Credit Controller

Position: Credit Controller
Location: Knutsford, Cheshire
Salary: Competitive

The Company:
Our client is a successful and growing company, with forty years’ experience in the manufacture of high quality structural protection membranes and surface coating systems. To facilitate and support its growth, they have an opportunity for a dynamic and energetic person to join their Accounts team as Credit Controller.

The Credit Controller Role:
You will be solely responsible for the credit control function for UK and Worldwide based customers. The ideal candidate will have a positive, enthusiastic and eager attitude with a determination to prove their abilities in a demanding role.

Key Responsibilities are:

• Reconciliation and management of accounts ensuring adherence to credit terms
• Maintain close and effective links with the customers, dealing with queries and ensuring payments are made on time
• Stopping the supply of goods if customer goes over their credit limit, stop paying, or pay late 
• Checking customer’s credit ratings, deciding whether or not to offer the credit in liaison with the F.D.
• Dealing with internal queries about customers
• Instigate legal action to collect monies owed if necessary
• UK and Export invoice reconciliation
• Dealing with international payments, currencies and export documentation
• Raise & process credit requests/discount requests
• Allocating received payments (sterling and foreign receipts)
• Reconciling the Sales Ledger together with the sales accounts in the nominal ledger

Ideally the successful applicant will have:

• A good understanding of accounting principles
• Experience of foreign currency transactions
• Excellent written and verbal communication at all levels
• Ability to work calmly whilst under pressure
• Be able to prioritise workload and work to tight deadlines
• Be self motivated and display initiative
• Have exceptional time management and strong software skills

Additional Desired Credit Controller experience:

• Experience or understanding of documentary letters of credit and Inco terms.
• Experience of payroll operations desirable
• Reconciliation of various ledger accounts
• Preparation and posting of journals
• Advanced use of excel spread-sheets 

Please Note: Only successful applicants will be contacted

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