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AR Associate

Posted 24 Mar 2024
Work experience
4 to 6 years
Full-time / part-time
Full-time
Job function
Degree level
Required language
English (Fluent)

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Welcome to Hovis. We are the proud guardians of over 130 years of baking experience that make up our iconic and much-loved brand. We produce bread and bakery products created with Hovis goodness at the heart of each. We deliver around 1.3million loaves, every day of the week throughout the UK and Ireland, where we also make Mothers Pride and Ormo products.

We are 2,800 people working within 8 bakeries, 1 flour mill, and 2 regional distribution centres across the UK. Our success is a result of the hard work of our people; they are experts in their field whether it’s baking, manufacturing, logistics, engineering, or the many departments within the central functions team based in our head office in High Wycombe. We are a values-led business and expect our colleagues to live, breathe, and embed Quality, Accountability, and Trust into their ways of working.

A great opportunity has arisen at Hovis for an AR Associate to join our fantastic Finance Team in High Wycombe.

Reporting into the AR Supervisor, you will be responsible for the sales ledger (customer ledger), transactional activities and all associated query management and commercial administration. Additionally you will be accountable for providing a professional and helpful end to end service to both our internal and external customers. We are looking someone who is tenacious, engaging and who has a clear passion within this field. If this is you, please see further details below and apply today.

  • Day to day ledger management and housekeeping, including cash allocation
  • Cash collection and chasing debt
  • Processing of commercial claim invoices into the Blue Planner system and the clearing down of these items back on SAP
  • Sales team invoice trackers
  • Be the first point of contact for query resolution, where appropriate
  • Deal with customers (telephone, face to face and via email)
  • Prompt response to enquiries
  • Handle and resolve queries and complaints
  • Operate within legislative/statutory regulations
  • Operate within the business controls framework, following relevant process documents

Technical Skills:

• Good SAP knowledge

• FSCM knowledge

• Credit Control / Cash collection experience

• Good attention to detail Reconciliation skills

• Great excel skills

Why work for us and our benefits:

At Hovis, we understand the importance of looking after our colleagues, so we provide a variety of benefits in addition to their salaries. The benefits we provide at Hovis are as varied as the people who receive them but they are offered with the intention of creating value to them personally over and above their salaries

  • There is a range of colleague benefits available, which individuals can select based on their needs.
  • Our benefits scheme is called Hovis Choice, which offers a variety of savings and cashback offers on day to day living and much more including eyecare vouchers, and a healthcare scheme to suit everyone. It also includes our Cycle to Work scheme where you can obtain a brand new bike at a significant saving
  • We offer competitive annual leave entitlement and flexibility where possible in order to create a healthy work-life balance
  • We celebrate loyalty with our generous long service and colleague recognition schemes
  • We offer three levels of pensions

Hovis values diversity and is committed to promoting equal opportunities in the workplace. Every job applicant, employee or worker will be treated fairly and equally with dignity and respect regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, social class, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religious belief, union membership, political opinion, sex, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic.

We are proud to be the guardians of over 130 years of baking experience that make up the iconic and much loved Hovis brand. We produce bread and bakery products created with Hovis goodness at the heart of each with the delivery of around 1.3million loaves, every day of the week throughout the UK and Ireland.

Foods & Beverages
High Wycombe
1,200 employees