Sales Ledger Clerk at Marwood Group Limited

Marwood Group Ltd are a leading supplier of non-mechanical plant hire within the construction industry. With our nationwide depot network, we have built a strong reputation based upon the quality of our products coupled with great customer service.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Sales Ledger Clerk to join our team at our HO in Beckton. This is a great opportunity for somebody with a great attitude and a strong work ethic who is looking to further develop their career in a finance department.

Working days: Mon-Fri

Working hours – 35 p/w

The role is to start ASAP so please submit your application without delay.

Job Title: Sales Ledger Clerk

Reporting to: Credit Control Manager

Main purpose of job

• Collection of cash from portion of ledger.

Main Duties:

• Agree customer remittance advice notes/cheques to outstanding invoices.

• Prepare cash batches, including agree total of cheques to the total of customer remittance advices.

• Post cash batches in accordance with information supplied on customer remittance advice notes.

• Complete batch sheet with notes on items not to be allocated or over payments.

• Authorise orders for companies who are over credit limit.

• Change status of companies from stop to available and vice versa.

• Request payment from customers who have overdue accounts and record replies on manual ledger.

• Obtain payment on accounts.

• Note new invoice queries on system and pass to Accounts Office Assistant for logging and updating.

• Monitor the status of the query.

• Send out statements to customers with appropriate comments.

• Send out copy invoices when requested (non legal accounts).

• Instruct solicitors to send warning letter at appropriate time and record in credit control notes.

• Send out statement of truths to the depots.

• Complete the legal action form and pass to Group Accountant for authorisation.

• Write up a history of pre legal communications for legal folder.

• Change customer’s address/telephone number as required.

• Obtain certificates of change of name and/or issue new application forms.

• Complete the credit card payment form.

• Obtain a faxed promise of payment from customer to allow order to be released.

• Agree contra’s for companies that also have a bought ledger account.

• Provide cover for reception, answering and forwarding calls, franking mail in the absence of the receptionist.

• Review & open new customer credit accounts and setting an appropriate credit limit.

• Authorise orders for companies who are over credit limit.

• Monthly debtors reports.

• Administration/liquidation account stop and advising depot to collect plant.

• Monitor particular credit accounts of concern.

• Prepare documentation and collate a history of pre-legal communications for legal folder.

• Writing off refunds/ late payment fees from accounts.

• Adding important notes/ letters to customer accounts.

The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation and the overall corporate objectives of the company.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: Up to £27,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus scheme

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: SLC04