Job Description

Key responsibilities of the Credit Controller include:

• Manage the AR ledger for the engineering business including performing all normal sales ledger and credit control duties
• Chasing invoices via phone and email in a timely manner
• Run credit reports for new and existing customers as required and provide guidance on credit terms to Sales and Operations teams
• Reconciliation of accounts and cash allocation
• Prepare and provide ad hoc reports on the status of assigned accounts
• Liaise with Sales and Operations teams to improve communication with Finance and develop better control framework
• Dealing with disputes/query resolution
• Negotiate payment terms with customers
• Manage and mitigate credit risk by developing new and existing credit control policies to bring them up to date
• Liaising with internal/external management
• Running weekly aged debt reports
• Setting credit limits with customers and carrying out financial checks on customers

Ideally the Credit Controller will have experience in a sole role and be immediately available. The role will be initially 3 months on a temporary basis but with an excellent chance of going permanent. The credit controller should have international experience and a good understanding of all types of clients and collection experiences, having used large ERP systems.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Car owner preferred Minimum 4 years-experience in a similar role, preferably in a business with international operations Good GCSE's (especially Maths and English) Part Qualified CICM preferred Exceptional attention to detail Experience with Excel and ERP Systems, particularly SAP/Oracle/Aggresso Solid understanding of double entry accounting Good organisational and communication skills Flexible and comfortable with working in a small, dynamic team Self motivated and proactive