Credit Specialist

**Reference Number**: JO-2308-520850

Credit Specialist

**Rate**: Negotiable

**Job Type**: Contract

**Location**: Northwich

Credit Specialist

**Location**: Northwich (Hybrid working)

**Duration**: 6 months

**Pay rate**: £13.33 per hour PAYE

**Hours**: 37.5 per week

**Primary Objectives**:

- To recover all funds invoiced to clients within the terms and conditions set and within the boundaries of the policies set by the company and within the law of the land.
- To reduce the DSO and aging provisions in place to optimise cash flow and profit for each entity within your remit.
- Manage the reduction and allocation of payment and credit notes on ledgers.

**Objectives**:

- In collaboration with field Associate may act as an additional contact to client.
- Will be expected to travel to client’s offices for review meetings
- Consult with customers to resolve complaints.
- Consult with customers to verify financial and credit transactions
- Assists in financial analysis of credit data and financial statements to determine the degree of risk involved and extend credit facilities according.
- Risk assessment and decision making on release of orders on delinquent or disputed accounts.
- Legal review of delinquent accounts
- Processing of court papers and documentation within the UK Court system.

**System / Process Tasks**:

- Incoming / Outgoing calls - Communication with customer, sales teams and management
- Maintain good standards of system operation & data quality
- Maintain accounts within both the Sap and GetPaid systems.
- Identify and highlighting and escalate disputed invoices to dispute resolution team
- To drive resolution of disputes in a timely manor
- To manage disputes from within GetPaid system
- Highlight allocation requirements to AR team
- Request refunds in accordance with company policy.
- Request write offs, when debt becomes unrecoverable.
- Request write backs in accordance with company policy.
- Request Remits for payments received
- Forecasting and account trouble shooting

**Minimum requirements**:

- Performs a variety of routine and some non-routine clerical/accounting/customer service functions in accordance with standard procedures in one or more of the following areas: general accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, credit and/or collections.
- Basic working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word and outlook.
- Required to have an aptitude toward credit management
- Minimum standard is confirmed by Credit Services Standard testing.