Credit Controller

Credit Control; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading utilities business is seeking a seasoned Credit Controller to manage credit control activities and enhance internal processes. This hybrid role requires strong inter-personal skills and leadership qualities to support a small credit control team, reflecting the company's commitment to excellence in financial management.

Qualifications

• Excellent understanding of credit control practices.
• Good core IT skills, including Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Excellent inter-personal skills and leadership qualities.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for commercial credit control activities.
• Handle day-to-day credit control enquiries and maintain relationships.
• Performance management of junior credit controllers.

Skills

Credit control best practices

Inter-personal skills

Leadership qualities

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Job description

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Portfolio Credit Control are currently partnered with an ever-growing, well-established Utilities business who are currently having a massive upskill in the financial department. We are currently looking to recruit a seasoned Credit Controller who has a proven track record in reducing aged debt! This is an exciting opportunity with long term opportunities, if you think you have what it takes please reach out to Brandon directly.

Credit Controller

Hybrid

Key Responsibilities

* Responsible for the commercial credit control activities for all services across the portfolio
* First line telephone response from customers
* Handling day to day credit control enquiries such as customer correspondence, Direct Debit applications, disconnections, copy invoices and debt recovery reminder letters
* Maintain relationships with our Operational teams to facilitate suitable outcomes for non-paying commercial entities
* Act as an escalation point for complex credit control queries, including disconnection issues and multi-utilities accounts
* To provide input into the development of MI required to monitor performance and targets
* Maintain and improve current processes to offer enhanced credit control services to customers and help improve internal procedures to assist in achieving set objectives
* Manage sickness, absence, holidays for small credit control team
* Performance management of junior credit controller, including setting and managing objectives in line with wider business targets
* Upskilling and training junior credit controllers
* Any adhoc duties as requested by the Head of Collections and Customer Service

About You

* Excellent understanding of credit control best practices and ability to deliver a variety of approaches to meet both customer and business needs.
* Good core IT skills inclusive of knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel and mail merge facilities
* Excellent inter-personal skills
* Good understanding of legal practices in relation to credit control i.e. GDPR, Financial Hardship, Disconnection Policies
* Good understanding of all Utility services and contract terms and conditions
* Excellent team worker
* Proactively builds on-going relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
* Ability to adapt as priorities/demands change and initiate action.
* Leadership qualities to drive performance in a small credit control.

If you would like to discuss this role in further, please apply directly or speak with Brandon.