Sales Ledger Assistant / Accounts Receivable Assistant
📍 Horley/Hybrid | 💰 Salary: Competitive + Benefits | 🕒 Full-Time, Permanent
A leading and well-established organisation is currently seeking a Sales Ledger Assistant / Accounts Receivable Assistant to join their growing Finance team. This is an excellent opportunity for a candidate with sales ledger, accounts receivable, or billing experience to develop their career within a supportive and professional environment.
This role would suit someone who is detail-oriented, organised, and experienced in invoicing, reconciliations and resolving customer account queries.
Key Responsibilities
- Generate and process sales invoices and credit notes accurately and in a timely manner
- Maintain the sales ledger and accounts receivable records
- Review and analyse billing data and supporting documentation to ensure accuracy
- Perform customer account reconciliations and investigate discrepancies
- Resolve customer invoice queries and account queries efficiently
- Assist with month-end finance processes, including accruals and reporting
- Support the finance team in achieving finance KPIs and service levels
- Work collaboratively across the finance department and participate in cross-training
- Identify opportunities to improve finance processes, controls and systems
- Support finance projects and ad-hoc accounting tasks when required
Skills & Experience
- Previous experience in Sales Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Billing, or Finance Assistant roles
- Strong understanding of invoicing, credit notes, and customer account management
- Experience with customer account reconciliations and resolving discrepancies
- Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving ability
- Ability to manage a high volume of financial transactions and invoices
- Confident using Excel, Word, Outlook and finance systems (ERP / accounting software)
- Strong communication skills and professional telephone manner
- Ability to work independently and within a team in a fast-paced finance environment
Desirable
- Studying towards AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) or similar finance qualification
- Experience working within a finance department, shared service centre, or accounting team
What’s on Offer
- Opportunity to develop a career in finance and accounting
- Exposure to a wide range of accounts receivable and finance processes
- Supportive and collaborative finance team environment
- Competitive salary and benefits package
If you have experience in Sales Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Billing, or Finance Administration, we would love to hear from you.
📩 Apply today to find out more about this opportunity.