Accounts Receivable Team Leader

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Accounts Receivable professional to lead the day-to-day income function, ensuring the accurate collection, allocation and reporting of income while maintaining strong financial controls. Managing a small team, you will drive process improvements, support key stakeholders, and oversee housing income, credit control, banking and reconciliation activities.

Client Details

Our client is a well-established, values-led organisation that delivers essential services and support to communities across the UK. With a strong focus on making a positive social impact, they are committed to providing high-quality services, driving continuous improvement, and investing in both their people and systems.

As part of an ongoing period of growth and development, they are seeking an experienced Accounts Receivable Team Leader to join their finance team and play a key role in ensuring the effective management of income, financial controls, and stakeholder engagement across the organisation.

Description

• Lead the day-to-day Accounts Receivable function, ensuring all income is accurately processed, allocated and reconciled.
• Manage credit control activities and monitor outstanding debt to support effective cash flow management.
• Oversee housing income processes, including rent, Housing Benefit and Universal Credit postings.
• Ensure bank reconciliations and income-related balance sheet reconciliations are completed accurately and on time.
• Support month-end and year-end close activities, including reporting, audit requirements and bad debt provisions.
• Build strong working relationships with internal stakeholders to resolve income and account queries efficiently.
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance controls, efficiency and service delivery.
• Lead, coach and develop Accounts Receivable team members, driving performance and engagement.
• Maintain robust financial controls, ensuring compliance with organisational policies, statutory requirements and audit standards.

Profile

• Proven experience within Accounts Receivable, Credit Control or Income Management, ideally in a housing, charity or public sector environment.
• Previous experience leading, supervising or mentoring finance team members.
• Strong reconciliation, cash allocation and ledger management experience with excellent attention to detail.
• Confident communicator with the ability to build effective relationships across finance and operational teams.
• Highly organised, able to prioritise a varied workload and consistently meet deadlines.
• Strong systems and Excel skills, with experience using finance and reporting platforms.
• A proactive, solutions-focused individual who enjoys driving process improvements and maintaining high standards of financial control.

Job Offer

• Competitive salary ranging from £38,000 to £39,000 per annum.
• A permanent position within the Not For Profit sector, based in Birmingham.
• A supportive and collaborative team environment.
• Hybrid working model with a minimum of two days per week in the Birmingham office.
• Opportunity to lead a critical finance function within a well-established, purpose-driven organisation.
• Exposure to a varied role spanning accounts receivable, housing income, banking, controls and systems improvement.
• Ongoing professional development and career progression opportunities.
• Pension scheme, healthcare plan and salary sacrifice benefits, including Cycle to Work.

Take the next step in your career and apply for this AR Team Leader position in Birmingham today!