About Savona
Savona is a leading independent foodservice wholesaler with over 50 years of experience supplying chefs, caterers, and hospitality professionals across the South of England. What truly sets us apart isn’t just our products – it’s our people, our culture, and our customer-first mindset.
We’re a business built on relationships. Every order, every delivery, every conversation is driven by one simple value: put the customer at the heart of everything we do. Our team takes pride in going the extra mile – anticipating needs, solving problems, and delivering a service experience that is personal, reliable, and refreshingly genuine.
We work fast, stay flexible, and think differently. As an independent company, we have the freedom to innovate, to act quickly, and to put doing the right thing above all else. Collaboration and integrity guide how we work – with our customers, our partners, and each other.
At Savona, you’ll join a team that values initiative, celebrates fresh ideas, and supports each other to grow. We’re passionate about food, serious about service, and proud of the reputation we’ve built.
The Role:
Job Responsibilities:
- Proactively manage debt
collection
- Actively chase
outstanding debts via telephone, email and letter
- Complete credit
insurance reports
- Maintain debtor days to
target
- Take customer payments
- Post cash and allocate
to the sales ledger daily
- Coding invoices to cost
centres and ensuring correct authorisation
- Processing of expense
invoices in a timely manner
- Reconciling supplier
statements
- Weekly supplier payment
run
- Create and update
supplier accounts
- Monitor accounts inbox
- Communicating and
resolving supplier queries or disputes.
- Assist other team
members within the department when necessary
- General finance team
duties during times of increased team workload and holiday cover
Person Specification:
- Experience of both AR
and AP roles
- Excellent communication
skills
- Ability to prioritise
workload and adhere to strict deadlines
- Good working knowledge
of Microsoft systems especially Excel
- Knowledge of Sage 200
- Ability to work calmly
in an environment that can be pressured
- Proven administrative
skills
- Good attention to detail
with the ability to multi-task
- Ability to work as a
team player within a busy department
- Ability to work
unsupervised and use own initiative
Employee Benefits:
- Competitive Salary
- Reward and recognition
scheme
- Long service awards
- Company Pension scheme
- Death in service benefit
- Employee Assistance
Programme
- Access to discounted
food
- Non-contributory Cash
Health Plan Scheme
Job Types: Permanent, Full-time
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Kidlington OX5 1FP:
reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: In person.
