Finance/Accounts Assistant - Credit Control, Sales Ledger and Purchase Ledger

Job Purpose: We are looking to recruit an experienced Finance/Accounts Assistant to support the Finance Department across credit control, sales ledger and purchase ledger activities. Reporting to the Assistant Finance Manager, the successful candidate will play an important role in maintaining accurate financial records, ensuring invoices are processed efficiently, actively managing customer accounts and supporting supplier payments in line with agreed terms. The role will contribute to maintaining a healthy cash flow, strong customer and supplier relationships, and effective financial controls across the Group. The successful candidate will need to be organised, commercially aware and confident working across a varied finance workload. Main Duties and Responsibilities: Credit Control Accurately allocate customer receipts and investigate unallocated cash. Proactively chase overdue debt by telephone, email and written correspondence. Build and maintain effective customer relationships to encourage prompt payment. Issue customer statements and payment reminders. Monitor aged debt and produce regular reports for management. Attend and contribute to debtor review meetings. Investigate disputed invoices and work collaboratively with operational teams to achieve timely resolution. Support cash flow forecasting through accurate reporting of expected customer receipts. Sales Ledger Maintain accurate sales ledger records and customer account information. Investigate and resolve ..... full job details .....