KCR Solutions are delighted to be working with this excellent client on the outskirts of Newcastle, to recruit a Credit Controller. Your duties will be as follows:

• Responsible for credit control in a professional and effective manner
• Managing the sales ledger by ensuring invoices are sent on time and debtor statements are issued promptly
• Supporting the sales ledger lead in managing relations with client’s finance departments
• Monitoring outstanding payments, negotiating payment plans and resolving account queries
• Assisting with suspension of accounts where needed and keeping the team updated
• Working towards the overall debt reduction
• Monitoring the overall bad debt provision
• Dealing with finance queries both internally and from external customers
• Daily reconciliation of banking including reviewing unallocated cash
• Assisting with month end financial reporting, including sales invoicing
• Generating the distribution of credit control letters and collection notices
• Carrying out credit checks, monitoring customer credit risk and reviewing credit limits with payment terms.
• Supporting month and year end financial reporting and cashflow forecasting

You will have worked in a credit control or sales ledger role previously, ideally in a larger organisation. A good understanding of the legal process of debt collection would be advantageous, as well as having a knowledge of intercompany transactions. Strong IT skills and the ability to negotiate payment arrangement are essential.

The company offer hybrid working and excellent benefits.