This organisation is part of a large group, they turnover 200 million and are incredibly financially stable. They have over 50 members of employed staff, some are based at the head office in Chorley, but the majority travel around the country to provide support and assistance to their sites.
They are currently on an acquisition trail, with plans to grow 20% in this financial year. Due to their continued an planned growth they are looking to hire a number of new team members. One of these vacancies is replacing someone in the team who has been with the business for 12 years.
The finance team is a team of 11, and includes: Financial Controller, Finance Manager, 2 Assistant Accountants, 4 Credit Controllers, 1 accounts clerk and 2 purchase ledgers.
The Finance Manager has been there for 15 years, she joined as a junior and worked her way up to Management Accountant and more recently Finance Manager. They have a very stable team with a low staff turnover and a number of the team have been there for 10+ years. The team has a good culture, all help one another out and mixed in characters with some quiet and some more bubbly.
Job Details are outlined below:
Credit Controller
This is a replacement role for someone who has been with the business for over 12 years. You will work alongside another Credit Controller and be an essential part of the sales ledger and credit control aspects for the portfolio of tenanted premises. Reporting into the Finance Manager, there is longer-term potential for progression into a Credit Manager which will have managerial oversight and increase responsibility.
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB
To maintain the integrity of the sales ledger, distribute re-charges accordingly and manage relationships with tenants to ensure payments are received in expected timeframe.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
1) Maintain quality of auto-invoicing, manually updating invoices for new tenants
2) Handling re-charges (that are received by Purchase Ledger)
3) Banking – posting payments that come through for Credit Cards
4) Reconciling ad hoc payments and receipts for the business
5) Managing relationships with 80 tenants in the portfolio, building rapport and following up on outstanding debts for monthly rental, supply orders received and not paid etc.
6) Negotiate payment plans and set up loan terms and conditions
7) Improve and implement debt collection processes when there are any overdue invoices or payments
8) Being organised to record payment plans with appropriate deductions made from outstanding debts
9) Escalating challenging situations to area managers who will handle collection of debt/arrange payment plan
REQUIREMENTS
· Ideally, at least 2 years of credit control / Sales Ledger experience
· Working knowledge of computerised accounting systems and Microsoft Excel or other spreadsheet package
· Numerate and articulate with good communication
· Strong organisation skills
Additional Details and Benefits:
· Finance System: Microsoft Dynamics and Excel
· Holidays: 20 + bank holidays (increasing extra day a year max to 25, 10 year goes up to 26)
· Hours: 37.5 (8.45 – 5.15 with 1 hour lunch) Flexibility in start and finish times to be agreed following successful interview
· Salary: Up to £25,000 + Bonus of 8%
· Pension: 5% Employer
· Healthcare: Death in Service * 2 salary
· Hotel Discounts: Discounted prices on hotel bookings with premium hotels throughout the UK. £50 a night regardless of the hotel room price.
· Other: Christmas gifts and organised events, free parking, based in Chorley 10 min off the M61
· Interview Process: Face to face, 1 stage process with the Finance Manager and Financial Controller. This will include a company overview, an opportunity for you to ask questions with some standard situational finance questions along with general interview questions (strengths and weaknesses etc.)