Cash Allocation Specialist - 8 week contract

An opportunity has arisen in Chadderton for a Cash Allocation Specialist/ Administrator to join our leading global wholesale distributor client. This is a temporary role for 8 weeks the possibility of going perm for the right candidate, paying £12.47 per hour, Monday to Friday, 8.30am - 5pm to start ASAP. The role is working hybrid 3 days in the office, 2 days at home.

** DBS and Criminal check will be conducted on all successful candidates**

Purpose of the Job

The Cash Application Specialist will support the finance function: posting and allocating customer receipts, processing write offs, reconciliations and other adhoc tasks as and when required.

JOB DUTIES:

Cash Allocation - own portfolio

• Application of Cash receipts to the correct invoices
• Application and allocating Bank Transfer receipts
• Daily balancing of cash receipts
• Investigating misapplied cash
• Account reconciliation
• Preparing journal entries and AR write offs
• Ensuring daily cash, Agile and email requests are managed in a timely manner
• GL Account identification of unknown incoming values
• Investigating misapplied and unidentified cash
• Maintenance of Unapplied Cash records
• Maintenance of records for auditing purposes (filing remittances, bank statements, approved write offs etc.)
• Frequent cooperation with Credit Analysts and Customer Master Specialist

YOU MUST HAVE:

• Strong communication and inter-personal skills
• Ability to multi-task, assess priorities, and drive performance in a complex and demanding environment.
• Excellent attention to detail
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel/Word.

WE VALUE:

• Previous experience working in a Shared Service Centre would be preferred or a large finance department
• Large ERP experience desirable
• Perhaps you are a recent graduate with a finance degree looking for your first experience.
• Good problem-solving skills

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU:

• Hybrid Working 3 days in the office / 2 days working from home
• Supportive working environment
• Employment in an international and stable company