At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage sales and purchase transactions, ensuring accuracy and timely payments.
- Company: Join Seafast Logistics, a dynamic and fast-paced logistics company.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, bonuses, health care, and flexible career pathways.
- Other info: Great opportunities for apprenticeships and professional development.
- Why this job: Be part of a team that values your growth and well-being.
- Qualifications: Advanced Excel skills and experience in sales/purchase ledgers preferred.
The predicted salary is between 27000 - 33000 £ per year.
Seafast Logistics is seeking a Sales & Purchase Ledger Accounts Clerk to be responsible for the site transactions for both Seafast Logistics and Seafast Cold Chain operations that feed into the management accounts.
Responsibilities:
- Ensuring supplier statements are received and reconciled in a timely manner ready for payment including reconciling Shipping Line Statements on a weekly basis
- Monitoring resolutions of supplier invoice queries both internally with the operations team and externally with suppliers
- Ensuring the 10-working day purchase invoice KPI is adhered to and reporting this weekly to the senior management team
- Producing weekly payment runs for Central Finance to ensure accuracy
- Posting and allocating daily payments/receipts to the system
- Resolve purchase invoice matching discrepancies with CGA, working closely with the CGA PIP team on all aspects of AP invoice processing
- Raising weekly sales invoices for SCCL, working closely with the SCCL operations team to ensure accuracy
- Processing Overhead AP Invoices, sending for approval and passing invoices for payment
- Producing the weekly Aged Debt reports, providing reasons for nonpayment of any overdue accounts to the Management Team
- Credit Control for both SFL & SCCL ensuring timely payment of our invoices and raising any invoice queries with the Operations Teams
- Carry out Month End Closure procedures, to include checking all payments/receipts have been allocated and providing month end reports for Central Finance
- Ensure site compliance, corporate standards and financial controls are adhered to
- Provide holiday cover and support for local Operational Finance Team
- Support the development of standardised reports and ways of working
- Develop strong relationships with team members and stakeholders across the site and wider organisation
Essential Skills / Experience:
- Advanced Excel skills
- Good communication and presentation skills
- Experience in purchase/sales ledgers/dealing with customers & suppliers preferred
- Ability to work within a dynamic, fast-moving environment & prioritise accordingly to meet deadlines
- Proactive and flexible approach
- Strong analytical skills
- Desire to continuously improve performance
Appearance & Conduct:
- Professional, enthusiastic and helpful
- Willingness to learn and share knowledge with colleagues
- Respectful and courteous
- Smart business dress code
Benefits:
- Competitive Salary: We value your skills and commitment
- Discretionary Bonus: Because your hard work deserves to be rewarded
- Pension Scheme: We've got your future covered
- Annual Salary Review: Your growth matters to us
- Free Eye Test and up to £69 Vouchers towards Glasses: Taking care of your vision
- Interest-Free Company Loan: We're here to support you
- Free On-Site Parking: Convenient and hassle-free
- Referral Bonus £750: Spread the word and earn some extra cash
- Care First Lifestyle Programme: Because your well-being matters
- Flu Jabs Annually: Stay healthy, on us
- Group Life Policy: We've got you covered
- Electric Vehicle Charging Points at Work: Embrace sustainable transport
- Flexible Career Pathway: Grow with us!
- Supply Chain Academy: We create, deliver and manage learning that strengthens our organisation and the wider supply chain
- Enhanced Holiday Scheme: we believe loyalty should be rewarded
- Apprenticeships: Earn while you learn we offer apprenticeships that build talent in vital areas like technology, people, finance, operations and much more
- Private Health Care: We are committed to your wellbeing
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We think you need these skills to ace Sales & Purchase Accounts Clerk in Felixstowe
Advanced Excel skills
Communication Skills
Presentation Skills
Purchase Ledger Experience
Sales Ledger Experience
Customer Service Skills
Supplier Management
