A quick look at the role
The Credit Control Team Leader is responsible for managing and motivating a team of Credit Controllers to maximise cash collection, minimise risk and exceed KPIs. You will be joining a large, growing and award winning accounts receivable team which provides a vital service for the business.
Your core responsibilities
* Lead, mentor, support and motivate a team of Credit Controllers ensuring at all times that uniformity in working practices is achieved.
* Closely monitor the portfolios of accounts within your team to ensure cash recovery is maximised, accounts are paid to terms, and risk and exposure to bad debt is kept to a minimum.
* Facilitate a continued improvement in the DSO and a reduction in the overall age profiles of the total debtors.
* Ensure that queries are kept to a minimum and resolved in a timely manner along with the upkeep of general ‘house-keeping’ on the accounts including the reconciliation of unallocated cash to within acceptable KPI’s.
* Ensure that all non-value add tasks are removed from the day to day activity within your team and the wider Accounts Receivable team.
* Ensure any adverse resource impact that is generated by any other key dependency areas of the business are addressed and remedied to ensure effective and efficient management of working practices and processes.
* Ensure that all procedures are maintained and are aligned to current working practices.
* Build strong working relationships with key stakeholders including but not exclusively Depot Managers, front line Sales Teams and Customer Services ensuring that this working ethos is embedded across everyone in the team.
Our essential requirements
* Proven history in team management and debt reduction.
* Confident Excel skills ideally including look ups and pivot tables.
* Target driven and tenacious with the ability to work effectively under pressure.
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