Credit Controller & Accounts Assistant

Credit Controller & Accounts Assistant
£17000-£21000
South Kirkby, Pontefract, West Yorkshire

Duties
• Ensure that sale ledger accounts are set up for all new customer, applying to credit insurers for cover, including sending out and chasing company T&C’s
• Providing credit authorization for jobs to go into production based on comparing the total of the account balance and WIP for that customer to the Insurers credit limit or discretional credit limit provided by a Director (email confirmation required).
• Obtaining Directors’ written authorization or upfront money for jobs which exceed their credit limit.
• Ensuring correct allocation of cash receipts to invoice based on customer payment certificates/remittances.
• Chasing up debtors ensuring payment to terms, to include retentions and upfront money for customers without credit terms
• Report overdue accounts to credit insurers and solicitors, liaising with all relevant parties until resolved
• Provide monthly review of debtors and provide aged debtors list to Financial Controller
• Dealing with all financial aspects of credit insurance claims, legal action and solicitors with support of Financial Controller.

Skills
• Strategic thinker with the ability to influence at all levels
• Ability to work accurately and with pace to ensure that service is delivered
• Experience of credit control and aged debt reports
• Ability to work closely with internal and external customers ensure agreed levels of credit is adhered to
• Accuracy and pace
• Ability to work under pressure and have a bias for action
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, both verbal & written
• Good understanding financial systems and their application

About You
• Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• The ability to work on own initiative
• Process knowledge
• Easily able to prioritize and organize work load
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