Junior Accounts Receivable Executive

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Medialab is the UK’s leading independent media agency, and one of the fastest growing in the industry. We’re a media agency that’s made differently: purpose-led, data-driven, founder-run and proudly independent.

Our entrepreneurial spirit means success is recognised and rewarded. There are no limits to what you can achieve here, which our employees agree with, evidenced by being a Campaign Best Place to Work for six consecutive years and one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2025. As well as this, we’re Campaign’s Independent Agency of the Year 2024 and Media Week’s Independent Agency of the Year 2025.

We are IPA Effectiveness accredited, an IPA People-First agency, and All In Champions, with industry-leading work recognised by double-gold at the 2024 IPA Effectiveness Awards for our work with Laithwaites and a 2025 Effie for our work with Alzheimer’s Society.

Our independence means we can focus 100% on doing the right thing to secure success for our clients and our brilliant people. We work with a wide variety of clients including Hovis, IG, Sharps Bedrooms, Sun Life, Standard Life, Ancestry, Laithwaites Wine, Save the Children, Guide Dogs, Alzheimer’s Society, RNLI and Clearscore.

• Commit to Doing the Right Thing (Act with integrity and accountability)

• Help People Flourish (Invest in people)

• Dig Deeper to Understand Better (Data driven curiosity)

Working at Medialab comes with lots of perks including all the usual things you would expect, such as a competitive salary package, pension, season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, weekly social events and big summer / end of year parties.
On top of that, we offer extra benefits, which make life at Medialab even more rewarding:

• Time to Unwind – 22 days holiday (+ Christmas holiday closure), birthday & mental health day off, holiday buying scheme, flexi-hours and both a work abroad and cultural bank holiday swap scheme.

• Hybrid Working – Balance between home and office. We welcome requests for flexible working arrangements from the commencement of employment.

• Career Growth – A meritocratic approach to progression with quarterly reviews, CPD Platinum accredited training, mentoring and leadership support.

• Health & Wellbeing – Private medical insurance, health cash plan, gym discounts, wellbeing apps Mental Health First Aiders and unlimited free professional counselling.

• Supporting Families – Enhanced parental leave, flexible working and life assurance.

• Giving Back – Paid charity days and sustainability initiatives.

• Perks & Rewards – Retail discounts, long-service trips and an unforgettable team culture.

We’re looking for a Junior Accounts Receivable Executive with strong numeracy skills and a keen eye for detail. You’ll support the Finance team by ensuring timely client payments and preparing weekly debtor reports, playing a vital role in keeping the business’s cashflow running smoothly.

This is a key position within our Finance function, with a core focus on Accounts Receivable and the opportunity to gain exposure across Accounts Payable and wider finance operations. You’ll collaborate closely with internal client teams and our clients’ finance teams, helping to maintain excellent relationships while ensuring accurate and timely financial data underpins decision-making.

You’ll need to be highly organised, comfortable managing multiple tasks, and confident communicating both internally and externally. If you thrive on accuracy, enjoy problem-solving, and are looking to develop your finance career in a fast-paced and supportive environment, this is the role for you.

• Monitor customer accounts to ensure payments are received within agreed terms, and proactively follow up on large balances becoming due.

• Maintain our Aged Debtors database, updating with daily remittances and payments received.

• Issue a small number of in-month invoices and credit notes and support the client teams with the monthly invoicing process.

• Assist the Head of Finance in preparing weekly Aged Debtor reports for review by the CFO and COO.

• Distribute statements of account to our clients’ accounts payable…