Job Description

Southport

£22,000

Our client is a leading wholesale food distributor and the preferred supplier for over 60,000 customers across the UK. We have a new opportunity to join our client a Credit Control Clerk to join their office in Southport. This position is well suited to an organised and process driven person who is looking to join a busy finance team.

Benefits

• Hybrid working available after training (2 days at home)
• Free on-site parking
• Flexible working hours
• Employee discounts

The Finance Assistant will be based in the Finance Department and will report to the Finance Manager. The Finance Assistant will work across a variety of finance duties and liaise with both internal and external customers to resolve day to day queries; and ensure customer spend is within the credit limits provided to reduce the risk of potential bad debt for the business.

Responsibilities

• Follow the company collection procedure to minimize bad debt.
• Liaising with internal and external customers to resolve customer queries. Providing invoices to customers and statements.
• Investigating and dealing with invoicing queries and quantity discrepancies
• Ensuring all queries are resolved promptly and effectively and payments are made to suppliers when due.
• Carry out statement recompilations for all vendors that have been assigned to you.
• Assisting in the preparation of the scheduled payment runs, to ensure only valid transactions are paid.
• Monitor customer credit limits and spend and run credit reports when required.
• Producing reports for overdue accounts to make collection calls and suspend deliveries.
• Taking card payments and setting up customer direct debits.
• Completing a bad debt provision twice yearly.
• Follow company procedures for high-risk customers, change of ownership, closure of a business, Liquidation/ administration.
• Attending depot visits when required or virtual calls where necessary.
• Working with the sales team to build relationships.

Requirements

• Previous experience in a Finance Role
• Excellent communication skills
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office, Outlook, and Word documents
• Organizational and time management skills
• Confident and motivated
• Critical thinking skills.

To apply for the Finance Assistant role, you can go to the Recruitment Solutions NW Ltd website. Alternatively, you can call our office and speak with Joshua Hallett or Karen Reynolds.

Please note that we are unable to contact candidates not shortlisted for the Finance Assistant position.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £22,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Free parking
• On-site parking

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Southport, Merseyside: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: VR/04580

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