Sales Ledger Clerk

**Our client is looking for an energetic, enthusiastic self starter capable of autonomous working.**

**Your job responsibilities**:

- To cover the main operating company, but will also include the other companies with the group as required.
- Proactively chase debtors
- Confident in liaising with both internal and external stakeholders
- Assisting with the day-to-day credit control function of the business including credit checking prospective new customers
- You will be reporting directly to the Finance Supervisor

**Key Tasks**:

- Proactively chasing debtors and adhere to policies and procedures to ensure timely payments
- Administering and maintaining the client ledgers in the system
- Raising credit notes
- Posting sales ledger receipts and allocating receipts
- Maintaining of the sales ledger, ensuring completeness and accuracy of information
- Continuous development within SAP of customer specific routines and tasks such as, invoicing process, cash allocation and producing statements.
- Actively assist Account Management & Operations with queries etc. via CRM and ensure timely resolution.
- Manage aged debtor performance on related accounts, timely payment of invoices when due per agreed terms.
- Supporting the month end reconciliation process
- Bank reconciliation
- Assisting with the purchase ledger
- Raising invoices and credit notes as appropriate and experience of more on-line payment methods such as credit card.

**Key Skills will include**:

- A minimum of 1 years experience within Credit Control
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience in dealing with high volumes and blue-chip companies
- SAP or SAP Business 1 experience is preferred
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate at all levels with both financial and non-financial colleagues, management team, business stakeholders and with both clients and suppliers.
- Effective debt collection skills
- A confident and professional telephone manner
- The ability to prioritize workloads and meet deadlines with strong organisational skills.
- Proven technical ability, advanced excel skills are required and financial modelling would be advantageous.
- In depth knowledge of financial systems such as SAP or equivalent and supporting management information systems.
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Willing to adopt a flexible, hands on, common sense, 'can do' approach to ensure (and be accountable for) benefits realisation.

**Bennett Staff acts as an employment agency for permanent staff and an employment business for temporary workers. We recruit for roles based in Office, Warehousing, Manufacturing, Logistics, Industrial and all categories of Catering staff.**

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**Job Type**: Permanent

**Salary**: £22,999.00-£23,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Denton, Greater Manchester: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Credit Control: 1 year (required)

Reference ID: A14985