Sales Ledger/Finance Assistant

Confidential; Manchester, Salford; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 holidays

Pension

Early finish Fridays

Job summary

Confidential is appointing a Sales Ledger/Finance Assistant to join its finance team in Manchester. Reporting to the Finance Director, you will manage day-to-day sales ledger activities and support wider finance tasks, ensuring accurate records and strong customer relationships.

The role suits an organised, proactive finance assistant keen to develop in accounting, with exposure to invoices, credit control, SAP usage advantageous.

Qualifications

• Experience in a finance office environment, ideally in a finance team.
• Experience with sales ledger duties and credit control.
• Able to communicate professionally with customers over the phone.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Process invoices, credit notes and receipts.
• Manage the sales ledger and maintain accurate financial records.
• Chase outstanding debts and resolve invoice queries.
• Liaise with customers to ensure prompt receipt of payments.
• Process service and spare parts invoices and post into SAP.
• Assist with customer cash receipt planning and cash flow forecasting.
• Issue monthly customer statements.
• Set up new customer accounts on the system.
• Support month-end processes and provide cover during absences.

Skills

Sales ledger experience

Credit control

Customer service

Organisational skills

Tools

SAP

Job description

About the Role

A well-established and successful business is looking to appoint a Sales Ledger/Finance Assistant to join its finance team. Reporting directly to the Finance Director, this is a varied role that will see you taking responsibility for the day-to-day management of the sales ledger function whilst supporting wider finance and administrative activities.This position would suit an organised and proactive Assistant who is keen to develop in an accounting role, where you can take ownership of the ledger/debtors and maintain strong customer relationships.

Key Responsibilities

• Processing invoices, credit notes and receipts
• Managing the sales ledger and maintaining accurate financial records
• Chasing outstanding debts and resolving invoice queries
• Liaising with customers to ensure prompt receipt of payments
• Processing service and spare parts invoices and posting into SAP
• Assisting with customer cash receipt planning and cash flow forecasting
• Issuing monthly customer statements
• Setting up new customer accounts on the system
• Supporting month-end processes and providing cover during absences

About You

You will already have experience of working in an office, ideally in a finance team, ideally with previous exposure to sales ledger duties and credit control/customer contact. You will be comfortable speaking with customers, have a professional telephone manner and be confident building positive working relationships. Strong organisational skills, attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities are essential. Previous experience using finance systems such as SAP would be advantageous but is not essential.

What's on Offer

• friendly team environment
• a varied role with responsibility and ownership
• an attractive working pattern with an early finish every Friday
• 25 holidays and a pension
• full time Monday to Friday (9am-5pm - with early finish Friday)