Sales Ledger Credit Controller

Role: Sales Ledger/Credit Controller

Salary: Up to £28,000 + Study Support

Location: Bolton

Start Date: ASAP

Talent Accountancy & Finance are looking for a strong, versatile Sales Ledger/Credit Controller who can drive the Sales Ledger processes, building strong client relationships & keeping debt across the business to a minimum.

We’re looking for someone with the confidence & experience to own the Sales Ledger close each month and improve processes where required.

The package for this role is a salary up to £28k DOE + study support if desired/required.

You’d be working from the company’s Bolton office and will play a key role in a small Finance team.

The package on offer for this role is as follows:

• Salary £26,000 - £28,000
• Study support (if required – kicks in after probation)
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Free parking on-site

The Role

As a key member of the central Finance function some of the main tasks include:

• Production & delivery of monthly client statements, along with relevant copy invoices
• Building strong relationships both internally and externally with clients & colleagues alike to aid query resolution (all with a view to getting invoices paid)
• Bank reconciliations – including factoring accounts and reporting to bank
• Providing monthly bad debt reporting
• Setting up new clients in Sage
• Ensuring Sales Ledger is closed within tight deadlines each month
• Providing daily reports including debtors’ balance in order to update cashflow
• Posting receipts & allocating on a daily basis
• Month end intercompany reconciliations
• Credit Control
• Generate monthly sales report/pack for month end board meeting
• Lunch time phone cover for receptionist

The Person

Having both Sales Ledger experience ie invoicing, dealing with clients re queries & closing the Sales Ledger for month end plus then Credit Control & collections experience too will set you in good stead for this role.

Also, having previously owned the debtors ledger & understanding what good looks like in terms of the debt profile of a business is all relevant for this position so you can prioritise the correct work and ensure the cash is coming into the business.

This person needs to be pro-active & inquisitive, as well as being confident to follow their intuition regarding debt in the business to get ahead of issues before they occur.

This person will ideally be/have:

• Experience within a manufacturing/stock based environment
• With a “can do” attitude first and foremost!
• Willing to learn & takes pride in doing quality work
• Team player – small time & a key role in Finance
• Excellent communicator – both internally across departments and externally with clients
• Eagerness to learn and get stuck in
• Good excel skills – vlookups, formulas, pivot tables as the role will include manipulating decent sized excel files

More than happy to discuss, even if you’ve not done everything on the spec feel free to get in touch and I’d be happy to advise as best I can!