Sales Ledger Clerk

The Fresh Produce Centre, Ltd.; Tonbridge; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

6.6 weeks holiday per annum including

Pension Scheme

Free onsite parking

Optional company share scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Grocery Aid Employee Assistance

Learning and development opportunities

Imagination Library - free books for 5

Medicash

Death in service benefit

Job summary

The Fresh Produce Centre, Ltd. is seeking a Sales Ledger Clerk to manage customer invoicing, update receipts, and resolve disputes with hauliers. You will communicate with customers daily, maintain accurate ledgers, and support the Sales Ledger team with ad-hoc requests.

The role emphasizes strong interpersonal and numerical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to adapt to change. On-site in Tonbridge, with a 40-hour week and a benefits package.

Qualifications

• Excellent communicator with strong numerical ability.
• Proficient with MS Office (Excel/Word) and data entry accuracy.
• Able to dispute delivery shortages and resolve issues with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Process customer invoices using POD matching.
• Update daily receipts against invoices.
• Dispute delivery shortages with hauliers and resolve discrepancies.
• Handle ad-hoc queries from colleagues and investigate to resolve them.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Numerical skills

MS Office (Excel, Word)

Negotiation

Attention to detail

Time management

Adaptability

Tools

SAP

Job description

Reporting to the Sales & Purchase Ledger Team Leader, the purpose of this role is to collect any outstanding payments against our customer accounts, to ensure that we are paid in an accurate and timely manner.

It’ll be your responsibility to accurately prepare customer invoices using our POD matching process, updating daily customer receipts against invoices and disputing delivery shortages with hauliers.

As you’ll be spending much of your time communicating with customers, you’ll need to have great interpersonal skills, good resilience and perseverance. No two days are the same for our sales ledger team, and you will often receive ad-hoc queries from colleagues around the business, which you will also be responsible for investigating and resolving.

Our perfect Sales Ledger Clerk would be:

• An excellent communicator with strong numerical skills.
• Confident in the use of MS Office packages (Excel, Word).
• Familiar with using SAP systems (desirable).
• Resilient with the ability to negotiate.
• Patient with an excellent attention to detail.
• Able to organise time effectively and prioritise workload.
• Looking to innovate and respond to change.

The hours you would work:

• 40 hours per week Monday to Friday 8.00am - 5pm.

What else we can offer you:

• A competitive salary.
• 6.6 weeks holiday per annum inclusive of bank holidays.
• Pension Scheme
• Free onsite parking.
• Optional company share scheme
• Cycle to work Scheme.
• Grocery Aid Employee Assistance Program.
• Learning and development opportunities
• Imagination Library - Free books every month for children of our employees up to age 5.
• Medicash.
• Death in service benefit.