not essential.
• Bookkeeping experience would be beneficial but is not required.

Experience within the education, public sector, housing or similarly complex organisations would be advantageous, although candidates from other high-volume AR environments will be considered.

Apply

If you are an experienced Accounts Receivable professional available for an immediate or near-immediate start and are interested in a focused 3-month interim assignment, please get in touch with your CV for consideration.