Sales Ledger Clerk

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About The Job

is looking to fill this vacancy 25/07/08

An exciting new opportunity has arisen within a well established, highly recognised production company based in London. Due to an exciting new busy period a sales ledger assistant is needed to join a positive, hard working medium sized finance team.

This is a great opportunity for someone wanting to join a driven and developing business. You will have a strong understanding of double entry accounting, ideally within a publishing background, and multi currency experience.

Responsibilities:

· Entering orders onto Sage Line 500 system, including creating new customer accounts and stock items

· Checking returned drafts and producing final invoices

· Entering cost of sales onto the system including royalties via spreadsheet and Access

· Producing monthly sales figures and forecasts

· Double entry on the debtors and creditors ledger

· Credit control whilst working closely with the international rights department

· Preparing 'sundry' invoices

· Set up new contracts on database

· Copy contracts for author's records

· Maintain spreadsheet of new deals, invoice numbers and payment dates for advance payments

· Check all incoming royalty statements and transfer to database, raise pro-forma invoices and chase payment

· Chase overdue royalties

· Maintain schedule of tax deducted by foreign publishers and keep copies of tax certificates or royalty statements

· Get tax forms stamped by tax office and send to foreign publishers

· Any other administration duties as and when required

The ideal candidate must be proactive, possess the ability to work in a team and have a keen eye for detail. You will be educated to an A level standard and be at the beginning stages of AAT. Candidates currently studying ACCA or a CIMA will not be considered for this particular role.