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POLARIS Role: Sales Ledger & Billing OfficerLocation: Head Office - BromsgroveContract: Full-Time, Permanent - 35 hours per weekSalary: Total reward between £25K and £27K per annum dependent upon experienceBenefits: 30 days' Annual Leave (increasing to 35 days with length of service) + Bank Holidays, Company Pension Scheme, Life Assurance, Employee Discount Scheme & Free On-Site Parking About Us We are Polaris, one of the UK's largest leading communities of children's service providers. Within the community, we have independent fostering and adoption agencies who have been passionately improving the lives of young people for over 30 years, as well as Leaving Care services, Residential, Education and bespoke children's services contracts. Our nurturing community works collectively to support the very best outcomes for each child in our care. We're ambitious for our children and young people, families and staff and believe in their futures. What We Are Looking For We are looking for an experienced Sales Ledger and Billing Officer to join our established finance team at our Head Office in Bromsgrove. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring the Group achieves cash collection targets and minimises debts of concern. This will be achieved through robust management of the sales ledger and billing function across an allocated area of the ledger, as well as providing support to the Credit Control Manager. Key Responsibilities Raising sales invoices in line with customer invoicing terms to pre-agreed systemised billing set-upRaising free-text invoices for one-off rechargeable costsChasing local authority accounts to ensure timely payment and resolving queries professionallyAllocating incoming payments accurately across t