Overview
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. Ensuring the money being paid is allocated to the correct accounts and invoices.
* Prioritise and be proactive throughout the working week, meet developer expectations on when they will receive their VAT invoices. Use reports to investigate outstanding invoices.
* Allocating invoices and cash receipts to the sales ledger accounts in a timely manner. Understand deadlines to prioritise workloads and ensure maximum efficiency.
* Resolve in a timely professional manner any inconsistencies or queries with incorrectly raised invoices and request credits/refunds where necessary.
* Understand the overall outcome and why prioritising and being organised with all work affects the entire department.
* Adapt positively to change to sustain excellence; may be required to take on extra last minute tasks to help the department when required.
* Keep emails and outstanding invoices and credits to a minimum. Be a self-starter who is comfortable working independently with excellent communication skills and the ability to meet deadlines.
* Maintain a high standard of work and quality check outputs. Maintain accurate records of customer information.
You'll need
* 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.
Nice to have
* Chartered Institute of Credit Management or equivalent.
* Previous experience within a similar Finance role.
Other notes
Employees are required to be flexible and 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.
Equality and inclusion
We want to be the water company people want to be supplied by and want to work for. We recognise diversity and 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 careers website.
* It is necessary for you to have the legal right to work in the UK when you begin employment with South East Water.
* As part of the employment offer, you will need to pass background, identity, and employment referencing checks.
Compensation package
Starting from £24,810 p.a. (pro rata).
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