Credit Controller - Reed : Job Details

• Annual Salary: £30-35k per annum depending on experience
• Location: Stevenage, Hertfordshire
• Job Type: Hybrid (3 days in office, 2 days working from home)

Join a leading solutions provider as a Credit Controller. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to work in a dynamic, fast-paced global business environment, engaging with the latest technologies and leading companies across various industries.

Day-to-day of the role:

• Responsible for cash collection on a ledger for large corporate customers for local and export accounts.
• Research and verify credit data on customers to establish or update lines of credit.
• Assess, recommend, and/or approve credit limits using credit agencies within the company’s SLAs and your R&A.
• Investigate and resolve customer invoice disputes to facilitate payment or issuance of credit to customers, working closely with the Sales teams to close down disputes in a timely manner.
• Review customer accounts for aging of unpaid balances and pending orders, solicit payments on overdue accounts, and place delinquent accounts on ‘hold’ status until payment arrangements are secured.
• Follow up on payment arrangements and recommend transfer of outstanding customer accounts to collection agencies.
• Maintain a variety of files and records associated with delinquent accounts, incomplete files, and credit risks.
• Maintain and update electronic and/or hard copy files in a timely and accurate manner.
• Apply and retain credit insurance for specific customers.
• Ensure all targets are achieved in line with management directives and goals.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Several years’ experience in a commercial credit control environment.
• Proven knowledge of SAP would be advantageous.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and Excel.
• Strong critical thinking, analytical, and sound decision-making skills.
• Ability to analyze financial statements, including balance sheets and profit and loss accounts.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Good knowledge of credit insurance.
• Experience working with multi-currency accounts.
• MICM or Accountancy qualification is desirable.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary package.
• Pension scheme (enhanced and matched up to 8%).
• Health Care Scheme (Simply Health).
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to buy additional holiday.
• Free onsite parking.
• Flexible home working.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Reward schemes.