Credit Controller

Durantie Recruitment

Posted a month ago, valid for 3 days

Chelmsford, Essex CM3 4SX, England

£25,000 - £30,000 per annum

Full Time

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Sonic Summary

The position of Accounts/Credit Controller is available in Chelmsford, Essex, offering a salary between £30,000 and £36,000, depending on experience.
This role is with a leading construction-based company, providing job security and a local work environment.
Candidates must have previous accounts or credit control experience, with a preference for those familiar with the construction industry.
The responsibilities include managing group credit control, processing payments, and maintaining relationships with customers and financial institutions.
The position requires strong computer skills, particularly in Microsoft Office applications, and involves a standard 40-hour work week from Monday to Friday.

Accounts / Credit Controller Chelmsford, Essex£30,000 - £36,000+ DOE

An exciting opportunity has become available to work for a leading and very successful construction based company. Looking for job security and a local role? Then this is the company for you!

You will be responsible for assisting with the day-to-day running of accounts for all companies. With a focus on improving the speed at which our customers pay us.

The Role:

Manage and report on group credit control, liaising with customers to ensure prompt payment.
Allocate all monies received for the group on Sage software.
Process daily debtor uploads to third party factor facility.
Build and maintain good working relationships externally and internally
Assist department heads with debtor collection and management of bad and doubtful debts.
Maintain promised monies reporting, regularly update directors and managers.
Assist with bad debt prevention by reviewing customer credit limits and adverse credit reports.
Ad hoc debtor reporting.
Work and build relationships with external bankers and credit providers to ensure our accounting systems are operating in conjunction with external systems. Assist with periodic compliance audits.
Support financial controller in identifying internal control weakness and implementing new systems.
Assist directors with final account reconciliations as necessary.
Any other tasks commensurate with the role.

The Candidate:

Experience within the construction industry preferred but not essential
Experience dealing with invoice discounting providers a clear advantage
Previous accounts / credit control experience is a MUST
Highly computer literate in all Microsoft Office applications (Word, Outlook, Excel)

Hours of Work:

Monday - Friday
40 hours a week

Reward and benefit:

£30,000-£36,000pa

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