Accounts Receivable Clerk

Senior Credit Controller / Sales Ledger

12-Month Fixed-Term Contract 
£33,000 | Hybrid Working | City Centre Location

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Credit Controller/ Sales Ledger Clerk to join the finance function of a well-established organisation. 

This position plays a key role in ensuring the effective management of the sales ledger, reducing aged debt, maintaining accurate financial records, and supporting healthy cash flow through proactive credit control. You'll be responsible for managing a portfolio of customer accounts, raising sales invoices, carrying out reconciliations, and building strong relationships with both customers and internal stakeholders.

This role would suit someone with a solid background in credit control and sales ledger who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and takes pride in delivering a high level of accuracy and customer service.

Key Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the sales ledger, ensuring customer accounts are maintained accurately.
• Raise and process sales invoices, credit notes and account adjustments in a timely manner.
• Proactively manage outstanding debt, following up on overdue balances in a professional and timely manner.
• Record all customer contact, payment arrangements and account activity accurately.
• Allocate incoming payments and ensure cash receipts are posted correctly.
• Carry out regular customer account reconciliations to ensure balances remain accurate.
• Perform sales ledger control account reconciliations, investigating and resolving any discrepancies.
• Complete regular bank reconciliations, ensuring all transactions are accurately recorded and reconciled.
• Investigate and resolve billing queries, liaising with customers and internal departments to achieve prompt resolution.
• Prepare aged debt reports and provide regular updates on collection activity and debtor performance.
• Contribute to debtor review meetings, providing insight into outstanding accounts and recovery plans.
• Build effective relationships across the business to resolve invoicing and payment issues.
• Support month-end and year-end finance processes, ensuring all sales ledger activities are completed accurately and on time.
• Assist with continuous improvement initiatives to enhance finance processes and controls.

About You

You'll be an experienced Credit Controller with a strong understanding of sales ledger management and debt recovery. You'll be confident communicating with customers at all levels, able to resolve issues diplomatically, and comfortable working with high volumes of transactions while maintaining excellent attention to detail.

Experience Required

• Experience working within a busy Credit Control position
• Proven background within a high-volume Sales Ledger or Accounts Receivable environment.
• Experience raising sales invoices, processing credit notes and allocating customer payments.
• Experience completing sales ledger control account reconciliations and bank reconciliations.
• Strong knowledge of credit control procedures and effective debt collection techniques.
• Experience using finance or ERP systems.
• Good understanding of month-end finance processes.

Skills & Competencies

• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills.
• Confident user of Microsoft Excel and finance systems.
• Professional approach when handling sensitive payment discussions.
• Ability to build positive working relationships with both customers and colleagues.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to identify and resolve reconciliation issues.

Desirable Experience

• Previous experience within an Accounts Receivable or credit control function.
• Background working within a commercial or customer-focused organisation.
• Experience dealing with complex customer accounts 

What's on Offer

• Salary of £30-33K
• 12 month fixed term contract
• Hybrid working pattern 
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• Contributory pension.
• Modern city centre offices with excellent transport links.
• Opportunity to join a supportive finance team within a well-established organisation.