Interim Accounts Receivable Analyst Retail Scale-Up in London - Harmonic Group Ltd

Interim Accounts Receivable Analyst | Retail Scale-Up | 3 Months

The Client

Harmonic are delighted to be working exclusively with an established, fast-growing retail and ecommerce business is looking for an Interim Accounts Receivable Accountant to join its finance function on a 3-month day rate contract, with the chance to extend thereafter.

This role will sit at the centre of order-to-cash operations, focusing primarily on the ecommerce/direct-to-consumer channels, and will play a key part in strengthening controls, improving processes, and supporting a system transformation project.

The Role

You'll take ownership of day-to-day accounts receivable activities, ensuring accurate billing, cash allocation, reconciliations and reporting across multiple sales channels. Alongside BAU responsibilities, you will contribute to ongoing systems and process improvement initiatives, including ERP-related work where required.

Responsibilities

• Managing core AR operations including invoicing, cash posting, credit notes, sales returns and customer account maintenance.
• Performing end-to-end reconciliations of third-party payment providers and card acquirers, from transaction through to bank settlement and fee recognition.
• Maintaining merchant, card and clearing accounts, investigating discrepancies and resolving variances promptly.
• Overseeing customer data within the ERP.
• Working closely with Customer Service, Commercial, Ecommerce and IT teams to ensure order, billing and refund flows operate smoothly and accurately.
• Daily, weekly and month-end reconciliations across AR-related balance sheet accounts.
• Producing month-end schedules and performance commentary.
• Documenting AR processes and controls, identifying opportunities to automate, streamline and strengthen the order-to-cash cycle.

Essential experience

• Extensive experience in accounts receivable.
• Experience owning the full order-to-cash cycle.
• Advanced Excel skills and comfortable handling large data sets.
• Previously worked in the retail or ecommerce space.
• Well organised and ability to work well independently.
• Confident communicator, able to work cross-functionally and with external partners.

Bonus Experience

• Prior experience using SAP Business one ERP system.
• Involvement in a system migration or transformation.

Location: West London (Hybrid)

Day Rate: £175-£225 per day (Inside IR35)

Contract Length: 3 Months (plus extension)

Start Date: ASAP

Please feel free to get in touch with Ewan Fenley for more information ().

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