Credit Controller/Accounts Assistant

Guildford, Surrey

About You 

Education:  Minimum 5 GCSEs or equivalent at grade A-C including Maths and English. Preferably part-qualified or studying towards a professional qualification.

Experience:  Strong experience in credit control & general accounting required.  Prior credit control experience within an NHS environment an advantage.  Must possess intermediate to advanced skills in Excel and Word.  Oracle experience a plus.
 
Language Skills: Ability to read, analyse and interpret technical procedures and policies.  Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedures for inclusion in manuals.  Demonstrates ability to understand and explain issues to customers and colleagues.  Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and the general public

Personal: Must possess strong customer service and communication skills.  Must be a team player and be willing to support and assist colleagues in the department as well as within other departments.  Flexible “can do” attitude.

About The Role

* Manages the credit control activities of the company.
* Evaluates credit applications and recommends credit limits to the Financial Controller.
* Responsible for the posting of cash payments and customer adjustments to ensure accurate account balances. 
* Recommends credit adjustments and special payment terms for authorisation by Financial Controller. 
* Recommends credit hold and removal of credit hold for authorisation by Financial Controller.
* Manages the maintenance of accurate customer account balances through review of cash payments, refunds, write offs and other customer adjustments. 
* Resolves queries on customer accounts in conjunction with the customer service department.
* Liaising with the Financial Controller, analyses and determines reserve for bad debt.
* Liaison with the Financial Controller and Sales Manager in negotiation on strategic accounts.     Communicates to the sales force on customer accounts on hold. 
* Follows up on outstanding balances in accordance with agreed procedures.  Produces, reviews and sends out monthly delinquency letters, following up on a timely basis in accordance with agreed procedures.
* Undertakes allocated month end activities for UK and/or International businesses as directed by the Financial Controller.
* Undertakes general accounting duties e.g. bank reconciliations, cost centre analysis for tax computations, inter-company processing.
* Performs other related duties as assigned.

About Our Client

My client is a manufacturer and international distributor of medical health equipment.  They are one of the largest global market leaders in their industry sector and due to continued growth, they are currently seeking to recruit within their finance and accounts division.

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Competitive benefits package and free on site parking

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