Credit Controller

Trial Balance Consulting; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Trial Balance Consulting is seeking an experienced Credit Controller to manage aged debtor accounts in a leading firm of Chartered Accountants located in Exeter. This role offers a blend of office-based and flexible working, alongside exceptional financial benefits and career development opportunities. Ideal candidates should possess a strong understanding of debtor management and excellent customer service skills.

Benefits

Exceptional financial benefits

Impressive modern premises

Opportunity to work with an experienced team

Qualifications

• Experienced Credit Controller with knowledge of debtor management procedures.
• Strong customer service skills essential.
• No formal qualification required, but knowledge of debt control techniques is a must.

Responsibilities

• Monitor accounts receivable ledger for potential risks.
• Develop relationships to manage payment difficulties.
• Ensure strict internal controls and aged debtor protocols.
• Complete invoice reconciliations timely.
• Recover outstanding debts using various techniques.

Skills

Debtor management knowledge

Customer service skills

Persistence

Tenacity

Sympathetic attitude

Job description

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Credit Controller - Exeter / Hybrid - up to£30,000

Trial Balance Consulting are delighted to have been engaged by one of our longstanding clients, a highly successful firm of Chartered Accountants with an outstanding reputation for employee retention and development. The firm seek to recruit an experienced Credit Controller to join the finance team on a permanent basis. The role will be principally based at the firms’ central Exeter office but may allow for a degree of hybrid/flexible working.

Working closely with the firms’ partners and directors, the successful candidate will play a lead role in aged debtor management and will require a professional, tactful and tenacious attitude to their work. Key responsibilities to include:

- Monitor accounts receivable ledger to identify clients that pose a potential financial risk

- Develop effective relationships with clients in order to manage any payment difficulties

- Ensure strict internal controls and aged debtor protocols are applied at all times

- Ensure that invoicing systems are maintained for accuracy

- Invoice reconciliations to be completed in a timely manner

- Provide regular debtor reports with full commentary and action plan

- Recover outstanding debts via a range of written and verbal techniques

- Work closely with partners and colleagues to resolve all matters relating to aged debt

Are you the person that we’re looking for? For this role we’re looking for an experienced, confident Credit Controller with an up to date knowledge of debtor management procedures. This is a role where personal qualities and strong customer service skills will be key; a balancing act of persistence and tenacity but with a sympathetic, caring attitude to clients that are experiencing payment difficulties. No formal qualification is required but a good understanding of accounts receivable and debt control techniques is a must.

It’s not just career development of offer here either. The company offers exceptional financial benefits, impressive modern premises and the opportunity to work with a friendly, highly experienced team. For further details and to apply, please get in touch with Elle Benjamin quoting reference EB9687.