PT Accounts Receivable Officer
| Posting date: | 12 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £13.30 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | per hour PAYE |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 July 2025 |
| Location: | Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1 2AL |
| Company: | Triumph Consultants Ltd |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | Portsmouth 5270468 |
Summary
What's involved with this role:
Job Title: Accounts Receivable Officer
Ref: Portsmouth 5270468
Pay rate: £13.30 per hour PAYE
This is a part time role.
The role:
This is an opportunity to join a proactive team, with the challenge of working in varied, busy departments across the Council.
You will be part of a team working on the collection of income billed using Oracle Accounts Receivable, which could be invoices raised for a number of different council services, such as Licensing fees, Commercial rents, hire of school facilities, professional fees or a variety of different service charges.
The work pattern will be Wednesdays and Thursdays 9am to 3.30pm with a 30 minute break for lunch and Fridays 9am to 4pm with a 30 minute break for lunch.
Key responsibilities:
Dealing with queries and enquiries from both internal and external customers on a daily basis
Responsible for maintaining the Customer Database, which includes the set up and amendment of customer records in the Oracle Accounts Receivable system to enable invoices to be raised
Responsible for setting up new direct debit instructions and amendments to existing instructions
Dispatching the automated reminder letters to a weekly or monthly schedule according to the different types of billing
Correcting receipt posting queries
Raising credit notes, raising refunds for overpayments and processing write offs
Daily invoice distribution, which includes the printing of Invoices, managing enclosures, and occasionally raising invoices for smaller departments
Providing support to the Income and Payments section as and when required
What the client is looking for:
Experience of working in an Accounts Receivable environment
Understanding of financial billing and invoicing procedures
Strong literacy and numeracy skills
A good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel and Outlook
Experience of using an Accounts Receivable package such as Oracle
Excellent communication and customer service skills
Attention to detail and the ability to produce accurate work and maintain and record data accurately
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Job Ref: Portsmouth 5270468
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