Credit Controller Job In Redcar

We currently have a vacancy for a Credit Controller in our Commercial Finance Team based on our Stocksbridge Site. The successful candidate will be working days, with a small team responsible for maintaining the Company's Accounts Receivable function, and ensuring compliance with relevant Corporate Policy, and Statutory Requirements.

Benefits

• 35 days annual holidays including Bank holidays.
• Generous Pension scheme
• Free Life Assurance and Income Protection Schemes
• Employee Assistance Program
• Retail Discount Scheme
• Career Progression

The Role

The role will require you to build and maintain relationships with external stakeholders, using these to facilitate cash receipts to stated terms and to fully understand reasons for late or unpaid invoices. It is within the Credit Controller's responsibility to work through any issues with assistance from relevant business leads with the aim of resolving these promptly. However, if this is not possible then it is your responsibility to immediately review the issues with senior financial management, along with steps already taken to resolve the issue to find a practicable way forward.

This role will require interaction within the business and to periodically communicate overdue debt and outstanding payment issues with key stakeholders.

The principal accountabilities of the Credit Controller are:

• Control of the sales ledger from point of invoicing through to cash collection and reconciliation
• Resolving disputes and investigating reasons for non-payment to bring payments back in line with terms
• Control of cash book daily, reconciliation and allocation of customer payments
• Assisting the Commercial Accountant with the preparation of weekly cash flow forecasts
• Weekly cash flow management and progress reporting
• Maintain accurate individual measurement and performance statistics
• Production of aged debtor analysis to support month end reporting, with supporting explanation and recovery plans

?Other Duties include:

• Supporting business change initiatives
• Undertaking ad hoc projects as required
• Challenging current working practises and processes to drive improvement within the finance department
• Maintaining effective working relationships with the Company's stakeholders and external parties.
• Supporting other areas of finance department as required
• Any other duties as required

Requirements

The Credit Controller will be expected to have the following:

• Previous experience working in a credit control role
• Previous experience of ERP credit control systems
• Strong Microsoft and Excel Skills
• Excellent organisation and administrative skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Good standard of Maths and English
• Professional approach
• Experience in manufacturing an advantage
• Knowledge of Infor LN and/or Microsoft Dynamics Nav systems an advantage

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