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Credit Controller (Hybrid)
Job Posted: an hour ago
Salary: £ 24,000 - 25,750 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Preston
Expire in: a month
Job Description
The Opportunity:
Based near Red Scar Business Park in Preston, this company have been operating for over 60 years and are a leading wholesaler in the industry they operate in. The company has a turnover of around 200 million and they want to employ another Credit Controller on a full-time and fixed term contract basis to join their existing team. The contract will run from September 2025 to December 2026, and there's a chance the job will become permanent. You will work 35 hours a week, and have the option to start working on a hybrid basis after you've worked for the company for about 6 months (2 days from home per week). There is also a KPI bonus on offer.
Salary and Benefits:
• Salary on offer is up to £25,750 (35 hours per week)
• KPI bonus scheme (up to 3% of your salary paid yearly - OTE of £772.50)
• Hybrid working - after 6 months of working for the business (2 days working from home)
• Pension - company contributes 5%
• Parking on-site
• Staff discounts
• Life assurance
Your New Role as the Credit Controller:
• Handling both incoming and outgoing calls
• Dealing with customers’ queries and requests as they arise; investigating account queries
• Daily/weekly banking
• Making outbound calls to customers to chase up unpaid invoices, recording notes on customer accounts.
• Allocation of receipts to individual accounts
• Pro-active cash collection
• Reconciling accounts
• Communicating with customers to prevent and foresee any issues relating to non - payment of debt; identifying and emphasising potential bad debt issues to the Credit Manager
• Assuming responsibility for issuing statements and customer letters
• Taking card payments and recording on centralised spreadsheet
• Generating any necessary credit reviews, making your own recommendations and providing the relevant information to the Credit Manager for assessment.
• Continuous monitoring of credit limit accounts & new credit applications.
• Maintaining credit hold accounts, obtaining payment & releasing orders as necessary.
• Full communication with external sales executives.
• Assuming responsibility for upkeep of master files.
• You may also be required to undertake other duties which are deemed to be within the business needs.
• Holiday cover for other team members
• Promoting customer excellence throughout the business.
• To adhere to the instruction given by supervisory management.
• Responsibility for health and safety of self and others.
• To ensure compliance with works instructions/Quality procedures.
• To operate to company rules and requirement at all times.
• To assist with training of others when required.
• To carry our temporary cover arrangements as required in any area allocated.
Experience and Skills Required to Apply:
• A minimum of 1 years credit control experience (ESSENTIAL)
• Develop and maintain good customer relations with customers and good interaction with all personnel and Management. (ESSENTIAL)
• Enthusiastic and approachable (ESSENTIAL)
• Have a good telephone manner and be confident (ESSENTIAL)
• Customer focused approach (ESSENTIAL)
• Flexible in adapting to changing business needs and working additional hours if required. (ESSENTIAL)
• Comfortable in a fast-paced working environment (ESSENTIAL)
• Attention to detail. (ESSENTIAL)
• Strong team player (ESSENTIAL)
• Highlight any potential training need (ESSENTIAL)
Summary:
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well-established and industry leading company. The company has a turnover of circa 200 million pounds and is based near the Red Scar Industrial Estate. You will work just 35 hours per week, work in the office, until you've past your probation, and then you can work from home 2 days a week.
TO BE CONSIDERED YOU MUST BE RESIDING IN THE UK CURRENTLY, HAVE UK BASED FINANCE/ACCOUNTS EXPERIENCE, AND HAVE THE FULL RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UK
You must also meet all the ‘ESSENTIAL' criteria for your application to be considered.
This vacancy is being handled by Carl Angilly – Kenton Black Finance.
Kenton Black Finance operate across the UK as a market leading recruitment partner, specialising in the attraction of finance talent across both permanent and interim requirements. With a team of dedicated experts, each with longevity operating in the finance arena, we maintain a proven track record and have established partnerships with businesses both large, small and those in their infancy. Market leaders, we provide recruitment solutions from entry level finance to directorship professionals. Operating from local offices in Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Birmingham, Gloucester, Aberdeen, and Dundee, Kenton Black Finance remain a dynamic and effective recruitment partner who represent and attract only the finest finance talent in the local area and across the UKBefore You Apply
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