Credit Controller - JHE & Partners : Job Details

JHE & Partners are delighted to be working exclusively with a leading business in Brighouse as they look to recruit an experienced Credit and Accounts Administrator to join them on a permanent basis. This is an exciting challenge and a newly created role, on the back of the business being acquired and now a part of a group function.

Reporting into a knowledgeable and supportive FD and working in a small finance team, my client is looking for a candidate with excellent credit control experience with wider accounting experience. You will be pro-active and excel at chasing outstanding debt and reducing debtor days. Additionally, you will have some wider knowledge in accounts; assisting with month-end reporting, quarterly VAT and supporting the PL function. This role will be 70% credit control.

Credit Control Duties

• Responsible for maintaining credit control processes
• Follow out the correct credit checks, pre-emptive debt review and overdue debt chasing activities
• Ensure customer payments are received in a timely manner in accordance with the payment terms
• Monitoring customer retentions and chasing when due for payment
• Chase overdue accounts by telephone, email etc
• Reconciliation of sales ledger accounts and month end funding balances
• Liaising with group treasury
• Assisting colleagues in the finance department

Wider Accounts Duties

• VAT returns
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• Month-end reporting from ERP system and Excel
• Invoice discounting
• Assisting with month-end, ledger shut down etc

Location: Brighouse

Salary: £30,000-£35,000

Benefits: Study support, free parking, pension scheme, healthcare scheme, dynamic and positive environment