Job Ref: 213913574

Date: 2021-06-07 12:47:01

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Welcome Break is one of the largest motorway service operators in the UK and has led the revolution in changing the motorway service sector.

We've been around for 60 years and are now in locations across the UK. Our 5,000+ strong team strive to proudly and passionately offer our customers' world class hospitality and retail brands such as Waitrose, Starbucks, Subway, KFC, Ramada, Days Inn and Burger King to name a few in a friendly and relaxing environment.

Our business is about people, the 80 million people who visit our sites each year and the teams who make the business the success it is. Every one deserves to get a warm welcome and enjoyable break with the very best service, facilities, food and drinks we can provide.

Providing customers with a welcome break is really important to us. Every day here is as challenging as it is enjoyable, as rewarding as it is fun. We believe that the same should be true once our working day is over, so we do everything we can to make sure our teams can get their work/life balance just right!

Everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed at Welcome Break. To make sure that those achievements are recognised, we have many recognition schemes, most of which are peer to peer recognition. What's more, we work hard to build a culture of openness, listening to customers and our own people so we can identify opportunities to improve service, innovation and engagement.

Sales Ledger Accountant (Accounts Assistant)
Welcome Break Support Centre, MK16 9EZ
Full-time position
Salary £25-30k depending on experience
Fantastic benefits & discounts, free parking & great career opportunities

The Sales Ledger Accountant is a key member of the Sales Ledger Team in the Welcome Break head office Group Finance team. This role will deputise for the Sales Ledger Finance Manager and have responsibility for credit control, allocation, reconciliation, and reporting for two receivable sub-ledgers.

As a Resourcing Advisor for Welcome Break you will be responsible for supporting the Operational Site and Hotel Teams to attract and effectively recruit Team Members for Welcome Break across all of these brands.

Responsibilities

* To act as deputy for the Finance Manager (Sales Ledger and Cashiers) on all aspects of Sales Ledger, including but not limited to process improvements, system upgrades, supporting other sales ledger team members etc.
* Financial control of two debtor sub-ledgers (Rent & Rebates and Parking) from raising of invoices and through to reporting.
* To process sales invoices for rebates, advertising and marketing, account holder parking, fine revenue, rents receivable etc.
* To reconcile remittances against cash receipts and allocate against invoices on debtor accounts.
* To generate month end debtor statements.
* To perform credit checks on new and existing customers.
* Liaison with account holders in respect of any overdue debts and agreeing actions to minimise risks of bad debts.
* To prepare regular debtor account statements and initiate direct debit collections.
* To regularly review credit limits for debtor accounts working with the departments concerned.
* To prepare month end reconciliations for the two sub-ledgers to the general ledger for internal control and audit purposes.
* To prepare aged debtor reports for the two sub-ledgers identifying action taken for any overdue balances.
* To prepare revenue accruals and adjustments related to the above two sub-legers.
* To liaise with sites / departments / third parties as required for the above.
* To support the Finance Manager with input on processes and user testing for the SUN accounts upgrade project.
* To maintain controls in accordance with the Risk and Control Matrix (RACM).

Qualifications, knowledge and experience.
* ACCA / CIMA part-qualified accountant (minimum requirement)
Experience in monthly financial reportingSales Ledger / Credit Control experienceExperience in dealing with operations within a multi-site operation useful Good working knowledge of MS ExcelGood communication skills at all levelsNumeracy skills

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