Sales Ledger Assistant

A fantastic opportunity has arisen within Jacksons for a Sales Ledger Assistant to join our team to on a permanent basis.

**Job Summary**:
The main purpose of the role is to assist in control of the sales ledger. This includes assisting in ensuring customers pay to terms, collection of cash and speedy query resolution to ensure credit terms are not extended. This role will involve assisting in assessment of new/existing customers for appropriate credit limits and terms and management of debt unpaid.

**Key Areas of Responsibility**:

- Ensure invoices are posted and cash allocated on a daily basis.
- Supporting sales ledger status reporting by ensuring ledger accuracy by customer.
- Resolving queries with customers in a timely manner.
- Account reconciliation and sending out monthly statements
- Credit checking and ensuring insurance limits are up to date and monitoring customers’ balances to ensure they do not exceed these limits.
- Monitoring debt and ensuring any aged debt is flagged
- Working with the wider business to work through historic or new issues which affect the sales order to cash cycle.
- Supporting the sales ledger supervisor with other credit control tasks.

**Job Commitments**:

- Monday - Friday working 37.5 hours per week.

**About you, you will**:

- Ideally have previous credit control experience
- Be proficient in Microsoft excel and word
- Have excellent attention to detail and organisational skills
- Need to meet our cultural aspirations
- Have excellent communication skills and be able to communicate with a variety of different people.
- Be self-driven and motivated
- Have a sense of ownership and pride in your work
- Be a Jacksons Ambassador

**Those who know you would describe you as**:

- Strong team worker
- Excellent communicator
- Organised and thorough
- Logical thinker
- Flexible in approach

**You should be able to demonstrate qualities that match Jacksons Values**:

- Expert
- Care
- Passion
- Ambition
- Grounded

**Qualifications & Experience**:
Finance related qualification would be desirable

**A little bit about us and our history**

Jacksons is part of William Jackson Food Group, a sixth generation family business founded by William Jackson when he opened his first shop in Hull in September 1851. Today we have a portfolio of four food businesses in distinct, yet complimentary market areas, employing around 2,000 people.

We have occupied the current site in Hull since 1907 and we now have 3 bread plants in our main bakery. We recently developed a second bakery, also at our site in Hull, which specialises in premium quality roll production.

We specialise in the supply of bread and other carriers to the sandwich manufacturers, foodservice and export channels, and in 2012 we launched our consumer facing brand “Jackson’s of Yorkshire”.

In 2018 we opened a brand-new site in Corby, Northamptonshire - one of the largest investments our Group has ever made - and this will allow us to realise our ambition of being the best at what we do.

**Business Values**

You will live and breathe our 5 business values in everything that you do. You will inspire our colleagues to demonstrate our values in their every day working lives, and you will challenge any behaviors that you feel contravene our values.
- **Passion** - Since 1851, we’ve been passionate about ensuring that every loaf we make is baked to perfection. We’re passionate about our bread and about Jacksons, and we take responsibility and try our hardest every day.
- **Ambition** - We never lose sight of our history but understand we need to be bold and ambitious to be successful in the future. We’re not afraid of trying new things, and we quickly learn from our mistakes.
- **Care**:

- We look after each other. We’re friendly and welcoming - everyone feels a part of the team. Together with our shareholders, we care about our business and our future, we are frugal and spend wisely. Our local communities matter too, and we play our part in making them a better place to live.
- **Grounded**:

- We create the best bread, deliver great service and celebrate our team’s success. We are exceptionally proud of what we do but never arrogant. Down to earth is how you’ll find us.
- **Expert** - We strive to be the best at what we do, from baking great bread, to delivering great service. We use our expertise every day, and play our part in improving our business. We know our stuff but we’re always learning and we make sure we learn together

**Why Jacksons?**

In return for your commitment as a Jacksons employee you will receive:

- Competitive salary paid every 4 weeks.
- 6.6 weeks holiday, increasing to 7 weeks’ with 5 years’ continuous service.
- Stakeholder pension with generous employer contributions.
- Free bread allowance.
- Employee assistance programme.
- Online benefits portal providing exclusive discounts with over 900 retailers.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Support grants available for colleagues’