Accounts Receivable (AR) Manager
Job Description
Department: Finance
Reports To: Group Finance Director
Work Location: Chorley - Hybrid
Hours of Work: 37.5
Position Type: Full-Time
Rate Type: Salary
Grade: 6
SUMMARY
We are an innovative and market-leading software & services company based in Chorley serving clients in the utility sector ranging from new entrants to large existing suppliers. We deliver sophisticated software solutions and managed services in a Private Cloud infrastructure, servicing both traditional and modern real-time, smart energy clients.
We operate a Hybrid working policy so you will be able to flex between working in the office and your home location to carry out this role, however during your initial training period the need to be in office with other team members will be essential. Our UK office is based in Chorley, which is where you will be based.
While this position is full-time, we are open to discussing flexible working patterns that accommodate individual needs. If you require flexibility in your work schedule, please let us know during the application process, and we will do our best to accommodate your needs.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES
This role leads the Accounts Receivable function for a $150m turnover software group with subsidiaries across Canada, USA, Denmark and the UK, owning billing operations across NetSuite and ZoneBilling. The person will be tasked with completing our transformation from manual validation to automated exception-based processing, ensuring revenue integrity and providing clean data to the Management Accounts team.
- Lead and develop a team with roles spanning bank, credit control and billing and at various stages of their career and experience.
- Own the full billing cycle across all entities using NetSuite and ZoneBilling.
- Further adopt automation, AI and systems to improve billing processes for future scalability
- Ensure revenue integrity and maintain audit-ready billing and revenue records.
- Collaborate with Management Accountants to deliver clean upstream data.
- Implement systems-first solutions, automation, and workflow optimisation.
- Oversight of daily cash allocation, banking, and DSO improvements.
- Partner with Sales and Engineering to identify upstream data issues and implement permanent fixes that reduce exceptions over time.
- Ensure accuracy and consistency of customer records, subscription terms, renewals, and billing attributes, preventing downstream revenue errors.
ABOUT YOU
You must have:
- 5+ years ERP experience (ZoneBilling and NetSuite preferred).
- Experience in multi-subsidiary and multi-currency environments.
- Strong understanding of SaaS billing processes.
- A systems-first mindset with experience in workflow or system optimisation.
- Ability to lead and coach junior team members.
Desirable:
- Experience with ASC 606 / IFRS 15 concepts.
- Experience in finance transformation or system implementation projects.
You will be:
- A proactive problem solver who challenges the status quo.
- Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
- A strong communicator who collaborates well across teams.
Able to demonstrate ESGs key values of
- Excellence: be accountable to deliver our best
- Passion: show how much we care each day
- Integrity: do the right thing when no one is looking
- Collaboration: work together to succeed together
We welcome diverse people from all abilities, gender identities, ethnicities, ages, sexual orientations, life experiences and backgrounds to join us.
ISO AWARENESS
- Follow IMS Policies
- Reporting of Incidents
- ISO Responsibilities
- ISO Staff Awareness
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