Sales Ledger Officer

Sales Ledger Officer

Location: Easton House / Hybrid

Salary: £25,026 - £29,719 per annum

The organisation is the leading independent global body representing the Procurement and Supply profession with a global membership of over 60,000 in more than 150 countries. The organisation is connected with a broad range of individuals associated with the profession including senior business people, high-ranking public servants and leading academics.
The focus for them is on enhancing the capability and profile of the profession through education, qualifications, training and external affairs activities. They are a UK based, not for profit, organisation with a royal charter, and they exist for the public good of the profession. Procurement and Supply has a major impact on the effectiveness, efficiency and profitability of any organisation, and they offer a ‘one stop shop’ for Procurement and Supply excellence in People, Processes and Performance.

The organisation has local offices in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, Africa, the Middle East and the USA.

The Role

Responsible for the end-to-end Sales ledger transactional processes across multiple global legal entities. This includes processing and issuing of all sales invoices or credit notes, processing and matching of sales ledger receipts, and ultimately taking ownership of the sales ledger accounts to ensure they are accurately maintained and that any discrepancies are addressed on a timely basis.

This role will work closely with the Credit Controller and Revenue Officer to ensure all customers’ sales ledger accounts are accurate and up to date so that Customer queries can be addressed in a timely fashion.

Finally, there are likely to be other ad-hoc duties required in the Finance department from time to time.
This is an exciting opportunity where the successful post holder will be working within an experienced and welcoming team. We aim to create a supportive working environment where staff wellbeing and flexibility is actively promoted. This is an excellent role for someone who is looking to build their career within Finance who will have exposure of working for a global business where full training will be provided. The successful candidate must have the willingness to learn new skills, be flexible and organised.

• Being directly responsible for all aspects of the Sales Ledger operations, ensuring accurate and timely data management, sales invoice and receipt processing and regular review of the aged debtors reports to validate all matching and adjustments have been made as expected.
• Setting up all new Customers in the finance system, ensuring appropriate approvals are in place and accurate master data information is held on the customer accounts.
• Raising all sales invoices and credit notes daily in the finance system, following the standard procedures for each area of Revenue, and issuing to Customers on a timely basis.
• Daily processing of the bank accounts, as they relate to the sales ledger. Ensuring all receipts are processed accurately and are correctly matched to sales invoices and credits. Updating systems as required, highlighting any anomalies through established procedures
• Responsible for journaling any adjustments on funds received to ensure complete matching, such as bank charges or foreign exchange adjustments.
• Close down sales ledger month and year end, ensuring accurate information is kept for audit purposes.
• Support with the annual audit taking responsibility for responding to sales ledger related requests; including collating system evidence and supporting documentation, as required by the auditors.
• Proactively consider and look for continuous improvement opportunities, raising recommendations to the Finance Manager for consideration.
• Providing absence and peak work cover for the CIPS Revenue process.
• Further Ad Hoc duties, such as transactional processing or administrative tasks, to provide support to the wider finance team.

Skills and Qualifications

•  Sales ledger processing and ownership
• Excellent communications (internal & external)
• Ability to Work on own initiative when requiredHigh level of comfort and strong skills is using MS Excel

Benefits

• Life Assurance
• Healthcare
• Pension
• Bonus Scheme

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable company, then please do not hesitate to apply.