Finance Placement

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Finance Placement

As the successful Intern Sales Ledger Controller, you will ultimately be responsible for maintaining a portfolio of Customer Accounts with outstanding balances by Telephone Collection and letters ensuring unallocated payments are allocated promptly.

This includes:

• Keeping the overdue balances to a minimum whilst resolving Customer queries to enable credit or payment. Following the Credit Control manual and department processes and procedures whilst reporting any areas of concern to your Manager.
• Learn how to set up and vet New Customer account whilst adhering to guidelines
• Learn how to maintain the insurance database. Distinguish between the different types of Customer accounts and how these need to administered to obtain results
• Understand the impact of disputes to the Sales Ledger and steps taken to resolve these quickly.
• Call Customers for overdues/pro-active calls to ensure payments made on the due date.
• Keep unallocated payments to a minimum and obtain customer remittances where needed.
• Monitor and control the collection of debts via telephone and letter for your portfolio
• Report any outstanding overdue debts to the Team Leader/Manager
• Monitor credit limits within portfolio and highlight any limits exceeded to Team Leader for Sales Ledger Review.
• Credit Limit reviews for portfolio
• Review orders on hold and contact customers within the deadline to enable delivery
• Allocating payments to bring accounts up to date
• Follow up with sales staff, line managers and sales managers for quick resolution of queries
• Liaising with Manager re blocked orders and all credit management issues
• Account reconciliation
• Check invoicing is correct and highlight any concerns.
• Assist with covering other ledgers for holiday and unplanned absence
• Team Work and cross training with all members within the team.
• Ensure confidentiality and appropriate use of customer information according to Data Protection requirements
• Perform all other duties as reasonably required that are consistent with both training and experience
• Adhere to all Company processes, procedures, policies and standards
• As a team member, to contribute to the overall success of the team and the Company goals by maintaining regular attendance, punctuality, focus and professionalism at all times
• Maintain tidy work area and report any health and safety issues to the Group Health and Safety Manager.

Who are we looking for?

The successful candidate will be an effective communicator and able to manage time and priorities. You will also have:

• Sales Ledger/Credit Control background desirable
• Able communicator both oral and written
• Ability to work in an organised manner
• Proactive
• Able to manage time and priorities effectively
• Ability to exercise diplomacy and sensitivity
• Team player but must have the ability to work well as an individual
• Microsoft Word and Excel
• Good understanding and knowledge of SAP

About BSH

BSH Home Appliances Ltd is a subsidiary company of BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, the largest manufacturer of home appliances in Europe and one of the leading companies in the sector worldwide. The group was founded in 1967 and since the beginning of 2015 BSH exclusively belongs to the Bosch Group, headquartered in Munich.

BSH Home Appliances Ltd offers a complete range of kitchen appliances from cooking, refrigeration, laundry and dishwashers through to small kitchen appliances, vacuum cleaners and home comforts from four brands, Bosch, Siemens, Neff and Gaggenau. We are responsible for all sales and marketing activities in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Our headquarters are based in Milton Keynes, with a state of the art warehouse. Our new Central Customer Hub (CCH) is located in Corby, having the largest footprint of any warehouse to be built in the UK in the past five years. Not forgetting the prestigious Gaggenau showroom in the heart of London, as well as an office in Dublin.

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