Credit Controller

Are you detail-oriented, organized and passionate about financial stability? Join our team as a Credit Controller to develop, implement and maintain an effective and professional credit control system for the company group.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Review the company credit control procedure and develop and implement enhancements where required.
• To manage the outstanding sales balances falling due and contact customers before the balances become overdue to confirm payments.
• Set and monitor credit limits.
• Assist in developing and implementing a Direct Debit payment system.
• Where required initiate proceedings to ensure outstanding debts are bought to a satisfactory conclusion.
• To keep the company up to date with new credit management procedures and techniques.

• Able to demonstrate experience within Credit Control.
• Experience of providing Credit Control to organisations with a turnover in excess of £1mn.
• Computer literate with knowledge of Sage Line 50 package (or similar).
• Possess a good understanding of Oracle, Word and Excel.
• Excellent communication skills are essential

Skills and interests

You'll need to be firm and organised to work in credit control. Other skills that will help you in the job include:

• Good team management skills
• The ability to work in a team and individually
• Sound decision-making
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Confidence
• Good attention to detail
• The ability to work under pressure and to deadlines
• Good business judgement
• A good head for numbers
• Confidence using a computer

Training

If you start out as a junior credit controller then you'll learn a lot about credit law and the in-house systems from your more experienced colleagues. You'll probably be sent on courses that will help you get up to speed with litigation and insolvency proceedings.

If you are looking for recognition and promotions then it's a great idea to study for your Institute of Credit Management exams (ICM). You can do this part-time while you are working. If you're not so keen on studying then it's worth knowing that with five years experience in credit management you'll automatically qualify as a member of ICM without having to take the Diploma course.

Ongoing training is as important in this job as it is in any, and you must keep up to date with any changes to the law throughout your career. Again ICM is the best source of information to help you do this as they run lots of short courses for people in the industry.

Join us in maintaining healthy financial stability relationships and ensuring the success of our business. Apply now with your resumes and cover letters.