Credit Controller

Eaton Syalon Limited; South Derbyshire; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton Syalon Limited is partnering with a client in South Derbyshire to recruit a Credit Controller who will take full ownership of the ledger within the Finance team. The role emphasizes cash collection, debtor analysis, and maintaining strong customer relationships to ensure timely payments.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of credit control or sales ledger experience and must be comfortable working independently. Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables and VLOOKUP, are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of credit control or sales ledger experience.
• Ability to work in a standalone credit control role.
• Strong Excel skills with pivot tables and VLOOKUP as a minimum standard.

Responsibilities

• Credit checking customer accounts and analysing debtor data for trends and risks.
• Manage and maintain credit insurance cover and assess aged debt reports.
• Drive cash collection via phone and email and support month-end close processes.
• Produce and monitor key credit control KPIs and provide timely data for forecasting.

Skills

Credit control

Sales ledger

Debtor data analysis

Excel proficiency

Tools

Excel

Job description

Eaton Syalon are working with our client in South Derbyshire to recruit a Credit Controller into their Finance team. The role will be a standalone position with full ownership of the ledger. The role requires excellent IT skills, previous credit control experience and a willingness to learn. The ideal candidate will be able to hit the ground running and will want to take ownership of the ledger.

Key Responsibilities:

• Credit checking customer accounts
• Analyse debtor data for trends, risks, and opportunities
• Manage and maintain credit insurance cover
• Analyse aged debt reports
• Develop strong relationships with key customers to support prompt payment
• Drive cash collection via phone and email
• Manage and support month end close processes
• Produce and monitor key credit control KPIs
• Provide accurate and timely data to support cashflow forecasting, bad debt provisioning and financial reporting
• Provide regular updates to senior management and stakeholders on debtors
• Maintain and enhance credit control procedures
• Identify and implement improvements to increase efficiency and reduce risk
• Maintain the sales ledger, including account set up, monitoring, cash collection, and query resolution
• Manage and support month end close processes

The must haves:

• 5 years plus previous credit control/sales ledger experience
• Happy working in a standalone credit control role
• Strong Excel skills - pivot tables and V look ups as a minimum standard
• Capable of managing the credit control process from start to finish

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