Accounts Receivable Assistant

Skills

Job Specifications

London: London, United Kingdom

Duration: 12 months, Fixed term contract

Salary: Competitive, plus benefits

Purpose: The Accounts Receivable Assistant will support all stages of the accounts receivable process, ensuring that customer invoices and queries are handled promptly and effectively. Additionally, they play a crucial role in ensuring financial entries are accurately recorded.

Principal accountabilities

Issue royalty invoices according to contractual agreements, ensuring that royalties are accurately calculated by the customer and correctly entered in Salesforce by the legal team
Calculate and invoice annual fees and other fixed payments according to contractual agreement
Set up advance opportunity invoices in Salesforce in line with contractual agreements
Issue credit notes when required
Integrate invoices into Business Central, ensuring correct deferral of revenue
Monitor and process UK payments received
Efficiently manage the revenue email inbox to promptly address and resolve customer queries and manage communications
Credit control, collaborating closely with Legal and Translation, Adoption and Copyright (TAC) teams
Send and reconcile monthly customer statements
Prepare monthly reporting e.g. Aged Debtors reporting for presentation at monthly meetings
Publications:
Run daily reports from the payment processing platform (Webshop)
Run invoice integration between Webshop and Business Central
Liaise with IT team to resolve invoices that fail integration
Liaise with Customer Services team to resolve any queries on invoices/payment received
Post cash receipt journals for all Webshop sales
Bank reconciliation (publications account)
Maintain refund register
Reconcile customer accounts
Reconcile stock report
Reconcile deferral report
Perform stock count at year-end

Salesforce

Consistently maintain and update Salesforce to ensure it contains accurate and relevant contract information
Continuously improve Salesforce processes to optimise royalty revenue coordination

Other:

Support the timely preparation of revenue reports from Business Central and Salesforce
Support the preparation of annual budgets
Assist with balance sheet reconciliations
Assist with internal and external audits
Handle ad-hoc requirements
Act as back-up to the revenue team and provide ad-hoc support to the revenue team and the wider Finance team as required

Skills and attributes

Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
Ability to work from own initiative
Proactive manner, ability to use own initiative, and willingness to accept responsibility
Process focussed and methodical manner, with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
Highly organised and focused, able to multi-task and manage workload to ensure that priorities are met
A motivated team-player, who can work effectively with other team members
Eagerness to learn and willingness to listen to others; ability to follow instructions and respond positively to constructive feedback

Qualifications and experience

Essential:

Work towards a recognized accounting qualification (AAT / ACCA / CIMA) (optional)
Previous experience with accounts receivable and / or accounts payable is essential
Previous experience working with multiple currencies
Proficiency in Excel
High level of attention to detail and accuracy

Preferred:

Experience working in an international environment.
Experience working with Business Central and Salesforce

Closing date: 31st March 2026

Please note that while we have a closing date for this application, we reserve the right to interview candidates and potentially close the role early should we find a suitable candidate before the closing date.

About us

At the IFRS Foundation, we believe better information leads to better decisions. We set financial reporting standards that enable companies to meet the evolving information needs of the global capital markets. United by our purpose to foster trust, growth and long-term financial stability in the global economy, we engage in challenging, meaningful work every day—across all our areas of expertise.

If you share our passion for this mission, we want to hear from you.

Diverse perspectives. International expertise.

Working for our global organisation offers many benefits, including:

rewarding work that serves the public interest;
engagement with diverse international experts;
inclusive and collaborative teams;
intellectually challenging projects;
flexible working arrangements;
numerous areas of specialisation; and
opportunities for professional growth and development.

Diversity and inclusion are seen as key strengths of our organisation. These qualities are essential for us to engage with and meet the needs of our varied global stakeholders, and they are part of what makes the IFRS Foundation a great place to work.

About the Company

This is the official page for the IFRS Foundation. We will provide updates on IFRS Foundation issues including governance, due process, jurisdiction profiles and organisational bodies as well as major IFRS Standard announcements. The IFRS Foundation is an independent, public interest organisation responsible for the governance and oversight of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). In turn, the IASB and the ISSB are independent standard-setters respons... Know more

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