Team Leader

**Join Australia’s leading lighting retailer that is continually going from strength to strength**:

- ** Full time, permanent position, based at our beautiful, purpose-built offices in Nunawading**:

- ** Great company culture and benefits with flexible working arrangements**

**The Role**

Reporting to the Financial Controller and with 3 Accounts Receivable Team Members, we are currently seeking a Full-Time Team Leader
- Accounts Receivable, to join our Finance Team. The purpose of this role is to manage, support and ensure the integrity of the Accounts Receivable processes and systems.

**Key responsibilities include**:

- Ensure accuracy of Beacon Lighting Groups debtors ledgers
- Provide guidance and support to team members
- Daily banking and cash receipting
- Allocation and reconciliation of payments received against customer accounts
- Processing of miscellaneous invoices, credit notes and journals
- Complete daily sales integrations
- Regular follow up and collection of all overdue customer balances, paying special attention 60 days plus overdue
- Review of credit limits
- Creation of new debtor accounts and perform the necessary credit reference checks in line with company procedure
- Liaise with internal and external customers with regards to account queries
- Preparation of collection letters and payment arrangements
- Completion of month end processes and reporting requirements

**Period End Processes**:

- Ensure all cash receipts are processed in the correct accounting period
- Process intercompany invoices and credit notes
- Produce invoices for miscellaneous charges
- Generate monthly debtor statements
- Follow up of debtors over 90 days
- Ensure trial balances are completed in a timely and accurate manner
- Provide advice to Financial Controller of any year end cutoff issues
- Assist the Accounting Team in responding to external auditor AR documentation requests
- Liaise with the Financial Controller regarding any year end debtor write-offs

**About You**

To be successful, you will have:

- Intermediate to advanced skills in Microsoft Office programs, particularly Word and Excel
- Previous experience in a similar role with team leadership experience
- Strong numerical skills, attention to detail and a high level of accuracy
- Highly organized, good time management and prioritization skills
- Effective communication skills, both written and verbal
- Proven skills using your initiative and being proactive
- Well-rounded skills working effectively within a team

**Benefits**

In return for your efforts, we offer an attractive salary package, generous product discounts and a great supportive team culture. Based at our purpose-built offices in Nunawading, this role offers the security and convenience of on-site parking, as well the availability of flexible working arrangements. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within an ASX listed company that has been constantly evolving and going from strength to strength for over 50 years.

**About Beacon Lighting**

Established in Melbourne in 1967, Beacon Lighting is Australia’s leading specialist retailer of lights, ceiling fans and light globes, with over 120 stores nationwide. We’re driven by a passion to improve the homes and lives of our customers by always searching for and creating not only beautiful and exciting designs, but products that are innovative and gentle on the environment.

Our care for and commitment to our residential customers extends to our trade, wholesale, and commercial customers too. We show them the most cost-effective and energy-efficient ways to light up or cool down their business through Beacon Lighting Commercial, Light Source Solutions, Masson For Light, and our international operations in New Zealand, Hong Kong, Germany, USA and China.

**How to apply**

**Please Note**

LI-Hybrid