Sales Ledger Assistant

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The Role
We are looking for a Sales Ledger Assistant to join the Finance team, providing support to ensure that all day to day business activities and revenues are recorded and ensure that all customers’ accounts are kept up to date.

You\’ll play a vital role within a team responsible for financial management and reporting to ensure compliance, providing our club with robust support services around the reporting of financial information, analysis, budgeting, forecasting, monitoring and payrolls.

Who We Are
We are one of the most famous clubs in world football, with a rich heritage and history of success.

Beyond that, we are passionate about our local community and, behind the scenes, we have a wide variety of opportunities and career paths for all. We have a very defined purpose: to act for a winning team, culture and community. We achieve this by ensuring we are courageous in the pursuit of progress, we champion our community and each other, and that we do the right thing (even when no one is looking).

Your day-to-day

• Ensure accurate revenue recording – you\’ll be supporting the team to ensure the completeness of revenue recognition within month end deadlines, including setting up new customers in the accounting system and raising invoices and credit notes as required
• Manage customer interactions – you\’ll be handling incoming queries from customers, ensuring prompt and professional responses, while also overseeing receipts, cash allocations, and following up on any outstanding debts to maintain great relationships and healthy cash flow
• Deliver insightful reporting – you\’ll be responsible for producing sales ledger reports, including departmental debtor summaries and weekly high value debtor updates, providing the business with key insights
• Support financial controls and reconciliations – you’ll be reconciling third-party recharge accounts and managing the match-by-match box holder consumption recharges to ensure accurate cost allocations and audit ready records
• Collaborate with internal departments – you\’ll be coordinating the collection and distribution of departmental post, supporting the smooth operation of the wider finance function

What We Are Looking For

• Experience in a similar role – you have thrived in a similar sales ledger role in a fast paced environment
• Deadline driven approach – you\’re able to work to tight deadlines, prioritising tasks effectively
• Clear and confident communicator – you\’re skilled in communicating with both customers and internal stakeholders to identify and resolve issues
• Exceptional attention to detail – you\’re comfortable managing a high volume of data input with a strong focus on accuracy and consistency
• Resilience and persistence – you\’re confident in dealing with challenging customer situations, particularly when following up on overdue or disputed payments
• Tech-savvy and adaptable mindset – you have experience with MS Office applications, and are comfortable navigating finance systems
• Positive and proactive attitude – you\’re an enthusiastic team player with a dynamic, can-do mindset, ready to tackle ad-hoc queries and support the wider team as needed

Why choose us
At Arsenal, we want everyone to feel a sense of trust and belonging, so we are proud of both our club values and also what we offer to our employees. As one of our Gunners, you will receive:

• An exciting reward and recognition scheme
• Generous holiday allowance which increases with your length of service
• Great internal learning and development programmes
• A flexible hybrid working model
• Priority access to apply for match tickets
• A competitive health and wellbeing benefits package
• A leading Employee Assistance Programme
• Great discounts with some of our Partners

Arsenal for Everyone
Arsenal for Everyone is our commitment to promoting and embracing equality, diversity and inclusion, so that everyone connected to the club feels like they belong to the same Arsenal family. We believe that diversity of background, skills and experience drives our success on and off the pitch.

Disability Confident Leader
We are a Disability Confident Leader. We actively welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities and long-term health conditions. If you need disability-related adjustments to the recruitment process, please indicate this in your application.

Our Commitment to Safeguarding
We are committed to ensuring that our environments for children, young people and adults at risk remain safe and inclusive. We therefore require successful candidates to complete a DBS check and other essential background checks prior to starting their employment. Depending on the responsibilities of the role, a DBS will be either a basic, standard, or enhanced check.

Application Closing Date – Wednesday 8th October 2025
Please note: we reserve the right to close the position early if application volumes are particularly high. We encourage you to get your application in sooner rather than later.