HKA is a leading global consultancy in risk mitigation, dispute resolution, expert witness and litigation support. We anticipate, investigate and resolve complex challenges by harnessing world-leading multi-disciplinary expertise and experience. 

As part of the HKA team you can expect:

• A strong collaborative culture focused on growing the Claims and Disputes practice and our team together.
• The opportunity to be a part of a rapidly growing team and be part of driving the future success and development of our global business.
• The ability to leverage HKA’s strong brand in the construction space and reputation for exceptional expert witnesses to accelerate career development and connections.

The Opportunity:

The ideal candidate is someone with notable experience in accounts receivable, ideally within a professional services firm. The ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team to achieve key deliverables is going to be important. Over time, your experience navigating changes in process, policies and systems will be crucial to your success and growth. Day in and day out, so much of the role will revolve around your ability to build and maintain strong relationships within the team and with stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Facilitate timely collection of accounts receivable to deliver monthly cash targets, partnering with team members as needed.
• Monitor and help follow up on accounts receivable balances and status to ensure that protocols are followed, escalating as needed.
• Reach out to clients to see if electronic payments can be made.
• Track new projects to verify initial follow-up has been completed once the first invoice has been sent.
• Develop and maintain excellent relationships with key clients/project managers.
• Evaluate retainer requirements for new clients.
• Prepare and circulate weekly and monthly aged debtors reports to key stakeholders.
• Take ownership and arrange regular cash calls and reporting to update key stakeholders on any collection risks and aged debt items.
• Customer account reconciliations.
• Identify and implement process improvement and Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) documents.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience in a similar role involving finance, analysis, and client relationship management.
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems knowledge.
• Experience working to regular month-end deadlines.
• Extensive expertise using Microsoft Excel using the full suite of functionality, including pivot tables and lookups.

• Ability to create and maintain strong client relationships, including relationships with their internal finance teams.
• Ability to be on-site at least 2 days a week

What we offer:

At HKA we recognize that our people are critical to our ongoing success. Our priority is to provide an inclusive and collaborative culture aimed at providing the best opportunities for our people to thrive and develop in their chosen career path.

We operate a flexible working pattern both in terms of hours and location and are happy with flexible hybrid-remote working.

Our Global Recruitment team is committed to providing an authentic candidate experience for all those who take the time to apply to HKA. We are committed to providing an efficient and insightful recruitment process giving candidates a true reflection of life at HKA. 

ED&I at HKA:

HKA has a thriving ED&I committee working hard to provide an inclusive and welcoming environment for a truly diverse set of employees. We are committed as a business on the continued improvement of our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion strategy, please visit our careers page for further information or feel free to ask our recruitment team for further information. 

All HKA employment decisions are firstly made on merit and shall be made without regard to age, disability, gender or gender reassignment, marriage, and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation, or any other basis in compliance with local legislation.

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