Finance Assistant - Credit Control

Healeys Cornish Cyder Farm is a family-run, year round visitor attraction and home to the famous Rattler Cyder! Since the company was founded in 1980, Healeys has grown exponentially. With a multi-faceted production facility specialising in a range of products from ciders, wines, preserves and spirits, and a visitor experience boasting more than 160,000 visitors per year, our business is thriving and has a very exciting future ahead.

A fantastic opportunity has become available to join our busy Finance Team as Finance Assistant - Credit Control. If this has sparked your interest, and you feel you could make your mark in this exciting role please continue reading.

You will support the department through the timely and effective management of the sales ledger, as well as owning and executing the dunning process to include communicating with clients. More broadly you will support the Finance Team in the achievement of its functional objectives.

Salary: £22,000-£25,000 depending on experience

Hours: Flexible 30/40 hours per week across Monday to Friday

Duties & Responsibilities

• Ensuring the sales ledger is up to date with all relevant documents, and these are entered within 3 days of receipt
• Creating new sales accounts and update existing ones, reviewing all twice yearly (Sep/Mar) for credit limits, details & terms
• Carrying out credit and reference checks for all new or updated existing customers, proposing credit limit in accordance with our credit limit allocation principles
• Updating remittances, reviewing accounts as payments are posted and query missed invoices
• Chasing outstanding debts in line with current dunning process as well as raising credit notes requested by the sales team
• Obtaining authorisation for and processing debit notes for multiples, as well as processing stock movements for stock held off-site
• Assisting with the creation of stock codes and audit of stock, as well as processing all delivery notes and driver collections/returns/queries
• Carrying out EDI checks on a weekly basis and producing monthly statements for customers
• Preparing weekly aged debtor reports and related metrics in advance of weekly review, together with confirmation of progress and actions
• Resolving and clearing unallocated items to zero as part of weekly procedures, as well as reconciling card payment accounts, petty cash and cash book reporting

Flexibility in duties may be needed to cover “off-season” to ensure best business practice as well as any other tasks as deemed necessary by the directors of the business.

Relevant experience

• 2+ years in a Finance team of more than 3 people
• Credit control experience of 2+ years
• Reconciliation of account balances
• A strong understanding of commerciality (& timeliness) required on sales ledger
• Experience working in FMCG/leisure industry (desirable)
• Experience in sales ledger with >100 clients, >100 invoices per month, >£100k pcm (desirable)
• Experience with large multiple clients (desirable)
• Use of Pegasus Opera (desirable)

Skills Required

• Driven to bring tasks to positive conclusion
• Numerate with excellent attention to detail
• Resilient and robust under pressure
• Good team player
• Rigorous, methodical and logical approach to problem-solving
• Organised with excellent time management
• Keen to get involved. Demonstrates a hands-on approach
• Strong communication skills (IT, verbal, telephone & written)
• Track record of strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills

Joining the #RattlerCru is not just about what you can bring to the business. We have a range of great benefits that we hope you will make full use of:

• Subsidised Private Healthcare with Bupa (for permanent staff)
• 50% discount on products
• 50% discount on all food and drink in the restaurant
• Free entry for friends and family, with discounted food and drink
• Free festival tickets
• Cycle to Work Scheme (after probation pass)
• Chill out after your shift with a 50p pint!
• Monthly employee recognition for #FeelGoodFriday
• Monthly breakfast club

We look forward to hearing from you!