The Recruitment Co. is currently recruiting for a Credit Controller for our client who is one of the UK's leading independent manufacturers of hygiene paper products at their office in Blackburn.

Contract: Temporary 3 month contract Salary: Up to £15.38ph depending on experience Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week: Monday to Friday 9am-5pm

Job Purpose: To support the credit control processes, ensuring that all payments, credit limits and associated paperwork are transacted within agreed service levels. In addition, they play an important role in the identification and resolution of discrepancies

Role Duties/ Responsibilities:

Initial set up of new customer account through credit checks, notify customer of agreed credit limit and term in line with company policy
Effective debt collection and maintenance of the accounts ensuring customers adhere to payment terms and credit limits
Sales invoices and credit note generation and sending invoices and statements to customers
Sales receipts allocation and reconciliations
Liaising with invoice finance partner to achieve cash collection targets, providing timely and accurate information
Preparing the paperwork for defaulting debtors and forwarding to the invoice finance partner at the end of the Collection Cycle
Bring to the attention of Senior Management any significant risk relating to potential bad debt, bounced cheques, payment reversal
Prepare information for senior management to review credit limits on a regular basis, evaluating and minimising possible risks
Weekly and monthly reconciliation of trade debtors
Production of various KPI reports any other ad hoc duties as required for Senior management
Ensuring good working relations and timely communications will all team members and customers and resolution of any queries

Candidate Requirements:

Proven experience working within a credit control role
Excellent telephone manner with the ability to "get results" whilst maintaining cordial relationships with key stakeholders
IT literacy with superb knowledge of Microsoft Excel
Knowledge of SAP Business one will be preferable
High level of attention to detail, numerate and literate
Excellent communication and organisation skills
Proactive approach to achieve superb results
Ability to work using own initiative and team player

If you feel you are the right candidate for this role then please submit your CV for immediate response. CPSwansea

Credit controller