Accounts Receivable & Collections Specialist

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We are looking for an Accounts Receivable & Collections Specialist to support an Australian client with growing transaction volumes. In this role, you will manage overdue customer accounts through direct phone and email contact, secure payment commitments, and help reduce outstanding debt. You will work closely with the client's finance team on shared customer accounts and own the month-end credit insurance reporting on overdue accounts.

• →Overdue Account Follow-Up: Confidently contact customers with overdue accounts by phone and email to understand reasons for non-payment and secure payment commitments that reduce outstanding debt.
• →Team Collaboration: Work closely with the client's finance team, who handle routine collections before the due date, to ensure a smooth handover of accounts once they become overdue and consistent communication with customers.
• →Internal Dispute Resolution: Coordinate with internal managers so that invoice disputes and contract requirements are addressed in a timely manner.
• →Clear Account Communication: Clearly and accurately explain payment terms, outstanding balances, and dispute resolutions across phone and email.
• →Ledger Reconciliation: Reconcile customer ledgers, including offsetting credit notes against invoices and allocating unapplied payments.
• →Credit Limit Monitoring: Monitor customer balances to ensure agreed credit limits are not breached; run risk assessments, review credit files, and flag high-risk accounts.
• →Doubtful Debt Provision: Calculate doubtful debt provision requirements based on company policy.
• →Month-End Credit Insurance Reporting: Prepare month-end reports on overdue accounts as required by the credit insurance provider.
• →Continuous Improvement: Follow the established collections process, prioritize where required, and suggest better ways of working.

• Experience: At least 2 years of proven experience in accounts receivable, credit control, or B2B collections, ideally supporting Australian or other offshore clients.
• Functional Skill: Strong collections and negotiation skills, with the ability to handle difficult conversations and customer pushback while keeping relationships professional; commercially aware of the cash flow and bad-debt impact of overdue accounts.
• Tech Skills: Intermediate Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, filters, formatting, and basic formulas). Experience with Creditor Watch or Microsoft Dynamics Business Central is an advantage but not required; training will be provided.
• Soft Skills: Assertive yet diplomatic, an active listener who can identify the root cause of payment delays and negotiate realistic payment solutions on the spot. Proactive, organized, and collaborative.
• Language: Excellent spoken English with clear pronunciation, professional phrasing, and the ability to build rapport easily over the phone; strong written English for email correspondence.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Accountancy, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field is preferred.