A client of ours in the Chelmsford area are recruiting a Credit Controller to join their team. This is a full-time 6-9 month FTC position working Monday - Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm and paying 26,000 - 28,000 per annum depending on experience. This is a hybrid position working 2 days in the office and 3 from home after a successful induction.
Reporting to the Credit Control Manager, key duties include but are not limited to:
- Chase all outstanding monies
- Produce weekly and monthly reports of aged debt
- Attend weekly meetings with the Credit Control team to ensure the team remain focused and results driven.
- Take ownership of own debtor's ledger.
- Deal with queries, liaise with operations to achieve resolutions to outstanding issues.
- Liaise with a number of key agents, negotiating payment timelines, agreeing contras.
- Regularly report on own debt balances detailing action points and promised payments.
- Ensure the top 10 debtors across the companies are monitored and cleared weekly.
- Ensure that on hold accounts, prevention and credit exceed procedures are adhered to.
- Take responsibility for unallocated cash reports.
- Resolve day to day credit control issues and problem accounts.
- Monitor and manage the credit control inbox.
- Deal with multi-currency accounts, run separate reports and forecast incoming currency cash receipts.
- Keep up to date with ledger issues.
- Credit check new customers, set limits and terms adhering to the approval processes.
- Send out legal letters in a consistent manner throughout the team.
- Regularly review and propose customer trading trends and put together proposals for increasing credit limits and terms.
- Liaise with Purchase ledger with regards to contras.
- Provide anticipated receipts analysis to assist in cash flow planning.
- Responsible to write down all process within the dept/credit control area.
- Data cleansing to help with changing of systems.
Skills and Experience required to be considered for this Credit Controller position:
- Advanced Excel skills.
- Experience in working in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Accountancy AAT qualified desirable.
- Experience in working with high transactions.
Great Benefits to working for this company include:
- Hybrid working (after induction) - 2 days in & 3 days from home
- 20 days holiday rising to 25 with service
- Cycle to work scheme
- Health cash plan
- Discounted health membership
- Life assurance
If you feel like you meet the above criteria & would like to be considered for this Credit Controller position, please apply with your CV and contact Katie at Prime Appointments for a confidential chat. #accountsjobs