Job description
Sewell Wallis are working with a well established business based in Barnsley, who have a brilliant opportunity for an experienced Credit Controller to join their supportive team.
The successful candidate will be joining a friendly credit control department at their Barnsley Head office. There are a broad range of responsibilities associated with this role as well as the opportunity to be involved in wider projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Implement and maintain a consistent credit control policy across the company.
- Review creditworthiness of new and existing customers across various countries and currencies.
- Develop and carry out effective collection strategies to ensure timely payment of invoices.
- Negotiate payment plans and escalate unresolved issues as per company policy.
- Monitor and manage the risks associated with foreign exchange rates and process currency swaps.
- Maintain strong relationships with customers, sales teams and internal departments in order to resolve credit and billing issues.
- Provide regular reports on credit risk, collections and and accounts receivable status to management.
- Prepare and present detailed reports on credit control activities, findings and improvement.
Candidate requirements
- 5+ years experience working in credit control.
- Strong communication skills.
- Strong organisational skills.
- A keen eye for detail as accuracy is important.
- A positive and flexible attitude.
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
- Hybrid working after probation
- Opportunity to be involved in wider projects
- Pension scheme
If this role sounds of interest, or you would like any further information, please don't hesitate to get in touch!
To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.
