Accounts Receivable Team Leader
| Posting date: | 07 June 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 July 2025 |
| Location: | Leeds, LS12 6DB |
| Company: | Maria Mallaband Care Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | VA010738 |
Summary
About the Role
Are you a natural leader with a passion for finance and people development? We’re looking for an Accounts Receivable Team Leader to guide and inspire a team of Billing and Collection Administrators, ensuring timely invoicing and collections minimizing bad debts and improving AR processes to optimize cash flow and improve customer relationships.
What You’ll Do
- Lead and develop a team responsible for billing and collections across private residents, local authorities, and ICBs. Inspiring and encouraging team members to achieve their best work.
- Train new team members & drive performance through coaching, 1:1s, and personal development plans.
- Monitor and analyse AR reports to improve cash flow and reduce aged debt.
- Resolve escalated disputes and support complex debt recovery cases.
- Collaborate effectively with all key stakeholders to ensure smooth operations and alignments with organizational goals.
- Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency, accuracy and cashflow.
- Influence changes to systems and processes whilst ensuring compliance with accounting principles, company policies and legal regulations
- Foster a positive, high-performing team culture.
What You’ll Bring
- Proven experience leading a team, including 121’s performance management and coaching.
- Ability to inspire & motivate others, understanding and considering the perspectives of team members.
- Strong knowledge of billing, credit control, and debt resolution.
- Experience handling legal and complex funding scenarios (e.g. probate, COP, POA).
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- High level of numeracy and analytical ability.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and understanding of GDPR.
- Experience in a CQC or regulatory environment.
- Ability to adjust to changing priorities and work environments.
Why Join Us?
Alongside a competitive salary we are please to offer the following industry leading benefits:
- Private medical cover (Bupa) single cover company funded*
- 4x salary life assurance – company funded after 6 months service
- Pension Scheme with Royal London
- Personal car leases via salary sacrifice*/**
- Benefits platform – discounts across multiple retailers (supermarkets, High Street etc), leisure providers, hospitality etc. Online and instore discounts
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Holiday Flex – purchase additional holiday**
- Simply Health – company funded, providing cashback for prescriptions, optical and dental costs 24/7 virtual GP access plus more for you and up to 4 children*
- Enhanced Company Maternity, Paternity, Adoption pay, plus £200 new child payment
- Flexible working patterns
- Cycle to work scheme*/**
- Service recognition
- Training support and development opportunities
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Wellbeing support
- Discounted gym membership
- Eligible for a Blue Light Card
- Subsidised BHSF Sick Pay Cover
- BHSF, Life Cover, Cancer Cover, Personal Accident Cover
- Free The Company Shop membership
- Free Will Service
- Concerts for Carers
- Leeds Credit Union savings and loan from salary
- Taste Card
- Tickets for Good
- Tax Refund Company
*Benefits require completion of a 12-week probationary period before they can be accessed.
**Benefit subject to deduction not taking colleague below National Living Wage
We’re a values-driven organisation committed to:
Dignity – Respecting every individual. Quality – Striving for excellence.
Ambition – Driving change in our industry. Caring – Enriching lives every day.
Inclusive – Believing in the power of teamwork. Integrity – Acting with honesty and transparency.
Our Purpose
To be a positive inspiration and influence for the people we work with, live with and support.
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