I am working with a lifestyle brand who is looking for a Credit Controller to join their Finance Team in the City. This is a great opportunity for someone with a passion for Finance, who is Excel savvy and who is able to work to tight deadlines.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Ownership of account procedures, ability to manage & prioritise customer ledger and office accounts
• Send out monthly client statements/reminder letters as agreed.
• Analyse credit data and financial statements to determine the degree of risk involved in extending credit or lending credit.
• Maintain accurate records of all chasing activity.
• Prepare reports that include the degree of risk involved in extending credit or lending credit.
• Evaluate customer records and recommend payment plans based on earnings, savings data, payment history and purchasing activity.
• Ensuring customer ledger details are always up-to-
• Post payments to accounts and allocate as required.
• Undertake account reconciliations as required.
• Ensure monthly processing deadlines are met as required.
• Experience of dealing with clients at all levels, including high net worth individuals.
• Assist in the setting up of the credit control system.
• Help to chase overdue invoices by telephone, email and letter within agreed timescales keeping company credit exposures within set risk bearing limits.
• Ensure that debts are paid in a timely manner and flag to manager if accounts are out of greed payment terms.
• Raising customer invoices
• Raising Credit Notes and Journals.

Essential Requirements

• Have a 2/3 years of credit control experience
• Be degree qualified (2:1 or above)
• Be part qualified ACCA/CIMA
• Excellent IT proficiency with advanced Excel skills
• Have the desire to develop and grow within a fast-paced working environment
• Understand of debtors and creditors, numeracy skills, experience of dealing with foreign currencies
• Excellent verbal & written communication skills, used to building relationships