At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage customer accounts, chase payments, and support finance processes.
- Company: Join a growing business with a supportive finance team.
- Benefits: Salary up to £35,000, collaborative environment, and career growth.
- Other info: Full-time, permanent role based in Manchester.
- Why this job: Make a real impact while building relationships and solving problems.
- Qualifications: Experience in credit control or purchase ledger preferred, strong communication skills.
The predicted salary is between 35000 - 35000 £ per year.
Looking for a finance role where you can do more than just chase outstanding payments? We're looking for a Credit Controller to join a growing and successful business where you'll play an important role across the finance function. This is a varied opportunity that combines credit control with purchase ledger responsibilities, giving you the chance to build strong relationships, take ownership of your workload and make a genuine impact on the day-to-day running of the business. If you enjoy solving problems, building relationships and working collaboratively with customers, suppliers and colleagues, this could be exactly what you're looking for.
As a Credit Controller, you'll be trusted to manage your own workload, improve processes where you see opportunities and become a valued member of a supportive finance team.
What you'll be doing
- Managing customer accounts and chasing outstanding payments by phone and email
- Monitoring aged debt and ensuring customers remain within agreed payment terms
- Building strong relationships with customers to resolve payment queries quickly and professionally
- Reviewing customer accounts, highlighting potential risks and escalating where appropriate
- Working closely with colleagues across the business to improve cash collection and reduce overdue debt
- Processing high volumes of purchase invoices accurately and efficiently
- Matching, batching, coding and reconciling supplier invoices
- Resolving supplier queries and ensuring invoices are processed within agreed timescales
- Reconciling supplier statements and assisting with payment runs
- Supporting month-end activities and maintaining accurate financial records
Supporting the Finance Team
- Assisting with reconciliations and general finance administration
- Identifying opportunities to improve processes and ways of working
- Providing support across the wider finance team as required
What we're looking for
- Previous experience in Credit Control, Sales Ledger, Accounts Receivable or Purchase Ledger
- Experience across both credit control and purchase ledger would be advantageous, although we're happy to consider someone looking to broaden their experience
- Excellent communication skills with the confidence to build relationships and pick up the phone
- Strong organisational skills with excellent attention to detail
- A proactive, solutions-focused approach with the confidence to investigate and resolve queries
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, with experience using finance systems
- A positive attitude, willingness to learn and the ability to work well as part of a team
What's in it for you?
- Salary up to £35,000 per annum
- A varied Credit Controller role with exposure to both credit control and purchase ledger
- Opportunity to take ownership and make a genuine impact within the finance team
- Supportive, collaborative working environment
- Full-time, permanent position based in Manchester
Credit Controller in Liverpool employer: McCarthy Recruitment
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