Job Description

POSITION SUMMARY:

Our client is looking for an expereinced credit manager look to join their fast-growing group of businesses based in Manchester.

They are looking for a confident self-starter who ideally has previous experience leading a team within a busy service business. This hire will be key to building long term relationships with clients, and ensuring good cash flow for the business as they continue to grow.

Key Responsibilities:

• Effective team management and leadership
• Reviewing and improve existing Credit Control and self-billing processes
• Managing set up of new self-billing accounts and supporting self-billing team
• Risk assessment - assessing a client’s ability to repay, both existing and new clients by using various financial information.
• Authorisation process of new clients
• Setting up the terms and amount of credit, as well as monitoring repayments to ensure payments are made on time
• Negotiating payment plans
• Managing escalated items from collections team
• Liaising with external parties and solicitors when necessary
• Insolvency work - completing 'Proof of Debt’ forms, attending creditor meetings etc.
• Managing Bad Debt reserve and reporting as per company policies
• Ensuring the Group Credit Policy is adhered to across the businesses
• Visiting clients - both for problematic accounts and as goodwill visits
• Producing monthly and daily management information as part of the senior management reporting
• Coordinating monthly meetings between Credit Control and Senior management.
• Staff development and coaching
• Ensuring all business objectives and deadlines are met by the team
• Ensuring compliance with Sox and internal controls and policies
• Responsible for internal & external audits in close collaboration with the Financial Controller (FC)
• Processing of ad-hoc general journals
• Assisting with the consolidation of accounts and report pack in close cooperation with the FC
• Assisting with strategic initiatives
• Ad hoc duties as may be required by management

Minimum job requirements

• Good understanding of basic accounting principles and skills
• Successful management of large debtor book
• Excellent Management Skills
• Good written and verbal skills and strong relationship building skills
• Be commercially astute and credible with business unit stakeholders
• Advanced Excel knowledge
• Work accurately and pay attention to detail

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Good understanding of basic accounting principles and skills
• Successful management of large debtor book
• Excellent Management Skills
• Good written and verbal skills and strong relationship building skills
• Be commercially astute and credible with business unit stakeholders
• Advanced Excel knowledge
• Work accurately and pay attention to detail