Accounts Receivable Analyst

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Job title: Accounts Receivable Analyst

Based at: Cheltenham racecourse

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Monday – Friday)

About The Role

We have a fantastic opportunity for an Accounts Receivable Analyst to join our Finance team at Cheltenham racecourse.

The Accounts Receivable Analyst is responsible for accurately allocating cash from different income sources, reconciling bank accounts, and maintaining the accounts receivable ledger at The Jockey Club. The role involves close collaboration with internal teams, especially the commercial sales team, to deliver a positive customer experience and manage risks related to outstanding payments. The role will also include actively following up on outstanding invoices to ensure timely payment, meeting KPI and SLA standards.

About The Jockey Club

The Jockey Club stages thrilling sporting occasions and live events nationwide including The Grand National, The Cheltenham Festival & The Derby. Owning & operating 15 course’s, millions of people every year enjoy the special experiences we offer through racing, music, food and entertainment on raceday’s and beyond.

As the largest commercial group in British racing, we are guided by our mission to act for the long term good of the sport. Every penny we make goes back into racing to promote excellence within Britain’s second biggest spectator sport. Our people are what makes this possible.

At The Jockey Club people are at the heart of what we do and drive our success. We are inclusive and actively seek to attract people with unique backgrounds and perspectives. Diverse, collaborative teams are pivotal to our success and support the potential and growth of all our people.

About Our Team

At the Finance Centre, we’re here to support and help the teams across The Jockey Club. Helping our racecourses to deliver thrilling events daily. At the Finance Centre, we have three key teams – Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Finance Support. Our teams work smart and are not fazed by high transactional volumes - each month, we’re managing and processing thousands of transactions.

The Accounts Receivable Analyst Will

• Analyse and post daily income from sources such as online ticketing, membership and events via platforms such as Stripe, Future Ticketing.
• Perform daily bank reconciliations and post banking receipts.
• Address internal and external queries through the Service Desk and phone calls.
• Proactively chase outstanding invoices by phone/email.
• Reconcile and analyse credit card receipts.
• Investigate and clear unapplied receipts and payments.
• Communicate effectively with relevant stakeholders regarding outstanding debt & any non-payment issues.
• Reconcile and issue monthly recharge invoices.
• Perform month-end analysis and reporting for all JCR entities.
• Collaborate with the Finance Centre and wider business to improve system practices.
• Follow internal audit procedures as required.
• Operate in a way that ensures you are a recognised role model for the Jockey Club.
• Be keen to contribute to the success of the Finance Centre and perform any ad hoc duties that fall under our remit.

About You

• Have a working knowledge of all aspects of Accounts Receivable and Credit Control functions.
• Be a confident communicator.
• Be confident dealing with complex reconciliations.
• Experience of using Oracle NetSuite is desirable.
• Be self-motivated with a flexible approach to work.
• Highly organised, with excellent attention to detail.

What We Offer In Return

• All colleagues can go along to any of our race day or music events free of charge – along with 3 friends or family with our TeamPass Ticket scheme.
• An award-winning pension scheme provider with a generous employer contribution.
• A healthcare cash back plan enabling you to claim money back on health & wellbeing services.
• Competitive salary.
• 25 days annual leave.
• Study package.
• Access to a suite of Learning & Development training resources from renowned providers
• A whole host of other benefits including free eyecare vouchers, a ride to work cycle scheme & discounts across varying retailers & services.

If you think you have everything we’re looking for and more, then we’d love to hear from you. Don’t hang around, our closing date for this vacancy is June 18th but we reserve the right to bring this forward if we have many applications.

This role may be subject to a criminal record check, standard or enhanced DBS check or BHA Suitability Check. By applying you confirm that you are happy for these checks to be carried out.