The Airedale Group
Job Title: Credit Controller
Company Overview: The Airedale Group are the leading market design, installation, and maintenance provider for commercial kitchens in the UK hospitality and food service industry. We work alongside clients from the initial designs through to bespoke fabrication and installation. Coupled with the largest body of professional maintenance engineers in the country, we offer the complete end-to-end solution to our extensive client base. We have long-standing relationships with many of the biggest multi-site brands in the UK.
Job Overview: Reporting to the Credit Manager working within the Finance team, this role will be crucial in supporting the credit control function within the two group subsidiaries. The credit controller will be responsible for overseeing the applications and retentions process from end-to-end in ACE Ltd. They will also take on the debtors ledger for Flowrite, a £15m turnover services-based company.
Details:
· Located at the Bradford office
· 23 days annual leave, increasing to 26 days with LOS
· Westfield private health insurance and health cash plan
· Retail discounts
· Life assurance
Key Responsibilities:
· Ensure all debts are paid on time and in full, taking responsibility for chasing any overdue debts to minimise the risk of write-offs
· Maintain relationships with key contacts for customers/companies
· Post cash receipts to the ledger and reconcile the balances
· Send customer statements out monthly, and when requested to ad-hoc
· Perform credit checks where necessary and ensure that customers are keeping within their insured limit
· Build internal relationships with sales managers
· Raise payment applications to contractors, and ensure the debts are paid within the agreed terms
· Ensure retention balances are reconciled and posted correctly to the ledger.
· Chase retention payments from contractors once Final Accounts have been received, as well as 12-18 months later depending on contracted terms
· Ensure AMROC sheet is kept up to date and balances each month
· Carry out any additional duties as requested by Credit Manager & Head of Group Reporting
Experience Required:
· Good verbal and written communication skills
· High level of numeric skill
· Good attention to detail
· Results driven
· Strong team player