Accounts Receivable Assistant – Fluency in German, Italian or French Required

Start Date: ASAP

Location: Watford (office-based)

Salary: £30,000 – £32,500 per annum

We are currently recruiting an Accounts Receivable Assistant to join a busy finance team, supporting credit control and accounts receivable activities. This role is ideal for someone at trainee or early-career level who is looking to develop their finance experience in a structured, office-based environment.

Fluency in either German, Italian, or French is essential for this role, due to regular communication with international customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate customer account records, including outstanding invoices and payment terms
• Review customer credit limits and payment histories
• Assist with setting up new customer accounts and maintaining existing records
• Raise and issue sales invoices accurately and on time
• Follow up on outstanding invoices and liaise with customers to prompt payment
• Reconcile incoming payments against outstanding invoices
• Investigate and resolve payment discrepancies
• Assist with the collection of overdue accounts
• Contact customers to discuss outstanding balances and agree payment arrangements
• Escalate unresolved issues to senior credit control staff where necessary
• Prepare reports on aged debt, outstanding receivables, and related metrics
• Analyse data to identify trends and areas for improvement
• Support the credit control team with ad-hoc finance tasks
• Keep up to date with best practices and regulations relating to credit control