Credit Controller

Margate | On premise | Salary DOE

Permanent | Full-time | JO1933

**Company Profile**

A highly regarded organisation based in East Kent that develops, manufactures and supplies for a global market, offering a collection of truly iconic brands.

**Position Expectations**

To ensure that the organisation secures all customer debts on behalf of the UK business. To ensure payments are received and processed on to the group systems in accordance with group policy.

Working as part of the Group Finance team of 12 you will be reporting to the Credit Control Manager. The role will have other Key relationships with members of the Group Finance team, the UK & Export Sales teams, the Group Customer Services Support team and the Group FD. You will need to work as part of a team and independently and autonomously when required.

**General duties to include**:

- Manage the Debtors ledger in accordance with company procedures
- Chase outstanding debts on behalf of the organisation
- Allocate all cash received to the correct accounts
- Issue statements to customers on a monthly basis
- Resolve customer payment and invoice queries where applicable
- Recommend and if appropriate commence appropriate legal action to secure potential bad debts
- Place customers on hold for non
- payment and inform the sales teams to avoid any further stock being sent to the customer
- Sales Ledger administration
- Update and load invoices etc onto external customers EDI systems
- Reconcile and balance customer accounts

**Key Skills and Experience**:

- Proactive and flexible
- Disciplined and organised
- Analytical
- Excellent at presenting financial information
- Commercially orientated
- Solutions orientated
- Able to work to tight deadlines
- Good communication skills
- Good influencing skills
- Display a high degree of integrity

**Remuneration & Benefits**
- Very competitive Salary
- 25 days’ holiday + bank holidays
- Great working environment and early finish on a Friday