Group Credit Manager

at  Anderson Recruitment

Our established Barnwood-based client is looking for a Group Credit Manager to join their professional, knowledgeable and motivated team on a full-time permanent basis.
The successful candidate would be responsible for the efficient and effective management of customer debts across the group ensuring accurate and timely invoicing, processing incoming funds, reconciliation of customer accounts, resolution of account queries and ensuring customer accounts are paid on time in line with the credit management policy and process.
To apply for this position you must have at least 5 years’ experience in Credit Control and/or Sales Ledger including team management.
This is a great opportunity to join an expanding company that really invest in their employees and have a lot of long-standing employees. They are big on career progression opportunities as well as offering the ability to fund and support further qualifications should you aspire for this.

• Leading and managing the Invoicing, Sales Ledger & Credit Control teams
• Overseeing and being accountable for all accounts receivable functions
• Ongoing review of team structure to ensure the changing demands of the business are being met
• Developing and driving a clear set of performance metrics
• Reviewing and continually improving processes
• Ensuring the team are escalating queries in a timely manner and these are being resolved
• Ongoing review of customers Credit limits to ensure risk is being appropriately managed
• Overseeing the timely review and reconciliation of customer accounts
• Developing and producing regular reports with action plans to resolve any issues that arise
• Work with Operations teams to ensure that overdue debts are being reviewed and resolved
• Reviewing and approving the issuing of credit control communications and monthly statements of account and recording full notes of action taken
• Overseeing the setting up and maintenance of customer account records
• Collecting Direct Debit mandate payments from customers if required
• Running credit checks on and provide recommendations to the Operations team
• Ongoing review to ensure alignment of debt position between Sage and simPRO systems
• Overseeing the monitoring and actioning Accounts Receivable inbox and resolving customer queries
• Month end assessment and recommendation of doubtful and bad debt provisions
• Making recommendations to write off any bad debts following appropriate approval
• Reviewing payment terms held in the systems and ongoing maintenance
• Overseeing the invoicing process to ensure all invoices are raised within the month
• Helping and advising on complex invoice queries
• Overseeing all Sales Ledger transactions, including cash allocations and bank reconciliations
  Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday
  Salary: Up to £48,000 depending on experience + excellent benefits package (25 days holiday + bank holidays, onsite parking, free dental + eye check-ups + enhanced maternity and paternity pay