I am currently recruiting for a Sales Ledger specialist to join a very successful and growing business based in Wirral. Reporting to the Financial Controller you will be responsible for Credit Control, ensuring aged debt is kept to a minimum and the sales ledger is accurately maintained at all times. The role will involve posting cash to the sales ledger, raising credit notes/invoicing and resolving queries on the outstanding invoice. The role will also involve the preparation of month end sales and credit reports to the Financial Controller.

The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience of working in Credit Control, be a good communicator and have a tenacious attitude that will result in queries being followed through to their resolution.

Duties will include:

• Timely and effective collection of all debts and customers payments
• Negotiating payment plans where necessary
• Contacting customers, to ensure invoices are clear for payment and developing good customer relationships
• Resolving queries both externally and internally with outstanding invoices
• Posting and allocating daily receipts to the accounting system
• Ensuring all the returns are processed in a timely and accurate way on the ISP side of the ERP system, ensuring all queries on returned goods are investigated before processing credits
• Providing information to internal departments if required
• Close monitoring of the debtors ledger and ensuring any accounts at risk are 'on stop' and where necessary reporting
• Aged Debt analysis, Turnover Reports, Credit Risk and Limit Reports
• Checking future customer's credit ratings using Dun and Bradstreet and applying for referees. Applying for credit limits using the Group Euler Facility.
• Re-negotiating new credit limits on behalf of existing customers.
• Helping to develop new robust procedures within the department for credit control purposes.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Good team player
• Ability to develop good customer/colleague relationships, both internally and externally at all levels
• Ability to reconcile complex accounts
• Experience of working with high-volume, complex ledgers
• Good Excel and Word experience and ability to navigate around accounting systems
• Calm and confident disposition to be able to handle potentially uncomfortable conversations

Benefits:

• £28-30k DOE
• 25 days' holiday plus statutory
• 1 days' home working on offer after probation
• 37 hours per week (early finish on a Friday)
• Free parking
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Company pension

DJ/0471
Credit Controller
Birkenhead
£28-30k