Senior Credit Lead in Birmingham

Senior Credit Lead in Birmingham

Birmingham Full-Time 45000 - 55000 £ / year (est.) No working from home possible
OneAdvanced Limited

At a Glance

  • Tasks: Lead cash collection and customer relationships while mentoring a team in a dynamic environment.
  • Company: Join OneAdvanced, a leading tech company making a real impact across various sectors.
  • Benefits: Enjoy 26 days holiday, private medical insurance, and flexible working options.
  • Other info: Hybrid work model with opportunities for career growth and professional development.
  • Why this job: Take ownership of your portfolio and drive meaningful change in a high-impact role.
  • Qualifications: Experience in credit control, strong problem-solving skills, and confidence in handling challenging conversations.

The predicted salary is between 45000 - 55000 £ per year.

Join OneAdvanced. We’re looking for a Senior Credit Lead to join our Finance Operations team. You’ll be someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and takes real ownership of cash collection, customer relationships, and resolving complex issues end-to-end. This is a hands-on, high-impact role where you’ll manage your own portfolio while acting as a senior escalation point and supporting a team of Credit Controllers to stay on track. This role is hybrid, with time in the office Monday–Wednesday and the flexibility to work from home for the remainder of the week.

What You Will Do

  • Owning end-to-end collections across your customer portfolio
  • Picking up the phone and proactively engaging customers to resolve payment issues quickly
  • Prioritising aged debt and strategising your approach to maximise cash collection
  • Acting as the go-to escalation point for complex queries and disputes
  • Partnering with Billing, Sales, and Account Management to unblock issues
  • Supporting and guiding Credit Controllers to deliver against targets
  • Maintaining a clean, accurate ledger and resolving anomalies
  • Driving process improvements where possible in a busy, evolving environment

What You Will Have

  • Please note, applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application.
  • Proven experience in credit control / collections in a complex environment
  • Strong problem-solving skills, you don’t just spot issues, you fix them
  • Confidence to pick up the phone and handle challenging conversations
  • Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple priorities
  • A commercial mindset, you understand the balance between cash and customer
  • Experience supporting or mentoring others
  • Comfortable working with systems such as ERPs and tools like NetSuite and ServiceNow

What We Do For You

  • Wellbeing that means something
  • 26 days’ holiday + bank holidays (and the option to buy more) plus 1 paid volunteering day every year
  • Exceptional family leave, 26 weeks fully paid maternity/adoption, 4 weeks fully paid paternity, 22 weeks fully paid shared parental leave, plus 5 days paid bereavement leave
  • Robust sick pay of up to 13 weeks full pay + 13 weeks half pay
  • 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme for confidential support
  • Private medical insurance for everyone, no medical-history exclusions
  • Financial benefits that have your back
  • Performance-based rewards tailored to your role, from company-wide bonuses to OTE and commission structures
  • Income protection: up to 75% salary for 5 years if you ever need it
  • Grow your career with us SkillsHub learning platform with leadership pathways, future-manager training, and a huge online library
  • Access to external training and apprenticeships
  • Making a Difference MatchIt! Fundraise for a cause close to your heart and OneAdvanced will match part of the funding
  • Pennies from Heaven donate the pennies from your pay check to help make a difference without lifting a finger
  • Plus plenty other flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle on our RewardHub, including: ULEV car scheme with 1,000+ models, Dental insurance, Health Cash Plan, Critical Illness Cover, Partner Life Cover

Who We Are

At OneAdvanced, we are at the forefront of delivering sector-focused technology solutions that simplify complexity, drive meaningful progress, and help build a fairer, more inclusive society. We’re much more than a software company. We deliver SaaS workflow applications and IT services that power organisations across Education, Government, Healthcare, Legal, Manufacturing, Housing, Retail, and more. OneAdvanced is one of the UK’s largest business software and services companies. Based in Birmingham (The Mailbox), operating across the UK, Ireland, India, and Australia. Our secure, scalable platform, including OneAdvanced AI, our private AI service for UK organisations, powers connectivity and innovation across critical sectors. Alongside our software are our IT services, including hosting, managed services, and application modernisation. We strive to create an inclusive workplace that drives innovation and collaboration, championing diverse perspectives and ideas. Our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy is embedded in everything we do, guiding us to create meaningful impact for our people, our customers and the planet. Proud to be recognised in the Financial Times’ Best Employers 2026 list for the second-year running, an independent and data-led ranking based on employee feedback. Join us and become part of a team that’s powering the world of work and making a real difference.

OneAdvanced Limited

Contact Details:

OneAdvanced Limited Recruitment Team

We think you need these skills to ace Senior Credit Lead in Birmingham

Credit Control
Collections Management
Problem-Solving Skills
Customer Relationship Management
Communication Skills
Organisational Skills
Commercial Mindset