Credit Controller / Finance Assistant

at  Talos360

FINANCE ASSISTANT/CREDIT CONTROLLER - £25-28K + BENS – WARRINGTON/HYBRID

Over the past ten years, Talos360 has firmly established itself as a market leader in talent software solutions and online recruitment media with our innovations in the HR software space, Talos ATS & Talos Engage solving todays talent challenges. 2024 has been a year where our business was recognised as the number 1 ‘Great Place to Work’ overall mid-sized company in the UK, and the number 1 ‘Great Place to Work’ Mid-tech company in Europe!
Talos360 is a company like no other, and we are extremely proud to be recognised in this way. We support over 900 companies UK wide and are growing quickly. We are a SaaS technology business, with massive growth plans and investment. We have an exciting new opportunity for a Finance Assistant/Credit Controller.
The role will be based out of our Warrington offices, with Monday, Tuesday and Thursday as set finance office days, with the other two days working from home.

FINANCE ASSISTANT/CREDIT CONTROLLER – REQUIRED SKILLS

• Passionate, tenacious, level-headed and process driven
• Enthusiastic and confident with a ‘can-do’ approach
• Hardworking with a flexible approach, and excellent attention to detail
• Ability to effectively communicate both written and verbal with internal and external stakeholder
• Confident using MS Office, Sage or similar accountancy software
• Excel proficiency, including formulas, pivot tables and VLOOKUP
  This would be an ideal role for a Finance Assistant, Credit Controller or Sales Ledger Assistant with at least 18 months experience, looking to take on their next challenge within a leading & scaling tech led business. Our company offers a great culture, with many team and company events and a range of additional benefits.
  Apply now to be considered for our Finance Assistant/Credit Controller and come and join our amazing team

• Assist with managing the shared inboxes used by the finance team (PO requests, Credit checks)
• Raise and issue invoices electronically to clients, accurately and in a timely manner
• Maintain the sales ledger, ensuring client accounts are up to date
• Deal with clients invoicing queries and liaise with sales team to resolve
• Issue approved credit notes and action monthly reconciliation of bank receipts
• Ensuring clients pay on time and to agreed terms, chasing any debt via email/phone
• Send weekly debtors summary report to Finance Manager, highlighting any issues
• Issue weekly statements to customers and handle reconciliation queries
• Resolving invoice and customer account queries both internally and externally
• Negotiate payment plans as and when appropriate (subject to manager approval)
• Update customer ledgers with credit control notes
• Initiate legal proceedings once this stage has been approved to recover outstanding debt
• Assist customers that pay by card and reconcile card payments to Sage weekly
• Ensure VAT exemption process is followed, and VAT exemption files are saved for relevant clients