The Company
My client is the world's leading manufacturer of performance fluid transfer systems and are seeking a Credit Controller to work in their busy accounts department.
The Role
To maintain the accounts receivable ledger following the company's credit control procedures and processes. To ensure cash is collected and customer account queries are resolved in a timely manner.
Key Responsibilities
- Full responsibility of maintaining the accounts receivable ledger.
- Daily allocation of receipts against customer accounts from customer remittances, receipts received on the bank statement and credit card receipts.
- Resolving customer invoice queries minimising overdue balances on accounts.
- Maintaining and reconciling accounts where customers have a self-billing arrangement.
- Maintaining and reconciling pro-forma accounts.
- Reconciling intercompany accounts.
- Raising financial credit notes when requested through the accounts query process.
- Creating a monthly receipts forecast by week based on the month end aged debtors report and forecast sales by customer.
- Updating the receipts forecast on a weekly basis for actual amounts received and actual ledger balances.
- Providing copy invoices when requested.
- Providing monthly statements and ad-hoc statements of account when requested by customers.
- Chasing overdue debts via telephone, email and more formal communications through to court action where necessary.
- Maintaining the suspended order report where relevant.
- Reviewing customer credit limits where necessary to include requesting updated trade references and checking Experian reports.
- Developing good working relations with the commercial teams internally and our customers' accounts payable and buying departments.
- Setting up new customer accounts on the ledger following the company's process.
- Overseeing the petty cash tin.
- Paying in cheques from customers when received.
- Providing holiday cover for the Accounts Assistant role when required.
- Providing a good handover to the Accounts Assistant when taking annual leave.
- Providing support when required to our subsidiary credit control functions.
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