Credit Controller

Sewell Wallis are currently working with a thriving international business who are looking to add a Credit Controller to their Doncaster team on a temporary basis.

They are looking for a competent professional to cover the Accounts Receivable function, including both Sales Ledger management and Credit Control, for the entirety of February. There is potential for the position to extend beyond this point, dependent on external factors.

What will you be doing?

• Collecting outstanding and overdue debts via telephone and email across the full ledger of customers in line with company policies.
• Preparing, collating, and sending weekly customer account statements.
• Allocating cash receipts and posting on SAP daily.
• Consistently liaising with management regarding any issues such as payment details and collection issues.
• Arranging and chairing monthly meetings with various internal stakeholders.
• Meeting cash collection targets to maintain positive cash-flow.
• Maintaining accurate and detailed notes on customer's accounts and against all outstanding invoices.
• Performing regular Credit Checks on current customers and logging details.
• Producing reports with detailed narrative for Month End reporting and for mid-month reviews.
• Managing the Credit Control Inbox.
• Providing customer account payment performance analysis and support to the commercial account managers team.
• Looking for ways to improve debt collection processes.
• Performing ad-hoc duties as required.
• Occasional off-site visits to customer premises.

What skills are we looking for?

• Strong organisational skills and the ability to with the ability to multi-task and meet deadlines.
• Strong communication and effective negotiation skills with customers and internally.
• Confident using MS Office, including Word and Excel.
• A strong sense of attention to detail.
• The ability to both be proactive and follow instructions.
• Previous Credit Control / Accounts Receivable experience is essential.
• Good working knowledge of SAP AR processing is advantageous.

What's on offer?

• Free parking.

Send us your CV below, or contact Eleanor Kirk for more information.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.