Senior Credit Controller - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Broster Buchanan

Broster Buchanan

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Liverpool, United Kingdom

6 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Summary of Role:

The role of the Retail Debt Controller is to manage 6 retail sales ledgers in conjunction with the Retail Administrators to ensure a high level of cash flow and minimize levels of overdue debt.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Credit Control chasing up of overdue debt both retail (Supermarkets) and nonretail
Customer credit checks via Credit Safe and Credit limit management of existing customer base
Maintain the Credit insurance policy in conjunction with Group Credit Manager
Retail and Nonretail Invoicing and raising of credit notes. Manual invoicing of nonstandard sales.
Daily banking and allocation.
Regular communication with the customer and the issue of weekly statements
Ensure uninvoiced debt is kept to a minimum and invoiced within agreed timescales.
Ensure claims are raised against third parties within agreed timescales and followed up for resolution.
Exposure to Good Faith Receipting is desirable
Ensure purchase ledger deductions are actioned and followed up within agreed timescales
Liaise with members of the Retail Administration department, Account Managers, Customers and Suppliers to resolve issues as they arise
Improve internal controls and processes to ensure that overdue debt is minimised
Production and analysis of Retail debt reports required for monthly debt meetings with Senior Management as well as on an ad hoc basis.

Period End

Execute accounting periodend routines in accordance with defined periodend checklists.
Debtor reporting

Master Data Management

Responsible for processing updates to specific master data files e.g. New customers, credit limits

Person Specification:

Retail debt experience and exposure to credit insurance.
Be of strong character, a determined and tenacious individual who has effective communication and negotiation skills
Keen eye for detail and provide accurate information
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Must have the drive and persistence to proactively raise and address issues as they arise.
Good IT Proficiency (Outlook, Excel, Word, Navision)
Numerate and ability to work accurately and quickly is paramount in this role.
Works effectively tackling immediate demands decisively, whilst retaining a broad awareness of emerging requirements. Demonstrates a good sense of priorities, structures workload effectively and delivers consistently good results.
Ability to interact with internal and external customers at all levels within the business
Flexible & adaptable to the changing requirements of the business
Be capable of working on own imitative and to work as part of a flexible team in times of operational demands or to provide support or cover for colleagues during periods of absence.
Ability to meet deadlines and work under time pressures.

Reports to:
UK Group Credit Manager

Internal Relationships:

Liaison is necessary with all departments, in particular, the other members of the Retail Administration team, Category Managers and Finance department.

External Relationships:
Close working relationships are to be developed with Customers and Hauliers.