Finance Credit Controller

LHH; Uxbridge; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

LHH is seeking a mid-senior level Credit Controller to manage and reconcile financial processes, ensuring timely invoice collections and supporting auditing needs. The ideal candidate will have strong communication and reconciliation skills, along with a proven track record in credit control, particularly in complex environments. Join a dynamic team dedicated to maintaining high standards of customer service and financial accuracy.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with allocations and reconciliations.
• Intermediate Excel skills including Pivot tables and V-Lookup.
• Experience dealing with complex ledgers.

Responsibilities

• Oversee collection of invoices within payment terms.
• Resolve invoice queries and maintain customer relationships.
• Produce accurate reconciliations and manage overdue debt KPIs.

Skills

Reconciliation skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Tools

Excel

Job description

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The Resident Finance Credit Controller reports to the Sales Ledger Resident Finance Manager. The position holder is responsible for ensuring invoices are collected within the agreed payment terms; the production of accurate and timely reconciliations and dealing with invoice queries - some of which are of a complex nature.

There is also a requirement to fulfil other ad hoc day-to-day duties in order to ensure effective, efficient and accurate financial operations, whilst complying with company policies and procedures to ensure that a high level of customer service is upheld at all times.

Accountabilities:

• Reconciliation of Resident’s Sales ledger accounts and Housing associations.
• Collating and banking all Residents Finance cheques.
• Resolve unallocated cash balances on a timely basis.
• Receiving calls from sites/ LA helping resolve queries.
• Journaling monies from old Fox IP accounts to Foundry accounts.
• Requesting evidence of mileage after we have invoiced.
• Communicating the queries with the BUFC’s and updating it in the ‘List to be resolved’
• Production of an updated analysis of overdue debt.
• Chasing invoices by phone or email to reduce the debtor balances and debtor days.
• Setting up new Standing order and renewing the existing ones annually/when necessary.
• Reducing the number of customers who are paying by cheques and encouraging them to set up S/O or to pay by BACS.
• Resolving invoice and billings queries and referring internally, as required, for timely resolution.
• Sending out communication to customers as per the Business needs.
• To understand and apply GDPR when dealing with customers and data recording/storage.
• Assisting with internal and external audit requirements as instructed.
• The position holder will be expected to build and maintaining good relationships with customers by understanding their operations and determining how best to ensure payment terms are met.
• Supporting Senior Management with query/invoice/payment updates.
• Building relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• To ensure monthly cash and overdue debt KPIs are achieved.

Personal Characteristics

• Personally, aligned with our core values and beliefs; care, honesty, open, driven and committed.
• The ability to cope with deadlines and prioritise work demands whilst remaining professional and focused.
• Organised and methodical.
• Adaptable to change in a fast-paced dynamic environment.
• Excellent communication skills and an ability to liaise appropriately with stakeholders and customers at all levels including cross function Department Managers.
• A team player with a collegiate attitude and willingness to help others and go beyond their formal role.

Experience and Skills Required:

• Proven experience and knowledge of the processes of allocations.
• Reconciliation skills between Bank, Sales Ledger and understanding of when accounts have been allocated incorrectly and how to resolve them.
• Intermediate Excel experience (Pivot table, Formulas, V-Look up, Conditional formatting).
• Demonstrable capabilities to produce accurate and timely reconciliations of debtor and sales ledger accounts.
• Previous experience of dealing with complex ledgers.
• Excellent communication skills and record of accomplishment of building strong relationships with customers.

Experience and Skills Desirable

• Credit control experience with NHS/Public sector.
• Minimum five years Credit control/Accounts Receivable experience

The job description is subject to change as the role evolves.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance and Accounting/Auditing

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