Credit Controller - Hybrid working - CWC Recruitment Ltd : Job Details

Credit Controller

Witham / Hybrid working - 3 days office / 2 days from home

Flexible working hours

£28,000 - £34,000

Reporting to the Finance Director working as part of a finance team of 10 for a very successful and growing manufacturing company. You would be solely responsible for managing UK ledger of 500 live accounts with a monthly ledger value around £5m monthly.

• Credit checking: setting & reviewing limits based on credit assessments
• Manage the company credit insurance, ensuring credit risk is kept to a minimum
• Chasing outstanding debts by telephone, letter and email
• Pre chasing to check invoices have been authorised for payment and resolving any queries before due date it needed
• Ensuring sales ledger accounts are within their agreed credit terms
• Allocation of cash and taking payments over the phone when needed
• Monthly statement runs
• Investigating and resolving invoice queries
• Liaise with internal sales department and the customer to resolve efficiently
• Resolve day to day credit control issues and problem accounts in a timely manner, understanding how and when to escalate these
• Produce reports on aged debt
• Weekly meetings with the Financial Director to discuss aged debt
• Provide anticipated receipts analysis to assist in cash flow planning
• Escalate potential bad debts to Financial Controller
• Cover for accounts payable during holiday periods

Requirements

• Have recent experience as a credit controller, minimum 3-5 years
• Excellent communication skills, able to build relationships with stakeholders, the team and customers
• Excellent customer service, ability to build and maintain strong business relationships with customers
• Able to confidently discuss overdue payments
• Strong work ethic
• Passionate about credit control and happy to work to targets
• Advanced Excel skills
• Ability to work as part of a team

If you are interested in this vacancy please contact Sarah Chandler at CWC Recruitment Ltd.

CWC is a specialist recruitment consultancy dedicated to recruiting credit professionals. We have over 45 years of credit control and credit management recruitment experience. We are true experts within our field.