Credit Controller
- Recruiter
- iRecruit Partners Ltd
- Location
- Slough, Berkshire
- Salary
- £20,000 per annum
- Posted
- 24 Apr 2019
- Closes
- 29 Apr 2019
- Ref
- 1108068430
- Job role
- Credit control
- Sector
- Accounting - Public practice
iRecruit Partners is currently recruiting for a Credit Controller for a leading Financial Services Company based in central Slough.
Purpose of the role:
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
Key Skills:
Requirements of the role:
Desirable for the role:
So…
Are you ready for your next ambitious challenge?
If so, we look forward to hearing from you!
Purpose of the role:
- To ensure the security and profitability of our client through efficient and effective credit control of a portfolio of clients
- To establish and maintain a professional and efficient relationship with their allocated portfolio of clients
- To provide excellent standards of customer service internally and externally
- To ensure that security is maintained at all times within the systems operated by the company
- Identifying and generating new business opportunities for the sales team to convert
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
- Ensures security & profitability of a portfolio of Clients through efficient and effective Credit Control.
- Provides a high level of service whilst maintaining security.
- Proactively seeks to understand their clients to allow them to spot both warning signs and opportunities.
- Any other duties or projects commensurate with the level of responsibility of this role, for which the role holder has the necessary experience and/or training
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
- Listen and interpret information - Good listening skills, understands how and when to action information, to the appropriate person
- Understand needs - Sees things from client’s point of view; identifies clients’ needs and has a sympathetic approach
- 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 their products and processes
- Manages risk - Knowledge of client’s 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
Requirements of the role:
- Experience - Credit Control experience, office environment, customer service experience
- Skills - Good communication, excellent customer service, attention to detail, IT.
- Qualifications - N/A
Desirable for the role:
- Experience - Credit Control experience in a financial service environment
- Skills - Managing risk, sales.
- Qualifications - Basic IT, customer service/ administration NVQ.
So…
Are you ready for your next ambitious challenge?
If so, we look forward to hearing from you!