Credit Control

UK Sales Association; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

UK Sales Association is seeking a Credit Control Assistant to support payment allocation, debt reporting, and client account onboarding in a corporate finance environment. You will manage the finance inbox, respond to internal and external queries, perform reconciliations, and help maintain accurate customer records.

This early-career role offers hands-on development in credit control, account management, and finance systems, with guidance toward independent responsibility and timely financial

Qualifications

• Early-career finance professional with hands-on experience across payment allocation, credit control reporting, finance inbox management, client account setup and reconciliations.
• 1-3 years Early-career experience across finance support, customer service and operational environments.
• Practical exposure to debt reporting, payment allocation, account queries and financial administration.
• Hands-on use of enterprise finance and banking systems alongside spreadsheet tools.

Responsibilities

• Review incoming bank payments and allocate receipts accurately against customer accounts.
• Produce debt and allocation reports to support account management and query resolution.
• Manage finance-related inbox queries and complete administrative tasks to deadline.
• Create client accounts and support onboarding, including basic checks and data entry.
• Develop and maintain spreadsheet analyses and use finance platforms for routine tasks.

Skills

Payment Allocation

Debt Reporting

Credit Control

Client Account Setup

Inbox Management

Spreadsheet Analysis

Stakeholder Communication

Attention to Detail

Account Management

Tools

Excel

Enterprise Finance Systems

Banking Systems

Job description

Credit Control Assistant - Finance / Account Management

Early-career finance professional with hands-on experience across payment allocation, credit control reporting, finance inbox management, client account setup and reconciliations in a corporate environment.

A motivated junior finance professional with practical experience supporting a credit-control function in an office-based corporate environment.

The candidate has worked with banking and finance systems to record incoming payments, allocate receipts, produce debt and allocation reports and respond to finance-related queries. Their experience also includes setting up client accounts and carrying out basic company and credit checks.

They bring strong attention to detail, reliability, confidence communicating with stakeholders and a clear desire to continue developing within finance, credit control and account management.

1-3 Years Early-career experience across finance support, customer service and operational environments.

Credit Control Practical exposure to debt reporting, payment allocation, account queries and financial administration.

Finance Systems Hands-on use of enterprise finance and banking systems alongside spreadsheet tools.

Client Administration Experienced creating client accounts and supporting due-diligence and account-management processes.

Why Recruiters Should Take Notice

Payment Processing
Experienced reviewing incoming bank payments and allocating receipts accurately against customer accounts.

Debt Reporting
Has produced debt and allocation reports to support account visibility and follow-up activity.

Finance Inbox Management
Comfortable handling questions and tasks from internal and external stakeholders through a shared finance inbox.

Client Account Setup
Has created customer accounts and supported company and credit-information checks as part of onboarding.

Systems & Data
Developing strong practical skills across spreadsheet analysis, finance platforms and corporate administrative processes.

Customer-Facing Foundation
Previous operational roles have strengthened communication, teamwork, responsibility and service skills.

Evidence of Impact

• Recorded and tracked incoming customer payments using banking and finance systems.


• Allocated payments accurately within an enterprise finance platform.


• Produced debt and allocation reports to support account management and query resolution.


• Managed finance-related inbox queries and completed administrative tasks to deadline.


• Created client accounts and supported basic company and credit checks.


• Developed practical knowledge of finance-team processes within a corporate office environment.


• Built strong customer-service and responsibility skills through previous public-facing operational work.


• Used spreadsheet tools for administrative and business-support tasks.


• Demonstrated reliability, attention to detail and willingness to learn across varied responsibilities.

Credit Control Payment Allocation Debt Reporting Finance Administration Account Management Support Reconciliations Client Account Setup Credit Checks Company Checks Finance Inbox Management Spreadsheet Analysis Enterprise Finance Systems Data Accuracy Customer Service Stakeholder Communication Teamwork

What You Receive

Candidate-Supplied CV
The candidate's CV is included with purchase.

Full Candidate Details
Career history, employers, job titles, achievements and contact information.

Best Suited To

• Junior Credit Controller opportunities.