Accounts Receivable/Cedit Controller - Reed : Job Details

Reed Accountancy are supporting one of our long-term clients in the search for an Accounts Receivable/Credit Controller. They are £50m T/0, profitable and growing with exciting plans for the future. Great time to join this stable business and be part of their next chapter.

You will be responsible for:

• Setting up customer accounts following appropriate credit checks.
• Analyse morning sales figures.
• Process sales invoices daily for goods despatched, including checking for anomalies.
• Issue origination sales invoices for repro work and input related origination purchase invoices to accounts payable ledger.
• Post and allocate cash daily from the bank statement and updating the cash book.
• Regular reconciliation of pro-forma accounts.
• Deal with customer queries and provide POD’s and copy invoices etc. where required.
• Pass on queries relating to price and quality disputes to relevant departments.
• Chase customers to ensure payment is made to terms. Monitor accounts where the balance has exceeded the credit limit.
• Place accounts on hold where terms or credit limits have been seriously breached and communicate to relevant departments.
• Ensure that accounts are released promptly once the requisite payment has been made.
• Create and maintain a dispute and overdue list to be sent out to other departments on a regular basis.
• Attend a monthly meeting with Finance Director to discuss problem accounts.
• Assist the Finance Director with monthly reporting of overdue accounts to credit insurers.
• Undertake month end procedures including balancing figures.

You will be able to demonstrate:

• Experience of accounts receivable and credit control.
• Other accounts experience such as accounts payable would be desirable.
• Able to manipulate data and have excellent Excel skills.
• Outstanding communication skills both verbal and written.
• Excellent attention to detail and high degree of accuracy.
• Continuous Improvement mindset
• Ability to work both efficiently and effectively alone, as well as part of a larger team.
• Enjoy working to deadlines and targets.
• Enthusiastic, committed and flexible to the demands of a fast-paced business.
• Self-driven, results orientated person with a positive work ethic.