Job Description
Sales Ledger Clerk
£29,000 - £32,000
Glossop
Both full and part time considered
Our client is a successful and growing UK engineering and manufacturing business, specialising in the design and manufacture of high-performance pressure regulators for customers across the UK and international markets.
They are now looking for an organised, accurate and proactive Sales Ledger Clerk to join the team. This is an important role within the finance function, with primary responsibility for sales invoicing, maintaining the sales ledger and credit control.
Key Responsibilities
- Producing and issuing accurate customer sales invoices in a timely manner
- Raising credit notes and processing adjustments where required
- Managing the sales ledger and ensuring customer accounts are accurate and up to date
- Carrying out regular credit control and credit checks, including contacting customers regarding overdue invoices and working with our credit insurers to ensure customers do not exceed their credit limit
- Monitoring aged debt and proactively following up outstanding balances
- Allocating customer receipts and maintaining accurate payment records
- Reconciling customer accounts and investigating discrepancies
- Responding to customer queries relating to invoices, payments and account balances
- Working with our Sales, Despatch and Operations teams to resolve invoice or delivery queries
- Supporting the Finance Director with month-end procedures and reporting
- Providing general administrative support to the finance function as required.
Experience Required:
- Experienced in sales ledger, accounts receivable or a similar finance role
- Experienced in using Sage Accounts, or a similar accounting package
- Comfortable using Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications
- Numerically accurate with excellent attention to detail
- Organised and able to manage priorities and deadlines
- Confident communicating with customers by telephone and email
- Comfortable carrying out credit control in a professional, polite but persistent manner
- Proactive in identifying and resolving problems rather than allowing issues to remain outstanding
- A good team player who is happy to work across different departments within the business
Previous experience within an engineering, manufacturing or SME environment would be advantageous, although not essential.
Apply online quoting reference number NJR16946
Sales Ledger Clerk in Glossop employer: NJR Recruitment
Join a leading insurance business in Uttoxeter, where your leadership skills will thrive in a supportive and dynamic work environment. With a competitive salary, excellent bonus structure, and genuine opportunities for career progression, you'll be empowered to coach and develop your team while driving performance and delivering exceptional customer service. Our commitment to professional development ensures that you can grow alongside the company, making this an ideal place for ambitious individuals seeking meaningful and rewarding employment.
