Accounts Receivable/Sales Ledger Clerk

An exciting opportunity to work with a private equity backed firm that is a UK market leader in the service sector based in Greater Manchester.

Axon Moore are looking to recruit a Accounts Receivable/Sales Ledger Clerk to be responsible for looking after the company’s customer ledgers, ensuring payments are received in a timely manner whilst maintaining good relationships.

Working as part of a small team you will be responsible for duties as follows:

- Manage the outstanding sales balances falling due and contact customers to secure payment
- Send out monthly statements to clients
- Responding to clients’ queries by telephone and e-mail
- Posting all cash receipts to the AR ledger, reconcile outstanding customer balances and resolve any queries
- Monitoring and maintenance of sales ledger
- Work with in-house departments & regional offices on problem balances
- Where required, to initiate proceedings to ensure outstanding debts are bought to a satisfactory conclusion discussing any problem accounts with AR Lead

Skills and key attributes required:

- Previous experience within credit control/accounts receivable/sales ledger is essential
- Ability to manage relationships
- Enthusiastic and self-motivated
- Good organisational and administrative ability
- Strong numeracy skills, strong reconciliation skills, attention to detail
- Strong computer skills - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Dynamics (beneficial)
- Excellent written and verbal communications
- Ability to work on own initiative and without supervision and prioritise workload.