Sales Ledger Assistant

I’m recruiting for an experienced Sales Ledger Assistant to join a well-established business in Watford on a part-time basis.

This is a varied, hands-on position with responsibility for managing the sales ledger and credit control process, alongside providing occasional support across the wider finance function. It would suit someone who enjoys taking ownership of their workload and building positive relationships with customers.

The role

Your responsibilities will include:

• Allocating customer payments across GBP, EUR and USD accounts
• Reconciling remittances, receipts and customer accounts
• Proactively chasing overdue balances by telephone and email
• Investigating payment delays, invoice queries and account discrepancies
• Resolving disputed invoices and agreeing appropriate next steps
• Issuing customer statements and responding to account queries
• Setting up new customer accounts and completing credit checks
• Monitoring credit limits and highlighting potential risks
• Producing regular aged-debt and collection reports
• Processing Direct Debit and card payments
• Preparing sales commission information
• Supporting month-end deadlines and ledger reconciliations
• Providing occasional purchase ledger and banking cover
• Processing supplier invoices, credit notes and expenses when required
• Assisting with supplier payment runs and multi-currency bank reconciliations

About you

You will ideally have:

• Previous experience in a combined sales ledger and credit control position
• Confidence managing the collection process from initial contact through to resolution
• Good working knowledge of Sage, ideally Sage 50
• Experience handling multi-currency transactions
• Strong Excel skills, including lookups, formulas and PivotTables
• Experience reconciling customer accounts and complex remittances
• A professional but commercially minded approach to debt collection
• Excellent attention to detail and strong organisational skills
• The ability to manage competing deadlines with limited supervision
• Clear written and verbal communication skills

Experience of invoice finance arrangements or providing broader transactional finance support would be useful, although it is not essential in every area.

This is an office-based role working 25 hours per week across five days. It offers plenty of ownership and variety within a supportive finance team.