Sales Ledger Accountant, London, up to £30K

Our client is a UK owned software product company. They are the pioneers and global leaders in IT solutions. To date, our client has helped more than 1,600 customers save $1.4 billion. 

 

Main purpose of role/Position Summary
We are looking for an exceptional Accounts Receivable Clerk who can deliver to high standards. The role involves being responsible for all invoicing for the global organisation, and ensuring said invoices are paid in accordance with agreed terms, you will be joining a team of 8 in the Finance department reporting to the Group Financial Controller.

 

Job Responsibilities:

1. Liaising with Sales Operations and Sales Team to ensure information in FOCUS (CRM) is correct.
2. Billing of software sales and maintenance renewals in GBP, USD, EUR & AUD as the orders are passed to Finance from SalesOps.
3. Accurately raising all sales invoices and ensuring that the details on the invoices are correct.
4. Billing of consultancy services and expenses while ensuring they coincide with the customer contracts and open POs.
5. Accurate allocation of all receipts from customers to their accounts.
6. Setting up and maintaining customer accounts.
7. Day to day responsibility for maintaining and updating the sales ledger.
8. Communicating with customers via phone, email or mail to follow up overdue payments and to resolve any issues.
9. Review of all balances outstanding and due and pro-active communication with the customer to ensure that payment is made on time.
10. Prepare detailed debtors reports monthly basis, and prepare forecasted debtor receipts to be used in cash flow forecast.
11. Achieving monthly collection targets.
12. Investigate and resolve customer queries.
13. Preparing monthly reports of overdue debtors for review by Sales and Services team leads.
14. Other ad hoc Sales ledger reporting as per management requests.
15. End of month reconciliations between SAP, Maringo and FOCUS (CRM system).
16. Assist with month end reconciliations and provide support during annual audits.  

 

Key Experience & Qualifications

Essential:

• Proven experience in an accounts receivable role (2 years+ experience preferred) – both billing and credit control.
• Good knowledge of office administration and procedures.
• Knowledge of general bookkeeping procedures/accounting principles.
• Proficient in relevant computer applications.
• Good IT skills including knowledge of Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Experience with SAP Business One (or any other SAP finance systems) preferred but not essential.

 

Personal Skills

Essential:

• Excellent communication & literacy skills.
• Excellent problem analysis and problem solving skills.
• Highly numerate.
• Strong team player.
• Personally effective and highly organised.
• Accurate and a keen eye for detail.
• A professional & efficient approach to work.
• Friendly and approachable.
• Able to perform under pressure.
• Tenacious and having a sense of urgency.
• Able to work independently, with minimal supervision.

ALL APPLICANTS MUST BE FREE TO WORK IN THE UK FREE FROM THE RESTRICTIONS OF VISA`S AND WORK PERMITS.
Exposed Solutions is acting as an employment agency to this client.
Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of age, and we confirm that we will gladly accept applications from persons of any age for this role.