Sales Ledger Controller

Isle of Man

Permanent

Our client seeks a Sales Ledger Controller to join their team.

Role Profile To improve the organisations working capital by ensuring prompt collection of sales debts. To efficiently manage the control of debtors to ensure that payment is made by debtors in accordance with company policies. To supply administrative support to the business, in relation to the sales ledger, credit control and assistance to the finance and wider team.

Key Responsibilities

Credit Control and Sales Ledger Management

Raise the weekly sales for Trade Distribution Ltd.
Communicate invoices to customers.
Deal with invoice queries promptly.
Identify and introduce payment trackers where necessary.
Send monthly direct-debit statements.
Ensure customer adherence to payment terms. Apply cash/debt collection and escalate ongoing issues where necessary.
Ensure a 5% bad debt provision is met and maintained on a monthly and year end basis.
Communicate effectively with customers to resolve payment queries.
Create and send statements to customers.
Maintain and review sales ledger accounts to ensure they remain tidy and free from errors.
Assist the accounts department with payment allocation and requesting remittances.
Convert customers to stated payment terms and payment method.
Working alongside the Compliance Manager to ensure new customers are monitored closely and adhere to payment terms.
Assisting with the administrative set up of new customers.
Assisting with any ad-hoc requests from the Compliance Manager.

Reporting.

Create and circulate the weekly aged debt report with commentary regarding status and risk.

Key Skills and Experience

A minimum of 5 GCSE's A* - C (including Maths) or equivalent.
Ideally, a minimum of 3 years' experience of working in an office environment.
Experience working with debt collection and sales ledger.
Ideally, experience working within a logistics environment.
Good working knowledge of IT systems including Microsoft Excel and Business Central.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills enabling effective communication across all levels both internally and externally.
The ability to be assertive and confident.
The ability to multi-task and meet strict deadlines.
The ability to solve problems effectively and in a timely manner, whilst maintaining strong customer relations.
Very well organised with high attention to detail.
High degree of flexibility and willingness to help others in a team environment.
Friendly and professional manner.
Calm and methodical approach to tasks.

Your specialist: Paige Milestone

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Hi, I'm your specialist Paige and I can't wait to hear from you about this job. You can simply submit your CV or call me on 678144 with any questions.