Ledger Clerk

Due to an exciting period of expansion, Churchill Estates Management in Ringwood are recruiting for a Senior Ledger Clerk within their Service Charge Finance Department. As the Senior Ledger Clerk, you will assist in the supervision of a small, friendly team, providing support with all aspects of Sales and Purchase Ledger to ensure the successful completion of Service Charge accounts for multiple retirement developments. Reporting to the Service Charge Ledger Supervisor, your duties will include :

• Acting as the first point of escalation for queries from the Ledger team and deputising in the absence of your line manager.
• Leading on HR matters for the Ledger team, including reviews, appraisals, absence, recruitment and training.
• Deal with day to day enquiries from our field teams, suppliers and customers.
• Assist the Service Charge Ledger Supervisor with system reviews, process improvement changes and ensuring adequate controls are in place for data changes using Qube.
• Daily processing of supplier invoices, ensuring they are processed in a timely manner.
• Processing expenses for field teams, checking claims, calculations and approvals.
• Process fortnightly payment runs, assisting in Direct Debit Collections and processing Direct Debit Mandates.
• Assist with daily banking routine where required.
Hours of work are 9.00am to 5.30pm Monday to Thursday and 9.00am to 5.00pm on Friday, with one hour for lunch each day.

As our new Senior Ledger Clerk, you will demonstrate proven knowledge and experience in Sales and Purchase Ledger with previous supervisory or team management experience. You will demonstrate good organisational skills, a motivated 'can-do' attitude, combined with excellent communication skills and a friendly, helpful disposition, ready to fit seamlessly into our current team. Numeracy, accuracy and attention to detail are key as you'll be dealing with large amounts of numerical data and data entry. Previous experience of using Qube and MS Office, ideally to Intermediate Level, would be an advantage. You'll be educated to a minimum of A level standard or equivalent, and preferably hold a qualification in accounting or IRPM.

We are Churchill Estates Management, a progressive managing agent of privately owned leasehold Retirement Living accommodation. Being part of the Churchill Retirement Group, we are proud of our heritage and only last year, won significant awards in our Customer Service delivery and were ranked in the Sunday Times Top 10 'Best Places to Work'. We manage over 220 developments nationally. That means we oversee more than 9000 apartments, providing property services and customer care to over 11,000 retired people. However, we are not stopping there, as we are rapidly growing and have ambitious plans for the future.


• Competitive salary
• Annual holiday entitlement - 24 days, plus Bank Holidays
• Day off on your Birthday
• Free on-site parking
• Dress down Fridays
• Social and charity events
• Contemporary working space with a bright and comfortable feel
• Induction and training from day one
• Group Personal Pension Plan
• Life Assurance
• Eye Care reimbursement
• Colleague Introduction reward scheme
• Professional Subscriptions
• Training Courses
• Professional development