Credit Controller

My client in Biggleswade is currently in need of a Credit Controller due to expansion.

Your Responsibilities as a Credit Controller:

• Opening and assessing new customer accounts.
• Manages a wide and diverse ledger with effective cash collection.
• Responsible for the day to day management of customer accounts ensuring completeness, accuracy and validity.
• Prepares internal reports to include but not limited to debtor days, queries and cash management.
• Calculation and review of bad debt provision.
• Reduction of overdue debtor balances.
• Provides assistance to other team members in the sales decision making processes such as deferred settlement payment plans, payments in advance and progress payment based credit line facilities.
• Provides a point of reference to departmental managers and the board through the effective management of credit accounts and query reports.
• Establishes credit lines, reviews, updates and amends lines internally and with customers.
• Provides direct customer contact through various means of communication and recognises when to meet directly with customers so as to build and strengthen relationships.
• Takes the lead in instigating and managing collection of payments via small claims or litigation as appropriate.
• Acts as a role model for the organisation when meeting with customers face to face recognising that importance of company image in the development of customer relations.
• Intuitively recognises when to support the Credit Manager in matters relating to their role.
• Any other duty as required by management commensurate with the post.

Your Profile to be successful as a Credit Controller:

• Computer literate and able to demonstrate uses of IT relevant to role with excellent excel skills.
• Experience with Vlook ups and Pivot tables.
• Able to demonstrate ability to work effectively with customers in a pressurised environment.
• Good communicator at all levels.

Salary: 30k

Please respond with an update CV to be considered