Credit Controller

6 months ago

Chatham, United Kingdom BB7 Full time

BB7 are a trusted independent advisory firm focused on fire, security risk and resilience. We offer strategic advice, innovative design, construction oversight and risk management services.

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**Credit Controller**:
The day-to-day duties of the Credit controller is primarily to ensure the debt is being proactively chased and ensuring cash is coming into the business. This can also include helping the senior credit controller processing and reconciling payments received, credit checking and resolving account queries. The Credit Controller is to work collaboratively with the Senior Credit Controller to manage the client portfolio, with the aim of keeping debtor days as low as possible. Regular communication with clients and internal stakeholders is an essential part of this role, to enable prompt resolution of any queries or issues which may arise.

Included in the management of the designated client portfolio, is raising sales invoices, credit notes and statements of account to clients, credit checking, as well as working with the Senior Credit Controller to issue legal proceedings as a last resort. There may also be additional administrative finance related tasks which can fall to the Credit Controller, which will be delegated from the Management Accountant.

Reporting;

The credit controller, reports to the Management Accountant but also works closely and collaboratively with the Senior Credit Controller and the rest of the Finance Team, Operations Manager, and Commercial team.

**Role Brief**:
**Complete credit checks**

The Credit Controller will need to set client credit limits by checking customer’s credit ratings and deciding whether or not to offer credit terms to clients, liaising closely with the project manager(s) and other members of the finance team who may need to make the final decision in complex circumstances.

**Raise sales invoices**

Raising sales invoices on the accounting software that has been approved and submitted by the Project Managers/Directors. This includes completing all necessary checks to ensure the invoice has been raised in accordance with client requirements, as well as ensuring the invoices are compliant with VAT rules and regulations and approved from a Finance perspective. Also working with the clients and Project Managers/Directors when there are queries and credit notes are required.

**Manage own client portfolio**:
The Credit Controller will be allocated a portion of the clients, to manage and build relationships with to ensure payment terms are adhered to. This will include promptly resolving queries which may arise to protect client relationships, working closely with the project team and Senior Credit Controller. They will review the debtor days of clients and where they are not adhering to our terms make a conscious effort to bring them back in line.

**Post and Reconcile Cash Receipts**

As receipts from clients come into BB7, and Goldsmiths, it is your responsibility to post accurately and efficiently these onto our accounting system. You will ensure that the payments are allocated correctly using client remittances, where there is no remittance available reach out to the client to ensure it is allocated correctly.

**Legal Proceedings**

If clients do not respond to the automated reminders and further debt chasing then it is the responsibility of the Credit Controller to escalate the account in line with the credit control policy by putting the client account on hold and communicating this to the Project team working on the projects together with sending a Statutory Demand / Final Demand.

**Debt chasing**

**ADHOC**

To assist the with any ad hoc finance admin duties as required by the business.

**Requirements;**:

- Ability to communicate, present and influence all stakeholders of the organisation, including Executives and C-level roles
- Excellent mathematical skills
- At least five GCSEs, (Grades A-C)
- Minimum of 2+ years’ experience in a similar role
- Willingness to undertake further external training

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