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Accounts Receivable Team Leader (Maternity Cover – Fixed Term)

Manchester, UKPosted Yesterday
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Job Description

Accounts Receivable Team Leader (Maternity Cover – Fixed Term)

Application Deadline: 26 June 2026

Department: Business Support

Employment Type: Fixed Term Contract

Location: Manchester, UK

Reporting To: Finance Director

Description

This is a fixed-term maternity cover role responsible for leading all end-to-end Accounts Receivable activities during a key period of operational delivery and change. The role combines hands-on operational leadership, team management, and process improvement, with a particular focus on supporting the migration of AR processes to NetSuite. 


What that means day to day

  • Take ownership of end-to-end Accounts Receivable processes and ensure KPI delivery 
  • Maintain robust financial controls and escalate risks where appropriate 
  • Support transition of AR processes into NetSuite including testing and process alignment 
  • Review and improve processes during system migration 
  • Drive reduction in aged debt and improve cash performance
  • Manage invoicing accuracy and departmental mailboxes 
  • Allocate workload and manage team performance 
  • Conduct 1:1s, coaching and development of team members 
  • Identify training needs, particularly relating to system changes 
  • Build strong stakeholder relationships and support pricing initiatives 


What you’ll need to be successful

Essential
  • Proven Accounts Receivable leadership experience
  • Strong working knowledge of NetSuite 
  • Competent with Microsoft Office Applications
  • Excellent communication skills, including verbal and written
  • Excellent numeracy and literacy skills 
  • Competent in building & maintaining relationships with internal & external customers
  • Confident in challenging the status quo and influencing change
  • Self-starter, proactive with strong attention to detail
  • Adaptable, and flexible in approach
  • Strong organisational skills & ability to prioritise
  • Analytical and able to identify issues, risks and opportunities for doing things differently
Desirable
  • Proven working experience in an Accounts Receivable role  
  • Financial transaction experience in a high-volume, fast-paced environment
  • Knowledge of Financial Accounting Systems (preferably AX)
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Dynamix 365
  • Strong leadership
  • Experience supporting system/process migrations


What you'll get in return

ISOQAR has a hybrid workplace policy, where you will work from the office 3 days per week. We want you to be able to do your best work here. We emphasize providing many ways to support our team to do their best work and below are some of the perks and benefits we offer:
 
Personal Health & Wellbeing / Benefits
🍼 Enhanced Parental Leave 
🌴Generous annual leave 
🏥 Healthcare Plan
💟 Annual Giving Day – an extra day to give back to yourself or your community
🚲 Cycle-to-work Scheme 

 Future Planning
💰Pension scheme with employer contributions 
🧬 Life Assurance – 3X base salary
💸 Rewards Program – access to discounts and cashback  
🏫 LinkedIn Learning License for upskilling & development 

Interested but don’t feel you meet all the requirements? 

Our recruitment team assesses and reviews all applications against the role and business needs. We believe in people having transferable and soft skills and want you to know that we do consider where an individual might not meet all the criteria, but have the aptitude and capability, nonetheless. Our priority is to ensure we set people up for success. We will make a final call based on our determining whether we can offer the necessary support to upskill or provide the developmental support needed for you to get the best out of this opportunity with us!

Bring Your Whole Self to Work.

ISOQAR is proudly an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to ensuring that no candidate is discriminated against because of gender identity and expression, race, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, colour, region, creed, national origin, or sex. We are dedicated to growing a diverse team while continuing to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels safe and empowered to be themselves.

What you can expect if you apply: 
  • A response to your application within 15 working days
  • An interview process consisting of:
    • An initial discovery call with the recruiter
    • A first stage interview via Microsoft Teams 
    • Additional interview (likely face to face) with the stakeholders you’ll be working with closely in the role
We’re keen to ensure our hiring process allows you to be at your best, so if you need us to make any adjustments, please just let us know.

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Accounts Receivable Team Leader (Maternity Cover – Fixed Term) at Highwire | Renata