Accounts Receivable Clerk
28 days ago
Bristol
SALARY:31931.00 per annum HOURS:37.5 per week Monday - Friday LOCATION:Albert Road Bristol Accounts Receivable Clerk About Bristol Waste Company: What we do is important were here to keep Bristol and beyond clean and safe. We do this for our citys residents workers visitors and businesses. Our work helps deliver Bristols sustainability targets in partnership with the council. Bristol Wastes commercial operation where we serve businesses and organisations across the region is also growing. Our ambition is to provide good quality value for money services and we continue to deliver a social value impact worth more than 30 million every year. We want people who share our values and want to work with us to drive our business forward. Purpose of the role: The Finance department are accountable for the accurate and timely reporting of management information and compliance with relevant rules and regulations. The Accounts Receivable Clerk is responsible for the provision of an effective accounts receivable function. The role is responsible for ensuring accurate timely and prompt raising of sales invoices follow-up and issue resolution while working with the business to reconcile and administer each customer account and the debtors ledger Key Responsibilities: • Providing a point of contact for customers., • Following all cash collection and credit management policies set out by the business, • Owning the process of debt collection as they fall due, • Processing of financial transactions to Sage 200 to include Sales Invoices accounts receivable journals and cash book reconciliation, • Providing regular aged debt reports to relevant stakeholders, • Processing payments using BWC Accounting and Banking systems, • Maintaining accurate information within the accounting system (Sage 200) including customer details etc, • Liaising with internal Sales team and other stakeholders to provide a great customer experience, • Ensuring internal control processes are maintained and monitored., • Processing data between different systems (Sage 200 CRM Purgo Weightron), • Monthly balance sheet reconciliations, • Monthly bad debt calculation and posting, • Experience in using Sage 200 accounting system or similar., • Previous experience working in a Finance function., • Sound understanding of basic accounting principles and practices., • High level of accuracy and attention to detail, • Ability to work under pressure and to tight timescales and deadlines., • Ability to maintain and prioritise workload., • Ability to resolve invoice queries quickly., • Strong MS Office skills particularly Excel, • Excellent communication skills written and verbally., • Ability to deal effectively with a range of internal stakeholders and suppliers on finance-related matters. Our Benefits: • Annual leave package of 25 days plus 8 bank holidays., • Employer contribution of 5% into the company pension scheme., • Support for Mental Health including a BUPA Employee Assistance Programme that provides support covering Mental Health Financial and Family related topics. We also have Mental Health First Aiders across the business., • Support for your Physical Health with our BUPA Health Cash Plan (we cover the cost of coverage for you) Cycle to Work scheme and an onsite Physiotherapist. All are free for our colleagues., • Because we value our colleagues we want to recruit more employees just like them which is why we have our employee referral scheme., • Dedicated learning and development team. We take pride in developing our colleagues and some examples of this include our In-House Driver Development Programme and internal promotions. Many of our Senior Leadership Team have developed from Operational roles such as one of our Contract Managers who started as a Street Cleanser., • Employee recognition Stand Out Award and long service awards. To celebrate our colleagues wherever they are on their journey with us we recognise and celebrate talent. At Bristol Waste everyone belongs we are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. We give fair and equal consideration to all applications. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages genders ethnicities nationalities disabilities religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence. Important note on applying: • Please apply as soon as possible and before 23:59 on the closing date. Sometimes we close vacancies early if we receive a high number of quality applications., • Due to the high volume of interest we wont be able to receive late applications and we are currently unable to respond to all who apply., • If you havent heard from us within three weeks of the closing date it unfortunately means you wont be invited to interview on this occasion. Contact us: Please contact our People Services team to discuss this role your application or any reasonable adjustments and support in applying for this position: * Key Skills Vendor Invoices,Customer Service,Collection calls,A/R Management,credit memos,Past due Account,General Ledger Accounting,Accounting,Excel,Payroll,Account Balances,Credit Card,Financial statement,Delinquents Account,CPA Employment Type : Full-Time Experience: years Vacancy: 1