Finance Assistant - Accounts Receivable

About Us

Everyone at Western Power Distribution works as one team, with passion and purpose, trust and togetherness, to underpin everyday life.

When you join us, you become a part of our 6,500 plus strong team of professional, clerical and administrative staff looking after our extensive electricity distribution network, serving 7.8 million customers in the Midlands, South Wales and South West.

We know that our people are at the heart of our success and work hard to create a purposeful working environment which everyone can be a part of.

Job Introduction

An opportunity has arisen to join the Accounts Receivable Team on a 12 months temporary basis.  This is an outstanding opportunity to undertake a role within the Accounts Payable Team that aims to deliver a professional service both internally and externally. 

Main Responsibilities

• Production of invoices, credit notes, refunds for a range of activities such as new supply connections, alterations upgrades etc.
• Reconciliation and control of ledger entries and the applicability of VAT
• Communicating with the Business representatives and external Customers to resolve enquires and outstanding queries
• Bank Statement administration, reconciliation and control for payments received into Accounts Receivable and for the allocation, posting and processing of payments from Bacs, DD, Card and Cheque

The Ideal Candidate

You must have previous experience working in a similar high volume environment, and have the diplomacy and communication skills to manage customer relationships, both in writing and verbally.  You should have good interpersonal skills, be self-confident and also have the ability to work unsupervised in a team and be able to prioritise tasks to ensure that deadlines are achieved. 

Knowledge of Accounts Receivable procedures and systems would be advantageous as would awareness of associated relevant HMCR or Statutory regulations. In addition you should be computer literate and have experience of Microsoft Office.

Please note this vacancy will close at midday on the closing date however we may close the vacancy early should we receive a sufficient number of applications.