My clients are one of the largest privately owned international freight forwarding companies. We operate from 9 locations across the country. Established for over 35 years and are one of the leading independent freight forwarders in the UK. They provide a personal service for shipments by sea, air and road. We offer specialist sea freight services including, full container load (FCL), less than container load (LCL/groupage), break bulk and out of gauge shipments.
We are now looking for them a Credit Controller dealing in GBP / Euro and USD. Having International credit control experience is not a critical criteria if you have plenty of experience in a credit control role and are aware the role will be mainly currency / Internationally based.
Starting salary from £27.5k
Monday-Friday 37.5 hours per week
Car parking
Benefits include:
• Company pension
• Up to 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free parking
You’ll manage an extensive multi-currency international ledger on a day-to-day basis to ensure maximum cash collection, whilst highlighting and managing potential financial risks to the business and contributing towards achieving financial targets and company objectives.
Main Purpose of the Role:
You will manage an extensive multi-currency, international ledger on a day to day basis to ensure maximum cash collection, whilst highlighting and managing potential financial risks to the business and contributing towards achieving financial targets and corporate objectives.
Responsibilities include:
• Pro-actively chase debts by way of telephone, email and letters.
• Work diligently on query resolution with customers, ensuring resolution in a timely manner leading to payment of debts.
• Regular review of debtors, aged debt and the terms extended to customers to also include reviewing checks on overseas clients JC Trans and WCA memberships
• Complete due diligence checks on new customers
• Creating weekly debtor reports for distribution to Internal Departments
• Carrying out daily cash postings and bank reconciliations when assistance required to the sales ledger
Skills/Experience Required
• Experienced credit controller willing to participate in organisational growth and change with experience working in a faced pace environment
• Excellent organisation skills with the ability to multitask.
• Able to prioritise workloads, able to switch between multiple clients under pressure.
• Team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills (both written and verbal).
• Sage 50 Accounts knowledge will be preferred.
• Experience in dealing with multi-currency international customer accounts is desired.
• Dealing with GBP/Euro/USD
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