Credit Controller

Eaton Syalon are working with our client in South Derbyshire to recruit a Credit Controller into their Finance team. The role will be a standalone position with full ownership of the ledger. The role requires excellent IT skills, previous credit control experience and a willingness to learn. The ideal candidate will be able to hit the ground running and will want to take ownership of the ledger.

Key Responsibilities:

• Credit checking customer accounts 
• Analyse debtor data for trends, risks, and opportunities 
• Manage and maintain credit insurance cover 
• Analyse aged debt reports
• Develop strong relationships with key customers to support prompt payment 
• Drive cash collection via phone and email
• Manage and support month end close processes 
• Produce and monitor key credit control KPIs
• Provide accurate and timely data to support cashflow forecasting, bad debt provisioning and financial reporting
• Provide regular updates to senior management and stakeholders on debtors
• Maintain and enhance credit control procedures 
• Identify and implement improvements to increase efficiency and reduce risk
• Maintain the sales ledger, including account set up, monitoring, cash collection, and query resolution
• Manage and support month end close processes 

The must haves:
5 years plus previous credit control/sales ledger experience
Happy working in a standalone credit control role
Strong Excel skills - pivot tables and V look ups as a minimum standard
Capable of managing the credit control process from start to finish

If you have the above experience and would like to find out more, please apply with your up to date CV for consideration.