Group Credit Controller

Porsche Centre Swindon; West of England; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive company in the West of England is seeking a Credit Manager to manage debt recovery and provide financial insights. Responsibilities include overseeing credit accounts, handling insurance debts, and maintaining client relationships. The ideal candidate is proactive in managing financial risks and can provide timely updates to senior management. This role is crucial for ensuring financial stability and accountability within the organization.

Responsibilities

• Recover outstanding credit account debts across the Group.
• Proactively ensure correct paperwork is uploaded to support invoicing.
• Actively manage insurance-related debts.
• Evaluate new credit requests and recommend credit limits.
• Provide weekly updates to Senior Management on debt risks.
• Partner with accounts teams for outstanding debts accountability.
• Investigate and analyze root causes of delayed payments.
• Build and maintain external client relationships.
• Update finance system with progress comments.
• Resolve queries related to payments in a timely manner.
• Provide ad-hoc support to the financial accounts team.

Job description

Responsibilities

• Recover outstanding credit account debts across the Group.
• Proactively ensure correct paperwork is uploaded to support invoicing
• Actively manage insurance-related debts.
• Evaluate new credit requests, review credit ratings via agencies, and recommend credit limits.
• Provide weekly updates to Senior Management on debt risks and liabilities.
• Partner with accounts teams to ensure site-level accountability for outstanding debts.
• Investigate and analyse root causes of delayed payments.
• Build and maintain external client relationships to understand payment behaviours.
• Update the finance system with comments as to progress of activity related to debts
• Resolve internal and external queries related to payments in a timely manner.
• Provide ad-hoc support to the financial accounts team when required.