Credit Controller - West Midlands, United Kingdom - Rexel

Rexel

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West Midlands, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Credit Controller - National Accounts:

Rexel UK are recruiting for a Credit Controller to effectively and efficiently monitor and maintain up to 500 customers with a total debt up to £8M consisting of National and/or Non-National accounts, minimising aged debt and maximising cash collection across a customer base using both EDI and standard trading platforms.

The Role:

As a Credit Controller for Rexel, your main responsibilities will be to:_
Ensure effective control of Customers by monitoring shortfalls and taking appropriate action.
Collect payments according to agreed terms, achieve cash collection targets and resolve and minimise overdue debts.
Ensure all customer requirements are fulfilled and delivered on time in line with the SLA and KPI
Monitor large commercial queries ensuring that item(s) are progressed and resolved in timely manner.
Escalate any serious concerns accordingly to the Collection Support Specialist.
Review payment plans when requested.
Place customers on credit hold where necessary.
Regular review calls and some face to face meetings with customers.
Review accounts for legal action.
Review order release requests.
Utilise Sidetrade to ensure account portfolio is managed effectively ensuring To Do Lists are actioned daily and all activity logged to include invoice qualification.
Ensure overtrading is monitored and appropriate actions taken.
Complete monthly cash forecast and precall on all high value amounts above agreed threshold.
Encourage customers to receive invoices electronically.

The Person:

As a Credit Controller for Rexel, you will need:_
Welldeveloped communication and interpersonal skills able to build effective, longterm relationships
Experienced Credit Controller and ideally with some understanding of Credit Risk
Enjoys interaction with internal and external customer focus
Some commercial awareness understands business requirements
Competent in financial software packages
Competent user of Microsoft Office and Outlook
Intermediate level of Excel, Vlookups, pivot tables etc
Good written and numeracy skills
Team player

This role is a PART TIME - PERMANENT POSITION and we offer a pension, life assurance and 25 days holiday.

Rexel is an equal opportunities employer.

Rexel is a global industrial distributor serving the Electrical, PPE and MRO sectors with over 30,000 employees and operations in over 37 Countries.

In the UK Rexel has over 2,000 staff working from 250+ branches.

We value people who have a sense of urgency and excitement, who demonstrate candour, insight and creativity, and thrive in an environment of change and challenge.

We value people who take the company personally - being a part of Rexel UK means being part of the most exciting customer focused electrical wholesaler, a place where employees want to build their futures.

Rexel is an equal opportunities employer.