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Credit Controller/ Accounts Assistant- 6 month fixed term contract
Location: East Manchester
Salary: circa £27,000- £29,000 DOE
We are supporting our client, based in East Manchester who are looking for an experienced credit controller to join their finance team on a 6-month contract. You will be responsible for the control of the sales ledger and it is your duty to manage and process all incoming cash daily, to confirm sales invoices ensuring posted to the sales ledger on a timely basis and to chase customers for overdue invoices. You must have a strong background in credit control, to be able to confidently take a lead on the sales ledger/ credit control process and support the small finance team with any other ad hoc support.
Key Tasks:
- Confirm sales invoices from sales order despatches daily and prepare and post manual invoices as required
- Post and allocate bacs, cheque and cash receipts and reconcile customer accounts
- Complete bank reconciliation of HSBC Trust accounts (GBP, USD & EUR) daily
- Chase customer payment of overdue invoices for all companies within the group keeping debtors' days within 60 days
- Respond queries concerning sales invoices/orders
- Send copy invoices/credits as required
- Find proof of delivery as required for customer accounts
- Set up new customer accounts and amend existing accounts as necessary
- Apply for credit insurance and monitor regularly
- Complete proforma invoices for customers without a credit account as required
- Upload sales invoices to customers' portals where necessary
- Liaise with other departments to resolve queries and provide summary of customer complaints on a weekly basis, reporting outstanding queries and non-conformances each week
- Provide credit notes once query resolution/non-conformance process has been resolved
- Run and send out monthly customer statements
- Prepare intercompany recharge manual invoices monthly and post to sales ledger
If you are available immediately or on a short notice period, please send a copy of your CV for immediate consideration.
