Accounts Receivable & Billing Specialist (3-month FTC)

euNetworksLondon, EnglandHybridContractSenior, 5–8 yearsListed 4 hours ago

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About this role

This is a three months fixed-term contract starting ASAP. This position is a hybrid role based in Canary Wharf, London.

The Role

We are looking for a highly organised, detail-oriented, and intellectually curious individual to join our finance team. This role plays a key part in ensuring the accurate and timely billing of customers for services rendered, while also taking ownership of the end-to-end accounts receivable cycle—from invoice issuance to final payment. The ideal candidate will bring not just strong technical capabilities but also a proactive mindset, a natural drive to improve processes, and the ability to communicate confidently with stakeholders across the business.

What will you be doing?

- Invoice Management: Prepare and issue accurate, timely, and compliant monthly customer invoices for services delivered, ensuring consistency with contractual terms and service records.

- Process Improvement & Projects: Support strategic initiatives, including the successful rollout of the e-invoicing project—contributing to testing, training, change management, and implementation in alignment with business objectives. Eventually take ownership/become an expert in e-invoicing.

- Account Oversight: Proactively manage a portfolio of customer accounts, maintaining precision across billing cycles, payment tracking, and account reconciliation.

- Client Engagement: Serve as a professional point of contact for client billing queries, fostering strong, collaborative relationships and ensuring high standards of customer satisfaction.

- Credit Control & Collections: Execute effective credit control procedures, including payment collection, cash application, and the resolution of overdue accounts, in line with company policies.

- Financial Adjustments: Process billing adjustments, credit notes, and corrections with a thorough understanding of financial implications and compliance requirements.

- Cash Flow & Forecasting: Provide meaningful input into cash flow planning and forecasting processes, contributing to the company’s broader financial stability and performance metrics.

- Account Reconciliation: Perform regular, accurate reconciliations of customer accounts, investigating and resolving discrepancies promptly and with full audit traceability.

- Month-End Support: Contribute to the month-end close process by ensuring timely submission of accurate billing data and reconciliation reports, supporting financial reporting integrity.

- Accruals & Provisions: Prepare revenue accruals and bad debt provisions in accordance with financial deadlines and internal control frameworks. Support the Annual Financial Audit dealing with Admin Request and substantiation from the audit team.

- Data Integrity & Compliance: Maintain up-to-date and accurate records across billing and financial systems, ensuring full alignment with internal controls and audit standards.

- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Liaise effectively with Account Managers, Finance teams, and key stakeholders across the business to ensure consistent and professional service delivery.

What do we want from you?

- Years of demonstrable success in Accounts Receivable and Billing, with a solid understanding of end-to-end invoicing processes, account reconciliation, and revenue recognition.

- Hands-on experience in Credit Control and Collections, including managing aged debt, resolving disputes, and driving timely payment performance.

- Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, including the use of formulas, pivot tables, and data analysis tools, is essential to support reporting and reconciliation tasks.

- Familiarity with Salesforce or comparable CRM/ERP platforms; the ability to quickly adapt to new systems and technologies.

- Relevant Accounting qualification (e.g. AAT or equivalent) or ability to demonstrate strong practical financial acumen.

- English proficiency, both written and verbal

- A sharp, inquisitive mind with a genuine interest in understanding and improving financial processes

- Strong organisational and prioritisation skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously

- High level of accuracy and a keen eye for spotting inconsistencies or errors

- Comfortable working under pressure and meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment

- Effective communication skills with the confidence to liaise across departments and with external stakeholders

- A collaborative team player with a positive attitude and a willingness to learn

- Strong problem-solving skills, with a proactive approach to identifying root causes and driving continuous improvement

Ideally, we’d also like:

- Prior experience within a similar sector or fast-paced, service-oriented environment is highly desirable and considered advantageous.

- A self-starter who takes ownership and drives tasks through to completion with minimal supervision

What can we offer you?

At euNetworks we invest in our people by offering a range of benefits and development opportunities designed to support your professional growth and personal wellbeing. Employees have access to a comprehensive wellbeing programme that promotes mental health and also recognises the importance of work-life balance through initiatives such as a dedicated birthday day off and “give back” days to support volunteering activities. euNetworks’ bonus scheme is linked to both individual contribution and overall company performance with opportunity to overachieve in both areas. In addition, euNetworks operates a flexible hybrid working policy, enabling employees to balance in-office collaboration with remote work, fostering productivity, autonomy and a positive employee experience.

Our Family Friendly Policy delivers enhanced and inclusive parental benefits that can viewed here

Insurances, pensions, leave and additional enhancements are modelled to work with local country provisions, please email [email protected] for more details.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Our company values drive our behaviour and form the basis of how we operate our business. We work as a team promoting a culture of collaboration, trust and respect where every individual is heard.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and commit to providing each individual with the support, continued learning and the tools to achieve their goals and an environment in which they can thrive.

We strive to make the hiring process equitable and accessible for all. Providing candidates with the opportunity to be their true selves and explore how you might thrive at euNetworks. We are a recognised Disability Confident employer and will make provisions where possible to support you through the interview process, if you require any reasonable accommodation through the selection process, please let your Talent Partner know.

What do we do?

euNetworks is a pan-European provider of bandwidth infrastructure services and a vital enabler of Cloud and AI adoption. We’re the leading connectivity partner for data centre companies and their customers in Europe, directly connecting over 600 data centres today. We own and operate 18 metropolitan city networks connected with a high capacity intercity backbone covering 53 cities in 17 countries. A leading provider of cloud connectivity, we directly connect to all major cloud platforms.