Sales Ledger Clerk (6 Month FTC)

South East Water; Snodland; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional water company in Snodland is seeking a Sales Ledger Clerk to manage non-water sales ledger duties. Responsibilities include raising invoices, ensuring accurate records, and resolving customer queries. Candidates should possess good communication skills and GCSE qualifications in Maths and English. This is a 6-month fixed-term contract with benefits such as a pension scheme and flexible holiday policy.

Benefits

Excellent Stakeholder pension scheme

5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays

Flexible annual leave policy

Paid volunteering days

Cycle to work scheme

Health cash plan

Life assurance

Wellbeing related benefits

Qualifications

• Ability to work to deadlines.
• Diligent with good attention to detail.
• Good time keeping.
• Previous experience within a similar Finance role is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Raise invoices and credit notes, assisting with reconciliations.
• Build relationships with various teams to meet mutual goals.
• Allocate invoices and cash receipts to the sales ledger accounts.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Numerical skills

Team player

Perseverance

Education

GCSE grade A to C (including Maths and English)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Summary

Join our team as a Sales Ledger Clerk and play a key role in managing our non-water Sales Ledger.

In this position, you'll be responsible for raising invoices and credit notes, assisting with monthly reconciliations, and maintaining accurate supplier records.

This role is crucial for ensuring the smooth operation of our financial processes and providing excellent service by promptly addressing customer queries.

• This is a 6 month fixed term contract.

Main responsibilities

Building and maintaining strong relationships with areas such as Waterlink, Developer Services and the Laboratory to ensure that mutual goals are met.

Work alongside the Cash Team and Credit Controller (Finance) regarding incoming and outgoing payments. Assisting the Financial Operations Manager with various tasks such as monthly reconciliations, reporting and outstanding tasks.

Complete cash reports and make accurate decisions relating to appropriate accounting entire. Ensuring the money being paid is allocated to the correct accounts and invoices.

Demonstrating passion by prioritising and being proactive throughout the working week, meet developer expectation on when they will receive their VAT invoices. Using reports to investigate outstanding invoices.

Allocating invoices and cash receipts to the sales ledger accounts in a timely manor. Understanding deadlines to prioritise workloads and ensure maximum efficiency.

Resolving in a timely professional manner any inconsistencies, queries with incorrectly raised invoices & requesting credits / refunds where necessary.

Understanding the overall outcome and why prioritising and being organised with all work affects the entire department.

Adapting positively to change in order to sustain excellence, may be required to take on extra last minute tasks in order to help the department when required.

Keeping emails and outstanding invoices and credits to a minimum. Self-starter who is comfortable with working independently as well as possessing excellent communication skills and the ability to meet deadlines.

Trusted to achieve a high standard of work and desired outcomes. Expected to quality check work. Maintaining accurate records of customer information.

Skills / Qualifications / Experience

• GCSE grade A to C (9 to 4) or equivalent (including Maths and English).
• Ability to work to deadlines.
• Diligent with good attention to detail.
• Good communication.
• Perseverance.
• Good time keeping.
• Team player.
• Numerical and administration skills.

Experience of managing Customer relationships

Understand general software packages such as Microsoft Office. It will be a bonus if you have :

Bonus skills / experience

• Chartered Institute of Credit Management or equivalent.
• Previous experience within a similar Finance role.

Employees are required to be flexible and to be prepared to perform duties and other tasks within their capabilities. The nature of our business is such that the contents of any job profile are subject to change from time to time.

We want to be the water company people want to be supplied by and want to work for.

We know the communities we serve are diverse. We recognise creativity comes from diversity not similarity. That's why we are enthusiastic about creating inclusion across age, race, gender, ethnicity, religion and identity. You will experience our dedication to equal opportunities and fair treatment for all : through your recruitment, employment and career progression with South East Water.

Benefits package

• Excellent Stakeholder pension scheme, up to 10% employer contribution.
• 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays per annum, increasing to 6 weeks with length of service.
• Flexible annual leave policy to buy or sell holiday leave.
• Paid volunteering days.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Health cash plan.
• Life assurance.
• Wellbeing related benefits.

What can you expect from your recruitment?

To apply for this position, please submit your CV on our career's website.

It is necessary for you to have the legal right to work in the UK when you begin employment with South East Water.

Additionally, as part of the employment offer, you will need to pass background, identity, and employment referencing checks.

If this sounds like the opportunity you've been looking for, apply now!

South East Water kindly asks that recruitment agencies refrain from submitting CVs to our employees or associates without explicit invitation from our HR Resourcing team. CVs sent on a speculative basis will not be acknowledged and will not assume any responsibility for fees or commissions in the event that we hire a candidate who applied directly or subsequently introduced by an instructed agency.

Compensation package

Starting from £24,810 p.a. (pro rata)