Credit Controller - Collections

CS Technical Staffing Ltd; Hawkesley; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

CS Technical Staffing Ltd is recruiting a Collections Specialist (Credit Control) for a contract in Bournville, Birmingham. You will manage a portfolio of overdue invoices, lead two Collections Executives and collaborate with Back Office to resolve complex queries, driving timely payments.

This role is inside IR35 and pays £27.51 per hour via umbrella. The assignment runs until 31 December 2026, with start ASAP and 36 hours per week, offering wide stakeholder liaison and root-cause analysis to

Qualifications

• Credit control experience.
• Expert in financial / ledger analysis.
• High-level SAP competence.
• Experience in a fast-moving consumer goods or consumer packaged goods company.
• Proficient organisational, prioritisation and time management skills.
• Strong numerical, analytical and logical reasoning skills.
• Experience of working within a customer facing role.
• Experience in an Order to Cash environment.
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office Applications, particularly Excel.
• Able to identify and remove barriers to enable team success.
• Ability to coach and lead others.
• Effective Business Partnering
• Conflict and Relationship Management

Responsibilities

• Hold weekly ledger reviews with Collections Executives to review outstanding debt, offering guidance and support to resolve complex queries.
• Support Collections Executives with customer contact escalations, this will involve customer phone calls, emails and on occasions face to face to recover monies owed.
• Conduct Overdues/Invalids meetings with Commercial.
• Conduct daily and ad-hoc Overdues meetings with the Back Office, guide and support in driving actions to ensure timely customer payments are received.
• Arrange ad-hoc meetings with key stakeholders to ensure required actions have been completed ahead of communications to the customer.
• Assist / co-ordinate in the prompt resolution of customer queries during the collections cycle.
• Undertake analysis of Root Cause Code in the Dispute Management System (DMS) to recognise common issues / trends.
• Liaise with internal stakeholders to drive a reduction in future claims based on Root Cause findings.
• Identify potential customer risks / behaviours and escalation to Credit Risk Analyst.
• Ensure Collections Executive is adhering to defined SLAs within the collection process, and maintaining DMS Dispute Case data daily ("Housekeeping"). If not, identify root cause and take actions to resolve.
• Increase capability/upskill the Collections Executive through training, mentoring and coaching.
• Adopt a Customer Service-Orientated approach to build and maintain positive relationships with customers and internal stakeholders

Skills

Credit control

Ledger analysis

SAP

CPG experience

Excel

Customer facing

Order to Cash

Business partnering

Coaching and mentoring

Tools

SAP

Job description

Job Title: Collections Specialist (Credit Control)

Location: Bournville, Birmingham

Hourly Rate: £27.51ph via an Umbrella Company (Inside IR35)

Employment Type: Contract - Current financed until 31/12/2026

Start Date: ASAP

Hours: Standard 36 Hours Per Week

Reference: K1206

Main purpose of the role

• Responsible for a portfolio of customers with invalid claims and/or overdue invoices for which payment needs to be obtained
• Lead a team of two Collections Executives and work closely with Back Office, offering guidance on required actions and support with complex customer queries to aid in timely repayments
• High levels of collaboration amongst various internal and external stakeholders
• Expectation of root cause analysis to understand and improve customer behaviours

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:

• Credit control experience
• Expert in financial / ledger analysis
• High-level SAP competence
• Experience in a fast-moving consumer goods or consumer packaged goods company
• Proficient organisational, prioritisation and time management skills
• Strong numerical, analytical and logical reasoning skills
• Experience of working within a customer facing role
• Experience in an Order to Cash environment
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office Applications, particularly Excel
• Able to identify and remove barriers to enable team success
• Ability to coach and lead others
• Effective Business Partnering
• Conflict and Relationship Management

Responsibilities

• Hold weekly ledger reviews with Collections Executives to review outstanding debt, offering guidance and support to resolve complex queries
• Support Collections Executives with customer contact escalations, this will involve customer phone calls, emails and on occasions face to face to recover monies owed
• Conduct Overdues/Invalids meetings with Commercial
• Conduct daily and ad-hoc Overdues meetings with the Back Office, guide and support in driving actions to ensure timely customer payments are received
• Arrange ad-hoc meetings with key stakeholders to ensure required actions have been completed ahead of communications to the customer
• Assist / co-ordinate in the prompt resolution of customer queries during the collections cycle
• Undertake analysis of Root Cause Code in the Dispute Management System (DMS) to recognise common issues / trends
• Liaise with internal stakeholders to drive a reduction in future claims based on Root Cause findings
• Identify potential customer risks / behaviours and escalation to Credit Risk Analyst
• Ensure Collections Executive is adhering to defined SLAs within the collection process, and maintaining DMS Dispute Case data daily ("Housekeeping"). If not, identify root cause and take actions to resolve
• Increase capability/upskill the Collections Executive through training, mentoring and coaching
• Adopt a Customer Service-Orientated approach to build and maintain positive relationships with customers and internal stakeholders

This role is INSIDE IR35

Our Clients are unable to provide sponsorship for Visas; therefore, only candidates eligible to work in the UK.

No terminology within this advert is intended to unlawfully discriminate on the grounds of age, sex, race or disability and we welcome all applications