Sales Ledger Clerk

We are looking for a motivated Sales Ledger Clerk to join our team and play a key role in managing our non-water Sales Ledger. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a professional environment, develop your administrative skills, and contribute to the smooth running of our finance department. In this 9-month fixed-term contract, you will provide essential support to our Finance team, ensuring that our sales ledger is accurate and up-to-date. Your day-to-day will focus on high-volume administrative tasks, accuracy, and clear communication. The role is predominantly based in our Snodland offices on a 37.5 hour working week basis.

Main responsibilities:

• Data Entry & Documentation: Efficiently scanning documents and maintaining accurate digital records.
• Ledger Support: Assisting with the raising of invoices, credit notes, and allocating cash receipts.
• Administrative Excellence: Managing email correspondence, keeping outstanding tasks to a minimum, and ensuring data accuracy within our systems.
• Collaboration: Working closely with our Cash Team and Credit Controller to resolve invoice queries and maintain excellent service standards.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships: Working closely with other departments such as Waterlink, Developer Services and the Laboratory to ensure that mutual goals are met.

About you:

We are looking for someone who is ready to make an impact. While we provide the support you need to succeed, you should bring:

• Technical Proficiency: A strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office (specifically Excel and Word).
• Financial Software: Proficiency in Microsoft Great Plains Dynamics, Workday, or similar financial systems.
• Attention to Detail: You take pride in the accuracy of your work and can manage data entry tasks with precision.
• Organisational Skills: The ability to prioritise your workload to meet deadlines.
• Communication: A professional approach to resolving queries and supporting team goals.
• Customer Focused: You have excellent communication skills and a natural ability to build positive relationships.

We want to be the water company people want to be supplied by and want to work for. We know the communities we serve are diverse. We recognise creativity comes from diversity not similarity. That’s why we are enthusiastic about creating inclusion across age, race, gender, ethnicity, religion and identity. You will experience our dedication to equal opportunities and fair treatment for all through your recruitment, employment and career progression with South East Water.

Benefits package:

• Excellent Stakeholder pension scheme, up to 10% employer contribution.
• 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays per annum, increasing to 6 weeks with length of service.
• Flexible annual leave policy to buy or sell holiday leave.
• Paid volunteering days.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Health cash plan.
• Life assurance.
• Wellbeing related benefits.

What can you expect from your recruitment?

To apply for this position, please submit your CV on our career’s website. It is necessary for you to have the legal right to work in the UK when you begin employment with South East Water. Additionally, as part of the employment offer, you will need to pass background, identity, and employment referencing checks. If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been looking for, apply now!

South East Water kindly asks that recruitment agencies refrain from submitting CVs to our employees or associates without explicit invitation from our HR Resourcing team. CVs sent on a speculative basis will not be acknowledged and will not assume any responsibility for fees or commissions in the event that we hire a candidate who applied directly or subsequently introduced by an instructed agency.

Compensation package: Starting from £25,948.87 (pro rata)