Accounts Receivable Clerk
Salary: £25-30kLocation: Leicestershire, 38, Lancer House, LE3 1UQFull Time, FTC (12 Months)Band 6
Overview
Serco’s Central Finance team provides transactional finance support for a large network of UK leisure centres – and we’re looking for an Accounts Receivable Clerk to join us on a fixed-term basis.
This is a role that needs someone who values accuracy. You’ll be managing the end-to-end accounts receivable process across a portfolio of leisure sites – from raising invoices to chasing overdue debt – as part of a collaborative, distributed finance team.
Responsibilities
- Raising sales invoices accurately and on time, in line with company procedures
- Processing customer invoices and credit notes and ensuring customers pay to term
- Carrying out meticulous checks on invoice and credit note batches prior to processing
- Securing correct approvals for invoices and credits before posting to the ledger
- Allocating BACS, cheque, and cash payments
- Investigating payment discrepancies and arranging credit notes where appropriate
- Maintaining a continuous focus on debt collection – chasing overdue balances and keeping clear ledger commentary for resolution
- Producing month-end and weekly debtor reports and summary reconciliation reports
- Assisting with Age Debtor reconciliations for contract managers
- Coordinating with Leisure Site teams to resolve queries and keep outstanding debt to a minimum
- Supporting audit activity and picking up ad hoc duties as required
What you’ll need to do the role
This is an admin-driven, process-focused role – the kind where consistency, accuracy, and a good phone manner matter more than a long CV. You might be earlier in your finance career or returning from a similar role. What matters most is that you bring:
- Strong attention to detail and a high standard of accuracy across repetitive, process-driven tasks
- Good communication skills – comfortable speaking with a range of stakeholders including community club volunteers and internal site teams
- Confident using Microsoft-based systems; experience with Great Plains is a bonus (we’re transitioning to SAP S4/HANA, so an appetite to learn new systems is key)
- A methodical approach and the ability to manage your own workload
- Good numerical skills and basic Excel
Desirable
- Prior experience in a Sales Ledger, AR, or transactional finance role
- Experience of or exposure to SAP or Great Plains
- Experience of IT controls testing or audit would be a bonus, but it’s not essential. If you understand how finance or IT systems work and you have the aptitude for careful, structured work – we want to talk to you.
Why Serco
Meaningful and vital work: In this position, your work is vital to the business, in terms of decisions and growth. You will gain a world of opportunity working for a globally operating business delivering essential services across 5 vital sectors, personal growth, achievement and development won’t be hard to find. You’ll also work with great people. You’ll find yourself working in a highly motivated, supportive environment where no two days are the same, with experienced colleagues who strive for excellence.
What we offer
- Hybrid working – 2 days from home, 3 days on-site in Leicester
- Flexible working considered
- Pension – 6%
- Chance to contribute to innovation in the public services
- A company passionate about diversity and inclusion
- Serco discounts which include cinema, merlin entertainment and online shopping discounts, and discounts on mobile phone plans and leisure centre memberships.
- A range of benefits to support the health and wellbeing of you and your family such as Employee Assistance Programme, Simply Health Cash Plans, and more.
- A wealth of career development training to suit your future aspirations. These range from role specific training, leadership coaching, formal study and much more to support you to build your career with Serco.
- A safe and supportive culture.
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