UK Collections Manager

Overview

Location: This role is offered on an 18-month fixed term contract. It is a hybrid role, offering a combination of being able to work remotely and from our Corby office a minimum of two days a week.

We’re looking for a driven and commercially-minded UK Collections Manager to join our Accounts Receivable team. In this pivotal role, you’ll lead specific sectors of the UK Market Credit Control team, driving cash collection performance, aged debt reduction, and DSO targets. You’ll be instrumental in maintaining strong governance, customer service excellence, and employee engagement across our credit operations.

What you will be doing

• Lead and develop specific sectors of the UK Credit Control team to meet cash and debtor targets.
• Resolve debtor queries and disputes, ensuring timely and accurate reporting.
• Produce month-end reports with insights and follow-up actions.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure compliance and process efficiency.
• Support legal action and maintain accurate bad debt provisions.
• Drive continuous improvement and service excellence across AR operations.

About you

• Fluent in English (additional languages are beneficial), with strong knowledge of UK AR legislation and practices.
• Proven leadership experience in credit control.
• Skilled in stakeholder engagement and cross-functional collaboration.
• Strong analytical and reporting capabilities.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, dynamic environments.
• Experience managing teams and delivering results across diverse markets.

The extras you’ll get

At RS, as well as the usual employee benefits you’d expect from a FTSE listed company, you’d expect including annual performance bonus, enhanced maternity and paternity leave and private healthcare. In the UK&I, we’ve introduced new Individual and Family Friendly Policies including:

• Help for people to take control of ongoing health conditions such as diabetes or asthma with £500 a year available for monitoring and consultation.
• Support for neurodiverse colleagues and families with neurodiverse members with needs assessment, diagnosis and post diagnostic support for autism spectrum, ADHD and Tourette’s syndrome.
• Support for women at different life stages from streamlined fertility support through to diagnosis and monitoring of both endometriosis and menopause.
• We are proud to offer inclusive benefits and programs that reflect the diverse identities and experiences of our employees. Our healthcare coverage includes enhanced support for all individuals, including the diverse needs of trans and non-binary colleagues—such as voice coaching, gender affirmation surgery (including facial surgery), and other medically necessary services. We also provide access to resources and programs tailored to the unique needs of all employees, regardless of gender identity or expression.
• Additions to fertility coverage including IVF for lesbian couples and information/support around surrogacy and adoption for all.

We are RS Group

RS is a global solutions partner for industrial customers and suppliers. Our business has operations in three geographical regions – the Americas, EMEA and APAC, supported by global organisations for supply chain, corporate functions, marketing, and product & supplier management.

Our market today is large, fragmented, local in nature and digitally immature. Only a few international distributors serve it, with many regional and local providers, who largely trade offline. We stock over 2,500 supplier brands, 500k products and 61% of our sales are digital.

We are committed to Making Amazing Happen for a better world and our Vision is to become first choice for customer, suppliers, our people, and communities.

RS is committed to creating an inclusive environment where people thrive. We recognise that a diverse and representative workforce is critical to our success, and our aim is to create a business where people can be their true selves. Our employees expect this as a matter of course and it is fundamental to how we attract, develop, and retain the best talent.

In line with our D&I policy, we recruit and develop employees who are the best suited to the requirements of the job role, regardless of gender, ethnic origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.

Are you ready to explore the possibilities?

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