Sewell Wallis are currently working with a leading transport business based in Doncaster. Due to someone being off for the next month, they're looking to recruit a Credit Controller for the next month (February) temporarily. This role could potentially get extended but they unfortunately won't know until mid February.

What will you be doing?

Intensive telephone & e-mail collections for all customers on all company ledgers and in line with the company Credit Control Policy.
Preparation, collation, and despatch of customer account statements on a weekly basis.
Cash receipt allocation, controlling and postings in the financial accounting system (SAP) for all customers and entities on a daily basis.
Reporting instances of payment defaults and account collection issues to the Head of Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable in a timely manner.
Arranging and chairing Monthly Debtors meetings with the commercial Account Managers and Heads of commercial sectors.
Meet stringent cash collection targets to maintain positive cash-flow and working capital to achieve corporate DSO targets.
Follow up on overdue invoices and payments and implement company collections procedures as necessary.
Maintaining accurate and detailed notes within the customer's account (SAP) against all outstanding invoices.
Performing regular Credit Checks on current customers and logging the details of the report.
Ensuring that customer Master Data is accurate and updated when needed.
Producing Debtors reports with detailed narrative for Month End reporting and for mid-month review with the CFO.
Invoice dispute administration, logging updates in the customer's account SAP and log in CPI & follow up to resolution.
Managing the Credit Control Inbox
Provide customer account payment performance analysis and support to the commercial account managers team.
Look 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?

Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to multi-task and produce quality work within tight deadlines.
Strong communicator together with effective negotiation skills both with customers and all levels within the business.
Able to interact positively at all levels within the business and be a team player.
Confident using MS Office, including Work and Excel
Maintain a strong attention to detail.
Can demonstrate initiative and the ability to be proactive, while also being able to follow instructions.
Deliver a 'can do' and proactive approach at all times.
Flexibility to meet the needs of the role.
Previous Credit Control / Accounts Receivable experience is essential.
Good working knowledge of SAP AR processing is advantageous.

What's on offer?

Free parking

For more information, please contact Lewis Walker.

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.