Are you ready to step up into a senior credit controller role?
Or perhaps you are already there, but looking for a fresh challenge and environment.
Currently working in a recruitment agency or commercial sales business?
We're seeking a confident, proactive credit controller, to lead our credit control team across our business.
Handle is a very well known brand in the creative sector - we help leading entertainment companies, social networks, global media brands, sports bodies, retailers, and digital technology providers with a constantly evolving range of talent and payroll solutions.
What will you be expected to do?
You will be accountable for the collection of funds for a portfolio of approximately 100 live accounts.
Key responsibilities & duties
- Collecting outstanding invoices by telephone and email
- Maximising collections by achieving cash target, Minimising aged debt, bad debt and DSO
- Ensuring the timely receipt of invoices by the customers and or uploading customer's invoices on various procurement portals
- Building positive relationships with Client accounts payable functions.
- Setting up Direct Debits and Negotiating Payment Plans
- Working closely with the sales team to resolve problem accounts
- Escalating outstanding invoices to third party for collections
- Ensuring risk accounts are placed 'on stop' on database
- Recording sales invoices for contract and permanent placements on relevant spreadsheets used for reconciliation, commission, tracking GP and monitoring performance
- Liaising with clients to obtain PO numbers to submit invoices
- Posting Sales Ledger receipts onto the cashbook and Sage
- Credit control - liaising with Debtors with overdue invoices and resolving any issues
- Responsible for company banking
- Preparing Supplier invoices for input onto Sage (nominal coding, cost centres and authorisation
- Posting authorised invoices onto Sage
- Preparing remittance slips to be posted with payments
Experience / Skills Required
- Credit control experience essential - must be able to demonstrate strong ability in all areas required.
- Excellent telephone manner and communications skills
- Have strong attention to detail, high accuracy and ability to work to tight deadlines.
- Happy working at a very fast pace, dealing with a high-volume workload.
How you will shine
A great credit controller will be aligned to our values: authentic, creative and tenacious:
- A problem solver
- A subject matter expert
- Highly organised
- Excellent time management and organisational skills
- A passionate desire to succeed
- A winning mentality
- The ability to overcome obstacles and be persistent
Handle actively welcomes applicants from under-represented backgrounds - we pride ourselves on attracting the best talent for every opportunity through a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
