Credit Controller- 12 Month Contract

at  Kocho

We are Kocho
Kocho recognise that technology on its own does not deliver change and offers technology adoption services alongside excellent technical consulting to enable our clients to achieve their business goals on their journey to Become Greater. Our head office is in the heart of London’s West End and provides a comfortable working environment with flexible collaboration spaces that encourage our people to Become Greater with the aim to Do What’s Right. In 2022 we be opened new offices in Cardiff and Cape Town which follow the style of our London space.
Kocho is an equal opportunities employer. We make recruitment decisions based on qualifications, skill set and experiences. We consider all suitable candidates regardless of their age, sex, gender reassignment, race, religious beliefs, or lack thereof, marital status, disability or sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic. This is mindset aligns with our company values as we understand that we are Better Together.
Here is the role:
This position sits in our Operational Finance team, reporting to the Head of Financial Operations and working closely with our AP / AR assistants as well as supporting our Client Managers to ensure that we deliver high levels of service to our clients. Day to day you’ll be proactively managing and maintaining the debtors’ ledgers for all entities within the Group, ensuring prompt payment of all invoices and early identification of any issues, and driving these through to resolution. You will support the Head of Operational Finance in cash forecasting by agreeing weekly cash collection targets and then early expectation management around any deviations as part of a wider ‘no surprises’ culture we are establishing across the team. Finally, you will assist the Accounts preparation team in raising PO’s and invoices for one of our thriving subsidiaries (Mobliciti) and assist in month end processes for it.

This is what we need from you:

• Upholding payment procedures and policies that ensure timely payment from all clients.
• Proactively managing the debtor books across all legal entities to ensure prompt payment and early identification of any billing issues or queries
• Managing collections in-line with weekly cash collection targets and supporting the Head of Financial Operations with accurate weekly cash collections forecasting
• Responding promptly to all client queries
• Maintaining strong controls and disciples over trade debtors, such as regularly reconciling accounts
• Reducing average trade debtor days
• Maintaining strong relationships with our clients
• Preparing for, and running, the weekly Aged Debtor Review meetings and circulating actions to stakeholders
• Collaborate with the Operational Finance team and the Sales/Ops teams to maximise business effectiveness
• Suggesting areas for improvement from a processes and systems perspective
• Billing support
• Supporting and deputising for the Accounts payable/receivable teams when required
• Bank reconciliations, payment runs, salesforce billing and credit control of one of the companies subsidiaries under guidance from the Management accounts team.
• Ad hoc reports and analysis and wider team assistance when required

You’re really good at:

• Must be a personable, team player who is enthusiastic and keen to learn

Please refer the Job description for details