Credit Controller

Horsham, West Sussex

Maternity Leave Contract (6-12 Months)

Salary £22,000-25,000pa

A recognised and industry leading organisation based in Horsham is urgently seeking a Credit Controller to join their business. This role will be on a fixed term contract basis to cover maternity leave. It will be for at least 6 months but could be extended to 9-12 depending on the wishes of the current job holder. Reporting to the Financial Controller, this person will be joining a highly welcoming and supportive finance team of long-standing staff. Having placed people with the business previously, we have had notably positive feedback about the working environment and staff there.

My client is looking for a dedicated and focussed individual with good existing Credit Control experience. They will provide full training on their internal systems and processes when this person starts.

Key Responsibilities:

• Building and maintaining close links with all customers, to ensure smooth running of accounts and encourage timely recovery of payments.
• Contacting customers when payment is overdue, asking them to settle their account and explaining the terms of their credit.
• Effectively dealing with customer account queries to ensure they are brought to a satisfactory conclusion.
• Managing the Credit Control inbox.
• Negotiating, getting approval and setting up re-payment plans.
• Checking customer's credit ratings using a specialised database, including setting up and monitoring of new sales ledger accounts.
• Following the company's default process and sending cases to the company's appointed solicitors.
• Logging judgements with the small claims court.
• Monthly reports (disputed transactions, unallocated cash and aged debtors)
• Setting up Direct Debits
• Liaising with the admin team to resolve any issues relating to the Direct Debit queries before next Direct Debit is due to be collected.
• Sales Order Creation
• Setting up and administering contracts

Please apply via website or contact Georgina at Harvey John for more information.