Sales Ledger Assistant Engineering / Construction

Sales Ledger Assistant (Engineering / Construction)

Nottingham

£24,000 - £27,000 + training + career progression

Are you a sales ledger or accounts assistant with experience of processing sales invoices looking to work for a leading provider of products and services into the construction industry?

Are you looking to progress you career and move into management with a growing and stable business?

On offer is a role within a modern M&E consultancy that is family run and focused on continuous improvement that will provide excellent training and actively encourages career development and progression.

You will help maximise the sales of the company whilst managing the inherent risk of extending credit. This will be achieved by ensuring the accuracy of customer data, the accuracy of the Sales Ledger output, the prompt resolution of customer queries and the timely intervention to address overdue balances.

The Role:

• Invoicing: Review dispatched orders, for accuracy, against a pre-defined set of criteria prior to invoicing.
• Compile and distribute a daily report detailing the specific issues which are preventing invoicing and liaise with the various departments to resolve these issues.
• Generate and send out completed invoices by email, post and Tradex on a daily basis.
• Processing Customer Returns: Accurately process 'Collection Notes' in a timely manner to accommodate products returned by customers. Ensuring the correct credit note is raised, re-stocking charges are applied (where applicable) and stock levels are correctly adjusted.
• Posting and Allocating Customer Receipts: Promptly and accurately apply all types of payment (primarily BACS, Cheque & Card) to the correct customer account and allocate these to the relevant invoices & credit notes.
• Managing Customer Credit Limits and Held Orders: Ensure customers trade within their assigned credit limit and review these limits, where appropriate, in accordance with company policy.
• Opening New Customer Credit Facilities: Working with both the Sales Team and the customer to process new account applications in a timely and customer friendly manner
• Chasing Overdue Debtors: Work in close liaison with the Credit Manager to ensure your defined list of customers are chased in a timely manner

The Person:

• Excellent attention to deal and a great communicator with customer service and accounts administration experience

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.

Keywords: Sales Ledger Assistant, Sales Ledger Clerk, Accounts Administrator, Credit Control

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