Accounts Assistant / Credit Controller

Salary: £26,000 – £28,080 per year

Our client is a family-owned company, specialising in the supply and install of a wide range of products into the Care Home sector. With over 20 years of trading and working with some of the UK’s best known care groups they are looking to expand their Finance Team.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Accounts Assistant / Credit Controller to join the finance team. You would be responsible for managing the sales ledger function of the business.

As an Accounts Assistant your reporting line will be to the Finance Manager, working closely to deliver an accurate and efficient credit control service, as well as assisting with other administrative duties within the team. This role requires building and maintaining strong relationships with clients to ensure the smooth running of accounts.

The day-to-day duties of the Credit Controller are varied and include managing the amounts due from customers, ensuring timely payments are made, processing incoming funds, reconciling invoices, resolving account queries, and managing debt recovery.

Outlined below are several standard duties that this job role entails:

Key responsibilities:

Daily duties may include the following activities:

• Taking a proactive role in managing and collecting amounts due from customers

• Evaluating new credit requests and reviewing customers’ credit rankings

• Setting up of terms and conditions of credit

• Ensuring timely payment of debts

• Following up payments as needed

• Negotiating payment plans where necessary

• Responding to relevant client enquiries

• Processing and entering of customer receipts

• Processing and reconciliation of invoices and credit notes

• Managing sales ledger

• Providing administrative support to the team

• Bank reconciliation

The Ideal Candidate:

• Outstanding attention to detail with an ability to reconcile complex accounts

• Accurate, efficient, and organized with the ability to prioritize tasks as needed

• Knowledge and experience of Sage systems

• Ability to maintain strong relationships with external clients and internal colleagues

• Professional, confident, and diplomatic when liaising with others

• Self-motivated and driven individual

• Enthusiastic for development individually and driving efficiencies within the department and wider team