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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 reconciliation
Sales 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 team
* Candidates must have a full driving licence and access to own car as no public transport is available.
Benefits:
* 20 days statutory holiday (plus bank holidays)
* Company Pension Scheme
* Performance Related Bonus
* Trialling of Hair & Beauty Cosmetics
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of: Finance, Finance Administration, Finance Administrator, Payroll Administrator, Invoicing, Xero, SAP, Accounts Assistant, Accounts Administrator, Sales Administrator, Customer Service Assistant, Customer Service Administrator may also be considered for this role