Credit Controller

Location
Leicester, Leicestershire
Salary
£18,000 - £19,000 per annum
Posted
30 Jan 2016
Closes
27 Feb 2016
Ref
1222869
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Our client, a highly prestigious organisation based in Leicester require an experienced Credit Controller to join their team on a permanent basis.
As an experienced credit controller, you will understand the need to maintain excellent communication with your clients, whilst providing a high standard of customer service. You will be responsible for setting credit limits, problem solving and recovering debt efficiently and professionally.

Key Skills:

* Communication skills: Maintain high level professional conduct with internal and external customers via face to face, the phone, email and in written communication
* Relationship building- establishes rapport: Establishes and maintains a professional + 'expert' relationship with clients through efficient credit control. Understands and is interested in client's business
* Provides excellent customer service: Manages credit control of client portfolio whilst providing a high level of customer service + protecting the business's security
* Listen and interpret information: Good listening skills, understands how and when to action information, to the appropriate person
* Understand needs: Sees things from clients point of view; identifies clients' needs and has a sympathetic approach whilst protecting the business's security
* Attention to detail
* Decision-making: Sets credit limits within guidelines, makes recommendations/ propose decisions, back up decisions to line manager.
* Develop solutions, problem solve and agree things with people: Monitors collection performance. Recommends appropriate solutions
* Ability to say 'no'
* Takes initiative: Uses appropriate chasing techniques. Seeks to recommend alternative collection techniques. Takes responsibility for actions, Manages time and prioritizes work and plans ahead
* Use, develop and sell the business's products and processes
* Manages risk: Knowledge of clients business. Awareness of money laundering + data protection legislation. Monitors risk and possible fraud
* Numerate: Demonstrates an ability to work with numbers
* Financial understanding: General understanding of financial management/ audited accounts, manages risk
* IT skills: Intermediate PC knowledge. Good keyboard skills and competent user of Microsoft Office