Job Title: Sales Administrator / Finance Assistant
Location: West Watford
Salary: £27,000 - £28,000 per annum
Job Type: Full time, Permanent
Working Hours: 37.5 hrs/week Mon-Fri
About the role:
We are a successful cosmetics company based in West Watford seeking an experienced and motivated Sales Administrator / Finance Assistant to join our busy accounts team on a full-time, permanent basis.
This is a broad and varied position that sits at the heart of our financial operations. The successful candidate will support the day-to-day running of our accounts function, manage sales/purchase order processing, and assist with a range of finance and administration duties.
You will report directly to the Accounts Manager and be expected to manage a varied workload with professionalism and attention to detail.
The candidate must be bi-lingual - Urdu or Hindi & English speaker.
Please note: Our offices are located on an industrial park - own transport is required as there is no public transport available.
Key Responsibilities:
Finance & Accounts:
Manage credit control activities, proactively chasing outstanding debts via telephone and email to reduce debtor days.
Allocating payments in accordance with customer remittances
Generating reminder letters and monthly statements to be sent to all customers
Investigating and resolving queries relating to non-payment of invoices
Checking new customer credit ratings and monitoring credit limits
Managing customer ledger balances and ensuring debtor day targets are met
Initiating debt recovery procedures and liaising with solicitors where necessary
Processing purchase ledger invoices in multi-currency; reconciling supplier statements
Support month-end activities including stock reconciliationSales Administration & Customer Service:
Process customer sales orders and generated invoices for UK and export customers.
Process purchase orders to suppliers.
Provide administrative support to sales representatives.
Liaise with warehouse teams to coordinate order fulfilment and stock control.
Prepare customer communications including monthly mail merges.
Maintain organised filing systems and managed incoming correspondence and enquiries.
Produce reports and presentations using Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
Liaise with international and local freight forwarders to arrange transport for customer orders and purchases from suppliers.About you:
Skills and Experience Required:
Proven experience in purchase and sales ledger processing
Credit control knowledge with a confident, professional approach
Experience gained within a small-to-medium-sized business, ideally across multiple entities
Proficient in MS Excel; experience of Sage Accounts is essential
Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills with the ability to manage a varied workload
Strong communication skills - able to liaise effectively with customers, the sales team and colleagues
Self-motivated, reliable, and comfortable working both independently and as part of a teamBenefits:
20 days statutory holiday (plus bank holidays)
Company Pension Scheme
Performance Related Bonus
Trialling of Hair & Beauty CosmeticsPlease click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
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