Job Description

You will be responsible for all debts that are accumulated in line with the established credit terms and to ensure that business objectives are met efficiently. You will execute important functions in agreement with the set timetable whilst supporting fellow members in the finance team and the wider business.

Key Responsibilities

• Upkeep of the Finance function for financed customers and ensuring the appropriate collection of all financed debts
• Ensuring daily reports are run, checked and balanced
• Evaluate bank statements daily, posting and allocating payment received from financed customers 
• Transfer of customers with debt 60+ days overdue
• Forwarding statements to customers and providing copy invoices when required
• Tracking for payment via telephone and email
• Dealing with internal and external queries in a timely manner
• Running weekly debt reports with commentary
• Posting and allocating payments
• Matching invoices to order and acknowledgements
• Ensure filing is up to date and tidy daily
• Generating debt reports and settlements at month end, ensuring there are no reconciling items
• Accountable for the non-financed customer element of the sales ledger
• Ensuring all payments are received prior to dispatch of goods. Liaising with customers and the sales team through emails and telephone conversations
• Delivering a weekly debt report including commentary on overdue amounts, detailing reason and action being taken to secure payment
• Sending statements to customers and providing copy invoices when required
• Ensuring payment/payment confirmations has been received before orders or sent down to
• Taking credit/debit card payments over the phone for orders where necessary.
• Maintaining cash receipt spreadsheet
• Processing all sales orders that have been generated and carrying out the necessary checks to ensure the order is correct. (Delivery, surcharges, charity, VAT codes) 
• Creation of credit notes following return of stock
• Processing requests for new accounts
• Providing cover for other team members during period of absence

Benefits:

• Employee Birthday Gift: £25 Gift vouchers each year
• Wellbeing Programme - supports employees to maintain their health, happiness and
  well-being
• Mental health and promoting positivity in the workplace
• Workplace Pension: Pension 4% Employer & 5% Employee 
• Free Eye Tests
• Massage - Free head, neck & shoulder massages
• Free Staff Parking
• 28 days holiday including Bank Holidays

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Experience within an Accounts Receivable environment 
• Credit control experience
• Good Excel and data inputting skills
• Ability to work to deadlines and manage workload
• Team player and professional
• Proactive, Sociable, focused, task driven & flexible
• Willingness to challenge existing procedures and processes