Fantastic Opportunity for an Experienced Credit Controller to join a well Established Business based in Addlestone on a Temporary Contract
Client Details
Fantastic Opportunity for an Experienced Credit Controller to join a well Established Business based in Addlestone on a Temporary Contract
Description
- Maintain a robust credit control system and procedure, ensuring they align with the company's financial policy.
- Monitor debtor balances to ensure a reduction in debtors' days.
- Manage the collection of payments and customer accounts.
- Foster and maintain high-quality relationships with clients and internal stakeholders.
- Monitor and manage client credit limits and ensure risk is minimised.
- Regularly report and present to management on outstanding issues, informing them of potential debtor problems.
- Work closely with the sales and customer service departments to resolve outstanding queries.
- Ensure that debts are paid in a timely manner, meeting set targets for overdue debt.
- Initiate proceedings to ensure outstanding debts are brought to a satisfactory conclusion.
- Regularly review and improve the company's credit control procedures.
- Manage complex disputes and escalate higher-level disputes to the Team Leader.
- Responsible for (working alongside Treasury) achieving nil unallocated cash
- Making available bad debt write-off proposals with the proven collection effort and present to the management team.
- Responsible for establishing, documenting and maintaining all Standard Operating Procedures for an optimised credit control operation
Profile
- Previous experience of working within a Credit Control Position
- Proficient use of Office 365 (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Strong understanding of accounting principles, fair credit practices and collection regulations.
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
- Ability to establish and maintain good client relationships, both internally and externally at all levels.
- Ability to reconcile complex accounts and have excellent attention to detail.
- Excellent time management, planning and analytical skills, with strong attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills at all levels, including a wide range of stakeholders within the business
- May be working towards an accountancy degree
Job Offer
Credit Controller
- £28k - £32k
- Hybrid working - 3 days in the office, 2 days from home
- Pension
- Holiday