MANAGEMENT SKILLS:

• Ability to manage, mentor and develop teams across multiple sites
• Able to recruit and retain key personnel.
• Implement change and integration of acquisitions.
• Manage relationships with internal senior management

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS:

• Strong influencing skills with the ability to influence and negotiate for time and resources at all levels including Divisional Managing Directors
• Evidence of success in building and managing relationships within all functions of the business.
• Evidence of success in prioritising and dealing with high level sensitive information and enquiries and taking appropriate action on a regular basis.
• Organisational awareness with the ability to operate with confidence and credibility across all functions of the Company.

IT, ADMINISTRATIVE AND ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS:

• Extensive knowledge of Microsoft packages including Word, Excel and Powerpoint with the ability to create presentations at an advanced level.
• Excellent planning, organisational and time management skills, with the ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines and to demonstrate an effective and resourceful approach to addressing issues.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to present and explain management information clearly to a variety of audiences.

NECESSARY EDUCATION/QUALIFICATIONS:

• Credit management qualification from recognised industry body.
• Substantial management experience of Credit Control & Billing functions.
• Media and / or experience in large groups with multi entity / multi divisional structures desirable

OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:

• Establishing singular, structured procedures across the credit control
• Establish the required structure across all locations to maximise efficiency, synergies, and best practice.
• Integrate new acquisitions, consistent with best practice and uniformity with existing Group practice.
• Manage credit control teams at Croydon and Fleet Street which are headed by team leaders.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Managing teams per Direct Reports across multiple sites in uniform best practice
• Minimise DSO days
• Uniform KPI monitoring and review
• Reduce overdue and Bad Debt
• Run an aged debt and incorporate in the monthly board pack.
• Set monthly credit controllers targets and report on results for both the staff and payroll.
• Review and approval all credit notes, refunds, and bad debt requests.
• Run quarterly debt reviews with each credit controller
• Produce the quarterly bad debt provision
• Escalation of issues to senior management as necessary and appropriate.
• Effect cost savings
• To ensure that the Company processes and policies in relation to Debtors and representation in the Company accounts is accurate and appropriate in all circumstances, referring matters to the Group Finance Director, Group Financial Controller whenever necessary.
• Adherence to all relevant regulatory accounting principles.
• To adhere to Company policies including the Anti-Bribery and Corruption policy.
• To carry out any other ad hoc duties as may be required from time to time.