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Sales Ledger Clerk / Credit Controller required for growing SME.
This position is full-time and based in our office near Leighton Buzzard
Reports Directly to : Financial Controller/ Managing Director
Job Summary : Full control/ownership of sales ledger and credit control.
Role Description
Credit Control
- Management of aged debt collection via telephone calls, emails, overdue letters and court action if required.
- Weekly management reports on aged debt to update relevant managers and liaise to progress collections and escalate further actions.
- Take ownership of the collection escalation process
- Manage sales ledger mailbox, resolving queries on a timely basis
Sale Ledger
- Twice weekly sales ledger imports from internal operating system
- Raising manual invoices as required
- Raising monthly contract invoices
- Sending all invoices to customers, including some customer portals
- Updating invoices to sales ledger
- Issuing statements
- Daily bank reconciliation
- Credit checking customers
- Updating order numbers – auditing and chasing for outstanding ones
To undertake training as required
Comply with company policies and procedures
Any additional duties that may be required: eg assisting with month end reconciliations
Experience Required
- Thrives in a busy SME environment and handles stressful situations calmly and professionally
- Experience of credit control procedures and an understanding of the importance of prompt cash collection
- Ability to deal with efficiently staff and clients at all levels
- Numerate with a good level of attention to detail
- Good organisational and time management skills
- Ability to work to prioritise and achieve deadlines
- Previous Sage 50 experience. A reasonable level of Excel expertise.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team as well as working on own initiative
- An enthusiastic and motivated individual
