Credit Controller

Evolve Recruitment; Wallingford, Oxford, East Hagbourne, Abingdon; Hybride; GBP 27 000 - 33 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Evolve Recruitment is seeking an organized Credit Controller to support multiple ledgers in a high-growth environment. Hybrid role with 2 days in the office and 3 days work-from-home provides flexibility while maintaining strong cash collection processes.

You will report to the Credit Control Supervisor and help drive KPI targets, aging analysis, cash flow forecasting and basic bookkeeping within a professional Finance Team.

Qualifications

• Proven credit control experience.
• Strong Excel skills.
• Experience with aging analysis and debt collection.
• Experience with Great Plains and Credit Hound is advantageous.
• Excellent communication with internal and external stakeholders.

Responsabilités

• Call and email customers to discuss and collect payments.
• Make notes of findings in the accounting system for reference.
• Review aged debt report daily to identify overdue debt.
• Focus on collecting overdue debt and problematic accounts.
• Assist with remittances, cash allocations and reconciliation.
• Monitor credit limits and payment terms.
• Prepare cash and age debtor reports; distribute timely.
• Support KPI targets with Business Unit Managers.

Connaissances

Credit control experience

Excel proficiency

Debt aging & collection

Stakeholder management

Formation

CICM qualification

Outils

Microsoft Great Plains

Credit Hound

Description du poste

Job Title: Credit Controller

Salary: £30,000 + Benefits, Hybrid working - 2 days in Office / 3 days WFH

Location: Wallingford, Oxford, Reading, Didcot, Abingdon, Newbury, Swindon, Bicester, Banbury, Henley-on-Thames, Thame, Wantage, Witney, High Wycombe

Evolve Recruitment is seeking a highly organised, professional and detail-focused Credit Controller to support our clients busy, team on a full-time basis to manage multiple small ledgers . The role is Hybrid, with 2 days in the office each week and then 3 days WFH. The successful candidate will be an integral part of the Finance Team in a high growth organization and will be responsible for participating in the day-to-day processes of the team.

Reporting to the Credit Control Supervisor and working as part of the busy Finance Team, you will be responsible for the efficient and timely collection of debtor balances across multiple ledgers. You will be expected to provide excellent customer service to both external and internal customers and adhere to the policies and guidelines set by the department within a high performance culture. Additionally, you will be required to assist with aging analysis, supporting cash flow forecasting and analysis and basic bookkeeping.

Our client operates in a casual working environment and promotes both team and individual growth. To be successful in the role you will also need a high degree of personal initiative and the ability to interact with non-financial managers and staff at all levels.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Credit Controller to progress and begin a career with the Company.

Responsibilities:

This is a multi-faceted role where the post holder will be expected (but is not limited) to:

• Call and e-mail customers to discuss and collect payments
• Make notes of findings in the accounting system for reference
• Review aged debt report on a daily basis to identify overdue debt
• Provide special focus on the collection of all overdue debt and problematic accounts
• Help to facilitate the resolution of customer queries with the appropriate internal staff to ensure payment is received
• Manage credit referencing
• Monitor credit limits and payment terms
• Identify outstanding remittances
• Compose weekly credit note batches on excel and send for business approval
• Allocate cash and resolve unidentified cash. Reconciliation of customer accounts
• Send out account statements and further outstanding reminders in line with Company Control Policy
• Prepare cash and age debtor reports. Distribute accurate reports in a timely manner as required
• Implement improvements to existing processes / systems as required
• Working alongside Business Unit Managers to help drive KPI targets.
• Provide a link between the Central Finance Team and the Business Units
• From time to time this role may require travel to other sites.
• Ability to work and manage customer portals
• Ability to arrange direct debits and manage the Direct Debit Portal for your ledgers
• Possibility to undertake projects and adhoc duties in line with credit control

Skills & Qualifications:

• Must have proven credit control experience
• CICM qualifications / qualification by experience would be advantageous
• Demonstrated ability to reduce overdue debt and maintain a tidy ledger.
• Strong commercial acumen and financial analysis skills.
• A demonstrated ability to process large quantity of data quickly and effectively and to deliver results.
• Excellent IT skills including a high level of proficiency in Excel.
• Experience of Microsoft Great Plains and Credit Hound software would be an advantage.

Qualities:

• You will have strong interpersonal skills with both written and verbal communication skills at all levels, with a confident and professional telephone manner
• Able to build relationships and work effectively with others at all levels across the business in person, by phone and on email
• You will have a strong work ethic and be highly organised and methodical
• Solution-focused, with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks
• Persistent and resilient under pressure
• You will be detail oriented and accurate with the ability to review your own work and detect and fix errors prior to your managers review
• A good team player, who can work on their own initiative as well as follow guidance and instructions from senior members of the team
• Self-motivated, resourceful and keen to learn and share knowledge
• Flexible and hardworking approach.

You are required to be eligible to work in the UK full time without restriction. Due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within five days please assume that on this occasion your application has not been successful.