Finance Specialist: Credit Control & Ledger Reconciliations

Journey Further; Manchester; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension up to 4%

Private medical insurance

Enhanced family leave

Job summary

Journey Further in Manchester is seeking a Finance Specialist to manage credit control, invoicing, and ledger reconciliations. You will work with the RevOps team to ensure clean data, steady cash inflow, and accurate records across multi-currency accounts.

With 1–2 years in a finance/transactional role, you will support PO processing, VAT, and month-end tasks using Xero and Google Sheets, aiming for audit-ready financials within a fast-paced marketing agency environment.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of hands‑on experience in finance or transactional role.
• Experience across credit control, ledger reconciliations, and PO/invoice processes is preferred.
• Proficiency with Xero and spreadsheet data manipulation.
• Foundational understanding of VAT rules.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day credit control cycles and contact clients to secure payments.
• Serve as first point of contact for client billing queries and resolve disputes.
• Perform credit checks, set up new accounts, and capture accurate billing details.
• Monitor aged debtors and escalate to Finance Manager as needed.
• Conduct daily bank reconciliations across multi-currency accounts.
• Prepare and maintain key monthly reconciliations (bank, card, petty cash, supplier statements).
• Process supplier invoices, approve POs, schedule payments, resolve queries.
• Assist with month‑end entries including accruals, prepayments, and deferrals.
• Collaborate with RevOps to align client retainer models and project billing.
• Process staff expenses and monitor corporate card usage for VAT compliance.
• Maintain clean financial records and audit-ready documentation.
• Provide prompt finance support to internal teams.

Skills

Credit control

Ledger reconciliations

Billing support

Bank reconciliations

VAT fundamentals

Xero

Google Sheets

PO management

Invoicing

AAT study (preferred)

Education

AAT qualification (preferred)

Tools

Xero

Google Sheets

Job description

Journey Further in Manchester is seeking a Finance Specialist to manage credit control, invoicing, and ledger reconciliations. You will work with the RevOps team to ensure clean data, steady cash inflow, and accurate records across multi-currency accounts.

With 1–2 years in a finance/transactional role, you will support PO processing, VAT, and month-end tasks using Xero and Google Sheets, aiming for audit-ready financials within a fast-paced marketing agency environment.