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My client is looking to recruit a Credit Controller for their team.
Job Purpose:
The Credit Controller reports to the Sales Ledger Resident Finance Manager.The position holder is responsible for ensuring invoices are collected within the agreed payment terms; the production of accurate and timely reconciliations and dealing with invoice queries - some of which are of a complex nature.
There is also a requirement to fulfill other ad hoc day-to-day duties in order to ensure effective, efficient and accurate financial operations, whilst complying with company policies and procedures to ensure that a high level of customer service is upheld at all times.
Accountabilities:
- Reconciliation of Sales ledger accounts and Housing associations.
- Collating and banking all Residents Finance cheques.
- Resolve unallocated cash balances on a timely basis.
- Receiving calls from sites/ LA helping resolve queries.
- Journaling monies from old Fox IP accounts to Foundry accounts.
- Requesting evidence of mileage after we have invoiced.
- Production of an updated analysis of overdue debt.
- Chasing invoices by phone or email to reduce the debtor balances and debtor days.
- Setting up new Standing order and renewing the existing ones annually/when necessary.
- Reducing the number of customers who are paying by cheques and encouraging them to set up S/O or to pay by BACS.
- Resolving invoice and billings queries and referring internally, as required, for timely resolution.
- Sending out communication to customers as per the Business needs.
- Supporting Senior Management with query/invoice/payment updates.
- Building relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- To ensure monthly cash and overdue debt KPIs are achieved.
Experience and Skills Required:
Essential:
- Proven experience and knowledge of the processes of allocations.
- Reconciliation skills between Bank, Sales Ledger and understanding of when accounts have been allocated incorrectly and how to resolve them.
- Intermediate Excel experience (Pivot table, Formulas, V-Look up, Conditional formatting).
- Demonstrable capabilities to produce accurate and timely reconciliations of debtor and sales ledger accounts.
- Previous experience of dealing with complex ledgers.
- Excellent communication skills and record of accomplishment of building strong relationships with customers.
Experience and Skills Desirable
- Credit control experience with NHS/Public sector.
Only relevant candidates will be contacted
