Senior Credit Controller

Vista; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the airline and aviation industry is seeking a Senior Credit Controller for their London office. This mid-senior level role involves managing credit control functions, ensuring timely collections, maintaining client relations, and overseeing compliance with company policies. Ideal candidates are self-motivated with strong communication skills and experience in high-value accounts.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of experience in Senior Collections or Accounts Receivable.
• Experience in luxury brands or HNWI clients preferred.
• Strong self-motivated and autonomous approach.

Responsibilities

• Ensure collection of funds, reconciliation of accounts, and resolution of queries.
• Build and maintain client relationships to enhance payment efficiency.
• Prepare daily and ad-hoc reporting for management.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Relationship management

Self-motivation

Excel proficiency

Tools

SAP accounting software

Job description

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Job Profile

Senior Credit Controller for Vista International (based in the London office). Reporting to the International Credit Control Manager. The Senior Credit Controller will be primarily responsible for the Credit Control and Cash Application tasks in their daily functions, operating efficiently and in line with KPI’s and expectations, supporting the junior credit controllers within the global team.

Job Profile

Senior Credit Controller for Vista International (based in the London office). Reporting to the International Credit Control Manager. The Senior Credit Controller will be primarily responsible for the Credit Control and Cash Application tasks in their daily functions, operating efficiently and in line with KPI’s and expectations, supporting the junior credit controllers within the global team.

Credit Control:

Be responsible for the following the business processes of successful and timely collection and allocation of amounts from Vista customers. Tasks to include the daily sending payment requests, analysing balances due, and escalating issues relating to potential bad debts. Liaising with clients and following up on actions taken.

Your Responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring that all funds are collected, accounts reconciled, and queries resolved for Key High value level client accounts.
• Building and maintaining relationships with clients, facilitating greater efficiency in payments and query resolutions.
• Continually assess all accounts to minimise client’s exposure in terms of debt versus deposit.
• Investigate, manage and resolve all disputes quickly and efficiently in-order-to collect funds.
• Attending client meetings to discuss any finance questions or queries when necessary. - Ensuring that customers pay amounts owed to the company by the due date using a variety of payment methods.
• Agreeing payment and repayment plans with customers that are in default of payment terms initiating legal proceedings if necessary.
• Allocating all cash received into the business on-a-daily basis.
• Ensuring compliance with the company credit policy, business processes and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.
• Gathering quantifying data and generate reports to assist in cash collection and identifying problem areas.
• Identifying and recommending opportunities for improvement in existing procedures and processes consistent with company policies and procedures.
• Preparing daily and ad-hoc reporting for management at month end and as requested.
• Supporting the credit controllers in the global team.
  
  

Perform any other tasks reasonably required to be undertaken in accordance with the instructions of the Reporting Manager

Required Skills, Qualifications, And Experience

• Minimum 2 years of Senior experience in Collections or Accounts Receivable teams.
• Prior experience with luxury brand or exposure to HNWI clients highly beneficial and preferred.
• Demonstrate strong self-motivated, autonomous approach to support the business in achieving the company goals, promoting and installing required levels of urgency.
• You enjoy working in a highly pressured, dynamic, entrepreneurial environment, keen to engage as required by a growing business.
• Demonstrate intermediate Excel and strong analytical skills, with the ability to provide client focused analysis and commentary.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills – including cross functional collaboration.
• Prior experience with SAP accounting software is highly beneficial.
• Demonstrable experience of creating, fostering and maintaining business relationships to promote enhanced cash collection.
• Ability to operationally review processes and propose changes to management team.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Accounting/Auditing

• Industries

  Airlines and Aviation

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