Sales Ledger Controller

Travis Perkins Group is now hiring for two detail-oriented, customer-focused Sales Ledger Controllers to join our Sales Ledger Department on 12-month fixed-term contracts.

Reporting to the Sales Ledger Team Leader, you will play an essential role in ensuring customer payments across all payment methods are processed and allocated accurately and promptly. Working closely with colleagues across Credit Services and wider business teams, you will help maintain ledger accuracy, resolve payment queries and support clean bank reconciliations.

If you have strong numerical skills, transactional finance or administration experience and enjoy working in a collaborative, target-driven environment, we would love to hear from you!

• Location: Travis Perkins plc Head Office, Duston, Northampton.

• Contract Details: 2 x 12-month Fixed-Term Contracts

• Hybrid & On-Site Working: Full on-site attendance at our Duston, Northampton Head Office is required during your initial training period until you are fully comfortable and competent working independently without close support, after which flexible hybrid working will apply.

As a Sales Ledger Controller, you will be responsible for the daily processing and allocation of customer receipts, directly supporting cash allocation reduction targets and maintaining accurate customer accounts.

Balancing daily processing deadlines with customer service, you will investigate and resolve payment queries for both internal and external customers while ensuring all records and controls meet strict audit requirements.

• Daily Payment Processing: Processing all incoming forms of payment, including BACS, credit card and cheque payments. On the day of receipt and ensuring any failed cheques are reversed so the cash book reconciles with bank statements.

• Cash Allocation: Allocating payments accurately against invoices and credit notes in line with customer remittances to maintain ledger integrity.

• Unallocated Cash & Suspense Accounts: Reducing unallocated cash in line with agreed timescales and SLAs, while actively maintaining suspense and holding accounts.

• Query & Dispute Resolution: Investigating and resolving payment queries and disputes promptly, maintaining a helpful, customer focused approach for both internal colleagues and external customers.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Working collaboratively with wider teams across Credit Services and the business to support smooth account management.

• Audit & Compliance Controls: Keeping clear, accurate transaction records and notes. Completing required financial controls in line with audit standards.

• GCSE passes in English and Maths.

• Experience in a transactional or administrative role within a finance environment.

• Strong numeracy skills with a solid understanding of cash allocation and reconciliation.

• Computer literate with good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets.

• Professional, reliable and customer focused approach with strong attention to detail.

• A finance-based qualification.

• Previous accounts or finance experience, ideally including customer-facing query resolution.

• Familiarity with both Google Workspace and Microsoft Office applications.

• Experience thriving in a structured, target-centric environment.