Sales Ledger Clerk - #2116919

Sales Ledger Clerk

Salary: Up to £34,000
Location: Sheffield
Full-time | Permanent

We are working with a well-established organisation to recruit a Sales Ledger Clerk to join their finance team. This is a great opportunity for someone with solid sales ledger or transactional finance experience who enjoys working accurately, keeping on top of deadlines and resolving queries.

The Role

As a Sales Ledger Clerk, you will take ownership of a range of sales ledger activities, ensuring customer accounts are accurate, up to date and well managed.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Preparing and processing customer invoices, credit notes and statements accurately and within agreed timescales.
• Checking invoicing against relevant sales and order information to ensure all charges have been captured correctly.
• Recording and allocating incoming customer payments to the appropriate accounts.
• Working alongside the credit control function to monitor outstanding balances, support payment arrangements and follow up overdue accounts where required.
• Carrying out regular reviews of customer accounts and completing sales ledger reconciliations as part of the month-end process.
• Supporting the monthly sales ledger close, ensuring all required checks and processes have been completed.
• Producing and maintaining month-end sales ledger reports and ensuring financial information is stored correctly.
• Reviewing customer records periodically and making any necessary updates to ensure information remains accurate.
• Supporting the identification and processing of recurring and annual customer charges, ensuring nothing is missed.
• Preparing discount information for approval and implementing agreed changes within the finance system.
• Creating new customer account in line with internal procedures.
• Maintaining existing customer records, making amendments where necessary and ensuring account information remains accurate.

About You

We are looking for someone who has previous experience within a sales ledger, accounts receivable or transactional finance environment.

You will ideally have:

• Previous experience working within a sales ledger or accounts receivable position.
• Good attention to detail and a strong focus on accuracy.
• Experience working with invoices, credit notes, customer payments and account reconciliations.
• The ability to manage your own workload and work to month-end deadlines.
• Good communication skills and confidence dealing with internal and external stakeholders.
• A proactive approach to identifying and resolving discrepancies.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Sales Ledger Clerk looking to join a supportive finance team where accuracy, organisation and attention to detail are highly valued.