Credit Control Team Leader

Pursuit Executive Recruitment Ltd; Brentwood; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Credit Control Team Lead in Brentwood, UK. This hybrid role involves managing a team in overseeing credit control for significant debt ledgers exceeding £60 million. The successful candidate should have proven experience in a similar role, ideally with team leadership skills and strong relationship management capabilities. The position offers a competitive salary and a benefits package, including 25 days of holidays, a pension scheme, and more.

Benefits

25-28 days holiday depending on service

Group personal pension with 4% contribution

Life cover at 3× salary

Occupational maternity pay

Disability compensation

Medicash plan for individual or family

Employee Assistance Programme

Free daily lunches

Annual company BBQ

Annual flu vaccination

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Credit Controller with leadership capabilities.
• Experience overseeing multi-million pound debt ledgers.
• Strong relationship management experience.
• Desirable prior experience managing credit insurance.

Responsibilities

• Oversee credit control for key brands exceeding £60 million.
• Lead a team to ensure timely collection of receivables.
• Drive improvements in collection processes and cash flow management.

Skills

Team leadership experience

Relationship management

MS Office skills

Understanding of debt management

Tools

Accounting packages/systems

Job description

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 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 is 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/systems.
• 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 × 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.