Credit Control Team Leader

Pursuit Recruitment Ltd; Brentwood; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking an experienced Credit Control Team Lead to oversee a busy accounts department for a globally recognised manufacturing organisation. This hybrid role requires leading a team and managing substantial debt ledgers exceeding £60 million. Candidates should have strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, along with proven experience in accounts receivable and credit control. Benefits include 25 days holiday, pension contributions, and additional employee perks.

Benefits

25 days holiday, increasing with service

Group personal pension with 4% company contribution

Life cover of 3x salary

Occupational maternity pay

Accident cover

Medicash plan

Employee assistance programme

Free lunches daily

Annual company BBQ

Annual flu vaccination

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a similar role, preferably with team leadership experience.
• Strong relationship management skills are essential.
• Prior experience managing credit insurance and policy renewal is highly desirable.
• Experience in overseeing multi million pound debt ledgers is required.
• Must demonstrate a clear understanding of accounts receivable management.

Responsibilities

• Oversee credit control for key brands with debt ledgers exceeding £60 million.
• Ensure timely collection of receivables and improvement of cash flow.
• Lead a team of two and facilitate efficient process improvements.

Skills

Team leadership experience

Strong relationship management

Management of credit insurance

Experience with multi million pound debt ledgers

Strong MS Office skills

Job description

Job Title: Credit Control Team Lead

Job Model: Hybrid – 3 days a week in office/ 2 days working from home.

Competitive salary and benefits package

Working on behalf of a globally recognised manufacturing organisation; we are actively recruiting for an experienced Credit Controller who can lead a team of 2 in a busy accounts department; with experience working within multi-million pound turnover organisations.

You will be responsible for the overseeing the credit control of our clients key brands and strong experience within credit control is essential.

You will be responsible for all aspects of Accounts receivable management and will be in sole charge of debt ledgers in excess of £30m+ debt; but have overall responsibility for a team with ledgers in excess of £60mil.

As a senior member of the team you will also oversee two team members to ensure the timely collection of receivables, reduction of overdue debt, and effective cash flow management. This role requires strong leadership, stakeholder management, and process improvement skills to drive efficiency and maintain excellent customer relationships. Experience with managing Credit Insurance a strong advantage; but not essential.

Essential Experience required

• Proven experience within a similar role; ideally including team leadership experience or the desire to step into a supervisory role
• Strong relationship management experience
• Prior experience managing credit insurance, credit insurance relationships and policy renewal is highly desirable.
• Experience overseeing multi million pound debt ledgers
• Strong MS office Skills and experience of major accounting packages / system
• Able to demonstrate a clear understanding of all the above responsibilities

Benefits

• Holidays: 25 days, Increases with service to 28 days.
• Pension: Group personal pension, company contribution of 4%.
• Life Cover: 3 x your salary in the event of your death to your nominated beneficiary.
• Occupational maternity pay plus SMP.
• Accident Cover: Disability compensation Payment.
• Medicash plan: Individual Cover or Family. Employee has the option to increase the benefit.
• Employee Star Award.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Free lunches every day.
• Annual company BBQ.
• Annual flu vaccination.

Please note; applications will only be accepted from those with full rights to work in the UK – No Sponsorship is available for this position. Please ensure your location is clearly marked in your application to avoid delay.