Temporary Credit Control and Sales Ledger

Sharp Consultancy; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 34,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site parking

Immediate start

Competitive hourly rate

Job summary

Sharp Consultancy is hiring a temporary credit controller with sales ledger duties for one month to support a busy period. The role demands meticulous attention to detail, solid organisation, and clear stakeholder communication. On-site work in LS15 is required with an immediate start and competitive hourly-equivalent pay.

You will manage invoicing, allocations, credit control tasks, and ledger reconciliations across multiple entities, ensuring accurate billing and timely collections.

Qualifications

• Experience in Accounts Receivable, Sales Ledger or Credit Control.
• Experience processing high volumes of transactions accurately.
• Strong attention to detail and high level of accuracy.
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills.
• Strong communication and customer service skills.
• Ability to handle sensitive financial matters professionally and empathetically.
• Proactive approach and ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Confident IT skills, including experience using finance systems.

Responsibilities

• Raise and process invoices accurately.
• Ensure invoices are correctly allocated.
• Maintain accurate accounts and billing records.
• Process adjustments, credits, refunds and account amendments.
• Ensure income transactions are coded correctly to the site and nominal ledger.
• Carry out first-stage credit control activities and follow up overdue payments.
• Maintain accurate records of collection activity and customer communications.
• Allocate incoming payments and remittances to customer accounts.
• Ensure all receipts are recorded in a timely and accurate manner.
• Reconcile accounts and sales ledger balances.
• Support month-end processes and reporting requirements.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Time management

Communication & customer service

Proactive approach

Excel proficiency

Handling sensitive financial matters

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

?Sharp Consultancy are supporting a growing business based in LS15 to recruit a temporary credit controller who will also be responsible for sales ledger duties, for one month to help out during a bust period. This role offers an immediate start and a competitive hourly rate.

This is an excellent opportunity to work as part of a growing organisation where you will play a key role in ensuring the efficient management of billing, credit control and sales ledger activities across multiple business entities.

About the Role

This role requires excellent attention to detail, strong organisational skills and the ability to communicate professionally and empathetically with a range of stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Raise and process invoices accurately
• Ensure invoices are correctly allocated
• Maintain accurate accounts and billing records
• Process adjustments, credits, refunds and account amendments.
• Ensure income transactions are coded correctly to the appropriate site and nominal ledger.
• Carry out first-stage credit control activities and follow up overdue payments professionally and promptly.
• Maintain accurate records of collection activity and customer communications.
• Allocate incoming payments and remittances accurately to customer accounts.
• Ensure all receipts are recorded in a timely and accurate manner.
• Reconcile accounts and sales ledger balances.
• Support month-end processes and reporting requirements.

To be considered for this role you will have:

• Previous experience in an Accounts Receivable, Sales Ledger or Credit Control role.
• Experience processing high volumes of transactions accurately.
• Strong attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills.
• Strong communication and customer service skills.
• Ability to handle sensitive financial matters professionally and empathetically.
• A proactive approach and the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Confident IT skills, including experience using finance systems and Microsoft Excel.

What's on Offer:

• Salary £30k - £34k dependant on experience (paid on an equivalent hourly rate)
• 5 days on site (Monday - Friday)
• On site car parking
• Supportive and collaborative working environment
• Immediate start

Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK full time without restriction.