AR & Credit Control Specialist-2 (Accounts Receivable)

Location: Leicester, UK

Company

Aerospace and electronics company operating across multiple countries and currencies.

What you will do

• Assess customer creditworthiness, recommend credit decisions, and manage credit limit approvals within delegated authority levels.
• Manage a high-volume, multi-country customer portfolio and carry out structured collections and overdue-balance escalations.
• Investigate invoice disputes, deductions, short payments, unapplied cash, and account discrepancies.
• Apply and reconcile cash in SAP while maintaining accurate accounts receivable records and supporting month-end close.
• Collaborate with Sales, Customer Care, Operations, Finance, Legal, customers, and external credit agencies to resolve payment and credit issues.
• Prepare AR and collections reporting and support process improvements and cross-functional finance projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• At least 6 years of experience in credit, collections, and accounts receivable in a high-volume environment.
• Experience with multi-entity and multi-currency accounts receivable operations.
• Strong SAP FI/AR experience in an Accounts Receivable or Order-to-Cash environment.
• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, data reconciliation, and large-dataset analysis.
• Strong understanding of credit risk, collections, cash application, reconciliation, stakeholder management, and analytical problem-solving.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time position based in Leicester, UK.
• Cross-functional collaboration with Sales, Customer Care, Operations, Finance, Legal, and external credit agencies.
• Exposure to multi-country, multi-currency accounts receivable operations.