Credit Controller

Posted 16 January 2022
Salary £25000 - £28000 per annum
LocationCity of London
Job type Permanent
Discipline Accounting & Finance
ReferenceCCSR_1642328978
Contact NameSherine Rose

Job description

  • Fashion/ Retail/ E-commerce Industry
  • Salary: £25-£28,000, study support. excellent pension and bonus.
  • Location: Hybrid, 1 day per week in the Farringdon office
  • Experience: A good communicator, quick learner and someone who will be happy to work with minimal management help. This role could suit an entry level candidate or someone with experience who is happy working from home.
  • Start date: JANUARY 2022

Main Duties

  • Maintaining and review customer accounts across several territories in Europe and Rest of World
  • Post and allocate accurately all Accounts Receivable payments in multicurrency (GBP, USD, CAD, EUR)
  • Regular sales ledger account reconciliations
  • Methodical approach to review & prioritise the ledger debt daily
  • Actively chase overdue debt by telephone, emails and letters within agreed timescales
  • Answer all inbound telephone and email queries and liaise with other departments to ensure that issues are resolved quickly & correctly
  • Handle disputes and negotiate payment plans to collect debt
  • Continuously build & develop customer relationships
  • Liaise with solicitors if legal proceedings ensue
  • Assist in creation of efficient and streamlined credit control systems
  • Meeting cash and DSO targets set by management
  • Preparation and posting of journals to the AR ledger
  • Credit Checking of new accounts
  • Set and review credit limits within agreed parameters
  • Assisting with other transactional and administrative duties including reporting

Experience

  • 2 years credit control experience in a wholesale or retail operation
  • IT literate, with sound knowledge of Microsoft packages
  • Work well in and team but also individually
  • Good written and oral communication skills
  • Ability to work in a fast paced, commercially focused environment and able to adapt to change quickly