Credit Controller

Sewell Wallis are currently working with a growing and fast-paced business based in Barnsley, who are looking to recruit a Credit Controller to join their finance team. This is a key role within the business, focused on managing the sales ledger, maintaining healthy cash flow and proactively minimising financial risk. The business would ideally like someone to work around 30 hours per week, but are open to considering full-time candidates for the role.

This opportunity would suit an experienced Credit Controller or Accounts Receivable professional who enjoys taking ownership, building strong customer relationships and working within a busy and commercially focused finance environment. Please note, this is a fully office-based position.

What will you be doing?

• Processing daily sales invoices and credit notes, ensuring accurate VAT treatment and maintaining up-to-date customer account records.
• Reconciling sales activity between internal systems and Sage, investigating discrepancies and ensuring ledger accuracy.
• Producing and maintaining debtor reports whilst carrying out proactive daily debt chasing via telephone and email.
• Sending payment reminders and payment links, resolving remittance queries and investigating unallocated cash.
• Monitoring customer accounts closely, identifying high-risk accounts and escalating concerns where appropriate.
• Ensuring customer payment terms are adhered to and supporting the reduction of aged debt and improvement of cash collection.
• Liaising with credit insurance providers to maintain compliant insured accounts, manage credit limit requests and monitor customer risk profiles.
• Taking a commercially minded and forward-thinking approach to identifying financial risks and preventing issues before escalation.
• Responding to customer account queries and working closely with internal sales teams to manage account concerns and release decisions.
• Setting up new customer accounts, completing background checks and reviewing and reconciling customer credit limits across systems.
• Preparing daily dispatch and management reports, highlighting accounts requiring attention and supporting month-end debtor reporting.
• Providing wider finance support and holiday cover when required, including posting payments, cash allocation, bank reconciliations and general finance administration.

What skills are we looking for?

• Previous Credit Control or Accounts Receivable experience is essential.
• Strong sales ledger and reconciliation experience.
• Experience using Sage accounting software.
• Excellent Excel skills are essential, including confident use of VLOOKUP and/or XLOOKUP, SUMIF / SUMIFS & data reconciliation and reporting.
• Strong communication and relationship management skills.
• Confident handling difficult conversations around overdue debt.
• Ability to work independently and manage workload effectively.
• Commercial awareness and strong problem-solving ability.
• Experience within distribution, wholesale or fast-paced environments would be advantageous.
• Experience dealing with credit insurance providers would be beneficial.

What's on offer?

• Preferred part-time hours (circa 30 hours) with flexibility to consider full-time candidates.
• Opportunity to join a growing and commercially focused business.
• Varied and autonomous position with genuine ownership of the sales ledger.
• Opportunity to work within a fast-paced finance environment and support wider finance activities.

If you are an experienced Credit Controller or Accounts Receivable professional looking for a role where you can take ownership and make a genuine impact, please apply below or contact Eleanor Kirk for more information.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.