Credit Control

Seymour John

Posted 7 days ago, valid for 21 days

Gloucester, Gloucestershire GL3, England

£36,000 - £43,200 per annum

Full Time

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Sonic Summary

The position is for a Credit Control role in the professional services sector, offering a hybrid work environment and a permanent contract with a salary of up to £40,000.
The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering a professional credit control service and maintaining positive client relationships to ensure timely invoice payments.
Key responsibilities include liaising with partners and clients' finance teams, ensuring compliance with collection policies, and assisting in achieving cash collection targets.
Candidates should have solid credit control experience in a professional services environment, with a strong understanding of the working capital cycle and excellent customer service skills.
A minimum of 3 years of experience in credit control is preferred, and knowledge of ARCS and Aderant, as well as experience with international clients, would be advantageous.

Credit Control | Hybrid | Permanent | up to £40,000

The Company

My client is in the professional services sector

The role

In this role, you will deliver an effective and professional credit control service while maintaining positive relationships with our clients. You'll be responsible for finding the most appropriate ways to ensure timely payment of our invoices. This is not a role where you will be hiding behind a keyboard sending standard emails - you will be talking regularly to our partners to resolve any issues relating to unpaid invoices and building good relationships with clients to encourage timely payments while work in ongoing. You will need to show tact and flexibility, but also perseverance and resilience.

Key skills & experience

Ensuring compliance with the collection policy
Ensuring bills are sent in accordance with the collection policy timelines
Liaising with the partners to ensure timely resolution of client queries on unpaid invoices
Meetings monthly to review Debt and discuss challenging areas
Liaising directly with clients' finance teams, choosing the most effective methods to chase outstanding debts, and keeping accurate records of all conversations/communications with them
Assisting the team in achieving monthly cash collection and debtor day targets
Performing new client credit checks raising concerns to the Revenue Manager
Escalating specific risk areas or issues to the Revenue Manager

Personal Profile

Have solid credit control experience gained in a professional services environment achieving strong results
Have a good understanding of the full working capital cycle from time recording, WiP, billing and cash collection, including VAT and disbursements
Have previously built strong working relationships with managers / fee earners where you have had to offer challenge to ensure robust practices are observed and can demonstrate a high level of customer service skills
A knowledge of ARCS and Aderant would be useful, as would experience of working with international clients.

For further information, please contact Rhian Mountjoy

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