Elevation Recruitment Group Looking for Senior Credit Controller at Barnsley, South Yorkshire Full Time

Elevation Accountancy & Finance are currently recruiting a progressive and target driven Credit Controller who has knowledge of running all aspects of a busy sales ledger from chasing outstanding cash to allocating payments. They are a manufacturing business based in Barnsley and are marketing leading in the UK for their industry sector and are gaining further market share year on year from providing such a diverse range of products to their customers and through innovative marketing strategy.

This role is much more than just a Collections/telephone-based role… a large proportion of your time will be spent allocating payments, raising invoices, reconciling accounts and dealing with a variety of queries! This is a very broad role with a range of duties to get stuck into!

Duties and Responsibilities of the Credit Controller will include:

* Chasing outstanding payments on a busy ledger
* Aged debt reporting
* Monitoring customer accounts and analysing potential risks of bad debt
* Assessing risk on new accounts and performing credit checks using Experian
* To develop and maintain effective credit control systems
* Putting accounts on stop/ releasing goods
* Maintain the credit insurance policy
* Liaising with both the sales and management teams to deal with any credit issues
* To provide management information and reports as requested by the Financial Manager
* Controlling the collection of Key and non-Key accounts
* Chasing payment from Accounts Departments as well as Surveyors
* Customer visits
* Liaising with internal departments
* Credit Checks
* Reconciliation of Accounts
* General queries

To be successful for this role the candidate WILL possess the following skills:-

* 2-3 Years previous Credit Control experience
* Good level of education and highly numerate
* Excellent communication & telephone skills
* Strong at building rapport with others
* Ability to organise and prioritise a busy workload

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to pursue the Institute of Credit Management qualification.

The team are well established, and this is therefore a rare opportunity to join a company which values its staff for their hard work through realistic bonus schemes and numerous work incentives.

If you meet the criteria for this role, and are interested in being put forward please do not hesitate to apply or contact Sarah Skott to discuss.