Credit Control

RK Accountancy; Macclesfield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A local accountancy firm in Macclesfield is seeking a Credit Control Administrator for a 15-month maternity cover contract. The role involves managing customer accounts, ensuring timely payments, and administering the sales ledger. Candidates should possess strong communication skills and experience in finance, along with proficiency in Excel. This role offers a competitive salary and benefits including annual leave, a pension scheme, and gym membership discounts.

Benefits

Competitive salary

26 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Additional annual leave purchase scheme

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Free parking on all sites

Qualifications

• Strong organisation and administration skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Capable of solving problems independently.

Responsibilities

• Administer sales ledger and credit control.
• Manage customer accounts and queries.
• Perform weekly reconciliations of receipts.

Skills

Ability to learn new systems quickly

Professional communication

Intermediate Excel skills

Finance experience

Customer service orientation

Strong numeracy

Tools

Excel

Job description

15 Month Maternity Cover Contract

Based at the head office, Macclesfield, Cheshire the main purpose of this role is to administer and maintain the Sales Ledger and Credit Control function, ensuring UK and international customers pay promptly, liaising with internal and external customers to maximise cash flow and minimise queries, losses, and risk.

The duties: Perform credit control duties including and covering, but not limited to: -

• Managing the sub-contract construction ledger specialised paperwork, payment allocations, and retention payment periods
• Using a firm but fair approach to ensure customers pay within agreed payment terms, communicating via telephone and email
• Liaise with customers, Customer Services and Sales to log and manage account disputes
• Manage held order queues, corresponding with customers, Customer Services, and Sales to ensure all orders are released according to required time frames, payment terms, and credit limits
• Familiarity with the principals, functions and websites of credit insurers and credit reference agencies
• Set, maintain and revise credit limits
• Liaise with Insolvency Practitioners and solicitors where necessary
• Attend weekly meetings with key stake holders providing up-to-date notes on status of overdue accounts and disputes

Administer and maintain Sales Ledgers including, but not limited to: -

• Record, post, and allocate daily customer receipts received by bank transfer, bank card and cheque
• Manage customer receipt queries and remittance processing
• Weekly reconciliation of receipts received and posted
• Liaise with Customer Services to report and manage proforma invoice payments
• New account application processing (including credit reference review and credit insurance applications) and new account creation
• Maintenance of existing accounts
• Manage team email inboxes correspondence, responding to or forwarding emails where applicable
• Month end reporting duties
• Provide holiday and other absence cover and general back up and support, for example, at busy times, for other colleagues within the Accounts Department

The ideal candidate will have:

• Ability to learn and adapt to using new systems quickly
• Clear, concise, professional written and verbal (telephone/face-to-face) communication
• Intermediate competency in the use of Excel (inc. pivot tables/lookups/sumifs)
• Experience of working within a Finance department
• Customer service orientated aptitude
• Strong numeracy, organisation, administration, and problem-solving skills
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced office environment delivering to deadlines
• Active team player capable of working under your own initiative

Personal qualities

• Confident, positive, enthusiastic, organised, focused Finance professional
• Able to listen attentively and interpret instructions effectively
• Considerate to and with others
• Work with a good attention to detail taking pride in work produced
• Self‑assured when dealing with challenging situations

What they offer

• Competitive salary
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays (4‑5 days saved for Christmas)
• Additional annual leave purchase scheme (up to 5 days)
• Birthday Holiday
• Employee Benefits Platform which includes:-
• Group life insurance and death in service
• Company Pension contribution
• Occupational Health Services
• Discounted Gym Membership
• Free parking on all sites

• Employee Assistance Programme
• 24/7 free confidential advice
• Discounted high street shopping
• Cycle to work scheme

Please submit your CV for immediate consideration. (url removed) (phone number removed)

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