Credit Manager - Cheadle Hulme, United Kingdom - FJR Group

FJR Group

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Cheadle Hulme, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

FJR Finance are currently looking for a Credit Control Manager for with a market leading business based in South Manchester for up to 6 months

As the Credit Control Manager, you will build excellent relationships with both internal and external customers, whilst encouraging the team to do the same.

The successful applicant will be a confident, pro-active, hardworking individual, with a real trackrecord of improving performance and KPIs across the function.

Duties:

To effectively manage the credit control function to maximise cash receipts, minimise debt and reduce company exposure.
Manage the credit control team ensuring that customers pay to terms and that credit limits are not exceeded, placing customer accounts on hold as required.
Build relationships with commercial team, including heads of channels and commercial director to expedite customer payments that are outstanding and level of bad debts kept to a minimum.
Execute credit reports and work with commercial team to suggest and agree commercial credit limits with FC and FD when insurance can't be arranged or reduced
Produce weekly KPI's and reports highlighting DSO/Cash targets/Top 10 overdue debtors and action plans for aged debtors
Daily balancing of AR ledger ensuring all cash receipts, sales invoicing and credits are reconciled for upload into Debtor financing facility and internal cash flow reports.
To process and manage all ad hoc invoicing on a daily / weekly basis, including contract bottling, storage and distribution charges, cost recoveries.
Build and develop relationships with external credit agencies to evaluate a prospective customer's credit worthiness and monitor existing customers
Build relationships with logistic colleagues to validate and process all customer claims and keep claims to a minimum.
To provide accurate sales and debtors information to meet the needs of the business and to meet the accounting deadlines.
To lead and manage the AR team including annual appraisals, setting objectives and identifying training and developing needs.

Person Specification:

Experience of managing a Credit Control finance team at high volume and with complexities
Minimum 2 years' experience of working in a similar role
Strong management skills with a track record of improving performance and team engagement
Good IT skills and Intermediate Excel skills including experience of creating and using Pivot Tables and V-Lookups
Excellent communication skills and a track record of working with other Departments in order to achieve crossdepartment objectives
Great attention to detail and an ability to meet deadlines and deliver work in a fastpaced finance environment
Be immediately available or on 1 weeks notice

Salary & Benefits:

The day rate on offer will be £180 per plus holiday pay and will consist of hybrid working