Your newpany
Hays Accountancy & Finance are delighted to be supporting an organisation based near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk who offer flexible hybrid working in their search for an experienced interim credit controller for a 1-year contract.
Your new role
As an experienced credit controller, you will join a supportive team and an inspirational Credit Manager where you will manage your own portfolio ofmercial clients and independent businesses, circa 600+ in the collection of outstanding payments. This will involve assisting with creating new customers, undertaking a credit check / risk assessment and working closely with the sales/operational and customer service teams in ensuring the correct invoices are raised with each order, and, if required, obtaining additional approval to release an order if the customer is close too, or over their credit limit. Your core duties will be to ensure smooth collection of payment, reconciling customer accounts, allocating cash, producing aged debtor reports and resolving invoice issues.
This temporary credit control job has a strong customer relationship structure which will require regular contact by telephone in building customer relationships. Therefore, confidentmunication skills, both verbally and written, are essential along with a good level of Excel to review data.
What you'll need to succeed
You will have proven credit collection skills, ideally in a fast-paced business-to-business sector, managing larger corporate accounts as well as independent owner-managed businesses. You will be an excellent problem-solver regarding investigating invoice queries and possess strong negotiating skills in the collection of payment. You will be immediately available or at least be available by early May and able tomit to a 12-month contract.
What you'll get in return
The organisation offers a generous hybrid working pattern of 2 days in the office near Bury St Edmunds and 3 days working from home after a qualifying probation period with a salary of £30,500 and 27 days holidays plus bank holidays.