Credit Control and Accounts Assistant

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Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Entry level
Security
The Role
The Credit Control and Accounts Assistant will manage accounts receivable, conduct credit checks, and maintain the Accounts Receivable ledger within Microsoft Dynamics. Responsibilities include overseeing overdue debts, participating in financial planning activities, supporting audits, and enhancing processes in collaboration with other departments.
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Creating Peace of Mind by Pioneering Safety and Security

At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 30 brands, 12,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond. Additionally, in 2024 we were awarded the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, which recognizes the most engaged workplace cultures in the world.

Key Responsibilities

  • Management of accounts receivable portfolio. Including but not limited to:
    • Onboarding of new accounts
    • Conducting credit checks
    • Maintaining Accounts Receivable ledger within Microsoft Dynamics (AX) 2012, including allocating payments
    • Chasing overdue debts via phone calls and emails
    • Reconciliation of Accounts Receivable ledger
    • Production of Accounts Receivable metrics
  • Participate in Financial Planning and Analysis activities including (but not limited to):
    • Analysis of Revenues, Accounts Receivable & other Financial Planning & Analysis areas
    • Creation and maintenance of internal Commercial reporting
    • Involved in forecasting of cash and sales positions
  • Support the implementation and maintenance of effective financial controls and procedures in line with Sarbanes-Oxley ensuring compliance
  • Assistance in the preparation for audits and liaise with internal and external auditors as required
  • Involvement with Month End close activities, including but not limited to Accounts Receivable and Financial Planning & Analysis
  • Collaborate with other sites and departments to enhance processes, gather and analyse data
  • Any other ad-hoc duties

Study Support will be offered with this role upon completion of probation period

Skills, Experience & Education Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or AAT Qualified, advantageous but not essential
  • Previous experience of working in Finance environment, advantageous
  • Previous experience of Microsoft Dynamics, advantageous
  • Good organisation and time management skills
  • Strong analytical skills, problem solving and attention to detail
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Excellent communication skills both spoken and written (clear and concise), in particular telephone manner, essential
  • Proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel

We Celebrate Who We Are! 

Allegion is committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace. Together, we embrace all differences and similarities among colleagues, as well as the differences and similarities within the relationships that we foster with customers, suppliers and the communities where we live and work. Whatever your background, experience, race, color, national origin, religion, age, gender, gender identity, disability status, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law, we will make sure that you have every opportunity to impress us in your application and the opportunity to give your best at work, not because we’re required to, but because it’s the right thing to do. We are also committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities. If for any reason you cannot apply through our career site and require an accommodation or assistance, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team.

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Top Skills

Excel
Microsoft Dynamics
The Company
HQ: Dublin
10,001 Employees
On-site Workplace

What We Do

Allegion (NYSE: ALLE) is a global pioneer in seamless access, with leading brands like CISA®, Interflex®, LCN®, Schlage®, SimonsVoss® and Von Duprin®. Focusing on security around the door and adjacent areas, Allegion secures people and assets with a range of solutions for homes, businesses, schools and institutions. Allegion had $2.7 billion in revenue in 2020, and its security products are sold around the world.

While Allegion is a new name in the security industry, we are not new. For over a century, we have kept people safe and secure with category leading products. From inventing the “panic release bar” exit device in 1908 to pioneering the first-ever electric-controlled lock, our brands have been innovators for almost as long as people have locked doors. Their entrepreneurial spirit is at the core of who we are.

As an independent Allegion, we are able to unlock our company’s true potential. By tapping into that entrepreneurial spirit that has made us the leader in mechanical security, we will continue to drive forward and integrate tomorrow’s electronic solutions into everything we do. Our long history of expertise in the commercial industry enables us to have better quality, stronger, and safer products for our residential customers. Together, with the power and passion of our global employees, we will realize Allegion’s full potential as we continue to be a leader in the global safety and security industry.

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