Accounts Receivable / Credit Controller - Construction background

Accounts Receivable /Credit Controller

Chelmsford

£33,000 - £36,000

Working for a well establishing and growing commercial business that predominately suppliers the construction / house building industry. You will be part of a finance team of 8, reporting to the Financial Controller.

• Manage and reporting on the Group credit control
• Management of a ledger has approx. 300 live accounts + a small retention ledger
• Chasing customers to ensure prompt payment of outstanding invoices
• Build and maintain good working relationships with customers (large corporate businesses), external bankers, credit providers, surveyors and project managers
• Ensuring applications are raised correctly ensuring outstanding debts can be paid on time
• Liaising internally to facilitate debt collection
• Allocate all monies received on Sage 50
• Process daily debtor uploads to third party factor facility
• Management of bad and doubtful debts
• Maintain promised monies reporting, regularly update directors and managers.
• Reviewing customer credit limits and adverse credit reports
• Monthly aged debtor reporting
• Implementing new procedures to improve inefficiencies
• Account reconciliations as needed

Requirements

• Experience of Credit Control within the construction industry is essential
• Ideally knowledge of applications and retentions.
• Highly organised and professional in approach with a keen eye for detail
• Assertive and proactive in thinking and approach
• Robust, committed and commercially minded
• Flexible and able to adapt to the needs of the business
• Ability to build relationships internally with surveyors and project managers

CWC is a specialist recruitment consultancy dedicated to recruiting credit professionals. We have over 45 years of credit control and credit management recruitment experience. We are true experts within our field.