accounts receivable Leicester, England
Job description
Key responsibilities:
Reporting to the Management Accountant (CTS), the Accounts Receivable Clerk’s role may include the following activities:
- Taking a proactive role in managing and collecting company debts
- Evaluating new credit requests and reviewing customers’ credit rankings with banks
- Setting up of terms and conditions of credit
- Ensuring timely payment of debts
- Following up payments as needed
- Responding to relevant client enquiries
- Processing and reconciliation of invoices
- Checking and posting of receipts to accounting systems
- Preparation of customer statements, client status reports and all relevant information as required
- Managing sales ledger
- Support and analysis to enable accurate monthly financial reporting
- Working with SAGE 200
- Banking cheques received
- Other duties as required to support the finance function
- Deputise for the senior accounts receivable clerk as required
The Ideal Candidate:
- Outstanding attention to detail with an ability to reconcile complex accounts and identify errors
- Accurate, efficient and organised with the ability to prioritise tasks as needed
- Knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office and Sage 200
- Ability to maintain strong relationships with external customers and internal colleagues
- Assertive, professional, confident and diplomatic when liaising with both colleagues and suppliers
- Good communication skills – liaising with operational managers to ensure that the sales order process is followed
- Attention to detail and a commitment to delivering accurate information on time
- Personally resilient, able to cope with pressures inherent in the role from time to time
Note:- This role is office based in Leicester, UK. Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK
Salary £26 - £30k dependent on experience
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