The Accounting Services Team

The Accounting Services Team are a part of the centralised shared services based across several locations in the UK, US and Asia. We are made up of forty staff supporting twenty-one Agencies in the group, covering all aspects of finance, from day-to-day accounting to the preparation of group submissions, and dealing with new acquisitions and their integration into the Group.

The Role

As a Credit Controller / Sales Ledger Assistant, you will be a part of a team of seven processing a high volume of transactions and servicing multiple companies. Due to this, working together as a tight knit team is a priority, continually looking for ways to work efficiently and maintaining the highest possible standards.

• Credit Control duties, including sending out monthly statements, contacting clients regarding payment by phone or email, and keeping a log of correspondence history.
• Processing, issuing & sending sales invoices to clients.
• Maintaining the sales ledger email inboxes, responding to & resolving queries (internal & external) by email or phone in a timely, professional manner.
• Ensuring accuracy of data entered onto the Finance & in-house job costing systems.
• Administration of the in-house job costing system, assisting users of the system across The MISSION Group.
• Maintaining the various sales ledgers that we service, ensuring SL accounts are kept in an orderly manner.
• Processing card receipts over the phone when required.
• Assisting with monthly reconciliations where required, reporting information to supervisor.
• Completing regular debt update and cash flow reports.
• Developing effective working relationships within the Finance team and across The MISSION Group to meet team & organisational objectives.

We are ideally looking for someone who has previous experience in a Finance Department, with a focus on sales ledger. You will have excellent numeracy skills, and a good working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word. You will be organised, able to work to monthly deadlines and be clear in your written and spoken communication.