Credit Controller & Finance Assistant - Customer-Focused

Savona Foodservice Limited; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounted food

Non-contributory Cash Health Plan

Job summary

Savona Foodservice Limited in Oxford is seeking a confident Credit Controller to manage the debtor ledger, chase outstanding debts, and provide regular reports. The role involves working in a small finance team to ensure accurate cash flow and timely payments from customers.

You will maintain accounts, allocate payments, issue statements, and support ad-hoc finance duties during busy periods. The ideal candidate has proven sales ledger/credit control experience, strong Excel skills, and the

Qualifications

• Experience of sales ledger/credit control is essential
• Ability to prioritise workload and adhere to strict deadlines
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Knowledge of Sage 200
• Ability to work calmly in an environment that can be pressured
• Good attention to detail with the ability to multi-task
• Ability to work as a team player within a busy department
• Ability to work unsupervised and use own initiative

Responsibilities

• Actively chase outstanding debts via telephone, email and letter
• Complete credit insurance reports
• Maintain debtor days to target
• Take customer payments
• Allocate payments to customer accounts
• Issuing statements and copy documents to customers
• Investigate and resolve debt and payment queries
• Dealing with credit account applications, credit checks and agreeing credit terms
• Prepare weekly Debt reports for the Shareholders/Head of Finance
• Ad-hoc duties as required, e.g purchase ledger/general finance team duties during times of increased team workload and holiday cover

Skills

Sales ledger experience

Credit control

Microsoft Excel

Attention to detail

Tools

Sage 200

Job description

Savona Foodservice Limited in Oxford is seeking a confident Credit Controller to manage the debtor ledger, chase outstanding debts, and provide regular reports. The role involves working in a small finance team to ensure accurate cash flow and timely payments from customers.

You will maintain accounts, allocate payments, issue statements, and support ad-hoc finance duties during busy periods. The ideal candidate has proven sales ledger/credit control experience, strong Excel skills, and the