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Stephanie Mottershead made this Freedom of Information request to East Dorset District Council
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From: Stephanie Mottershead
12 April 2011
Dear East Dorset District Council,
Please indicate:
_ where the Accounts Receivable team is based and if centralised?
_ which finance system/accounting software they use to process
customers invoices/payments?
_ Number of cash allocators and creditors employed full time to
reconcile cash and match payments to the sales ledger?
_ How many “live” customers do you have?
_ How many payments do you receive per day?
_ volume of remittance slips received per day? Do they come in by
post? Are they scanned?
_ how many BACS payments do you receive per day?
_ how many cheque payments do you receive per day? Are the cheques
scanned?
_ How long does it take to clear a day’s cash?
Yours faithfully,
Stephanie Mottershead
From: Freedom of Information Officer
10 May 2011
Dear Stephanie
Thank you for your request for information dated 12 April 2011.
Please see below for answers to your questions.
If you have any complaints in respect of your information request,
please write to the Chief Executive at the address below or complete the
on-line complaint form that can be found at www.dorsetforyou.com. If
your complaint is not resolved to your complete satisfaction, you have
the right to apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision.
Yours sincerely,
Kay Mills
East Dorset District Council
Council Offices
Furzehill
Wimborne
Dorset BH21 4HN
T: 01202 886201 Ext. 2324
F: 01202 841390
www.dorsetforyou.com
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Please indicate:
Q. Where the Accounts Receivable team is based and if centralised?
A. Furzehill. Yes
Q. Which finance system/accounting software they use to process
customers invoices/payments?
A. Cedar Open Solutions
Q. Number of cash allocators and creditors employed full time to
reconcile cash and match payments to the sales ledger?
A. 1 FT equivalent
Q. How many "live" customers do you have?
A. Not Possible to account
Q. How many payments do you receive per day?
A. 280 average
Q. Volume of remittance slips received per day? Do they come in by post?
Are they scanned?
A. Not Possible - No
Q. How many BACS payments do you receive per day?
A. 85 average
Q. How many cheque payments do you receive per day? Are the cheques
scanned?
A. 110 average
Q. How long does it take to clear a day's cash?
A. Cleared daily
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