Sales Ledger Clerk

Orka Financial is working with a business in the Education sector that are based in Maidenhead to recruit a Sales Ledger Clerk who will be reporting to the Group Finance Manager.

Key Responsibilities:

• Raising Invoices on the Finance system
• Taking payment via credit card, processing cash and BACS receipts.
• To assist with the preparation of cash received and cheques for banking.
• Allocate customer payments to the appropriate accounts and invoices.
• Monitoring of Customer Accounts to ensure queries are dealt with promptly, resolving issues and following through to ensure debt is cleared.
• Respond to customer inquiries regarding invoices, payments, and account balances.
• Provide support and assistance to customers regarding payment methods, billing inquiries, and account reconciliations.
• Reconcile sales ledger accounts to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and collaboratively implement solutions.
• Weekly Credit Control to ensure invoices are paid within terms.
• Liaising with stakeholders to enable cross college collaboration for collection of debt.
• Fortnightly preparation and review of debtors reports with Group Finance Manager and Group Finance Director.
• To be responsible for month end processes.
• Produce further additional reports as required to support the month end close.
• Assist with year-end audit.
• Provide additional analysis and reconciling of general ledger accounts as required.
• Resolve accounting or documentation issues and discrepancies as they arise.
• To provide excellent customer service, manage and maintain good relationship with the internal and external stakeholders.

Key Skill/Experience:

• Proficient with Excel.
• Relevant experience with Sales Ledger and Credit Control.
• Great communication and problem solving skills.

Salary:

• £28,000 - £32,000 + Plus further benefits