Job Description

This is a hands-on role and an excellent opportunity for an experienced Supervisor or Team Leader who has experience in both the Sales and Credit control aspects and looking for a role that combines the two.

You will have ideally worked in a similar role previously and have excellent interpersonal skills with a strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and computerized accounting software.

Your role includes:

• Monitoring and control of aged debtors across a group of companies and ensuring agreed SLAs terms are adhered to;

• Supervising and managing the day-to-day work and operations of the Sales Ledger and Credit Control team;

• Raising and processing invoices/credit notes;

• Posting customer receipts onto ledger and allocating against invoices;

• Proactively chasing outstanding payments via telephone/email ensuring monies are paid within the payment terms;

• Dealing with customer queries ensuring any matters are resolved on time;

• Working closely with the Sales team on credit matters for new and existing customers;

• Liaising with solicitors regarding judgment notices for customers that have refused to settle invoices after first/second reminder;

• Continually checking customer credit risk ratings through credit search tools and ensuring customer credit limits are within the suggested amount and report any anomalies;

• Ensuring a weekly/monthly ledger review and reporting on outstanding monies and bad debt to directors and sales team;

• Overseeing the reconciliation of bank accounts;

• Ensuring client SLAs procedures and credit processes are adhered to within the department and firm-wide.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Have prior hands-on Accounts Receivable and Credit Control experience; Be able to evidence prior experience of managing a small sales ledger and credit control team; Ability to build and maintain relationships with key customers; Be a team player and able to lead others; A firm communicator with good telephone manner; Have excellent knowledge of IT systems and processes, experience in using Microsoft office packages, Working experience of Sage 200 and Xero, would be an advantage; Have a track record of presenting and reporting on key performance indicators (both for yourself and on behalf of a team).