Job Description

Grafton Banks Finance are working with a well-respected manufacturing company with offices on the outskirts of Bognor Regis, West Sussex to recruit a Credit Controller on a full-time permanent basis. Reporting into the Finance Manager and working within a small friendly team the main purpose of the role is to take ownership of the key customer accounts and maintain status of each customer balance including the management of all overdue amounts in a timely fashion this also includes all customer queries.
Duties and Responsibilities will include:

• Pro actively communicate with customers to facilitate their account balance is settled within terms and timely payments are received.
• Follow up any overdue invoices and if necessary, obtain evidence of supply and supporting documentation.
• Regular communication with other team members on the resolution of queries and collectability of overdue accounts.
• Post bank receipts and payments to Accounting System for bank accounts.
• Reconcile customer statements on a regular basis and take action to resolve any queries as appropriate.
• Ensure all remittances are allocated accurately and on a timely basis according to the remittance supplied by the customer.
• Reconcile the bank accounts on a monthly basis.
• Process daily invoices and monthly statements and issue to Customer as required, including a daily banking upload.
• Make sure all the invoices on the recharge account are issued during the month they are posted.
• Raise manual / ad-hoc invoices as needed.
• Build relationships with external and internal partners.
• Assist the Finance team with other projects as required.

The successful candidate will have proven practical experience of working within Credit Control and or Sales ledger ideally with a high volume of transactional exposure. You will need to have good Excel skills and competent with accounting software packages. Excellent communication skills are essential both written and verbal alongside being a strong team player with excellent attention to detail. For your experience you will be rewarded with a competitive salary and benefits package. This is working full time in office Monday - Friday. For your experience you will be rewarded with a competitive salary and benefits package.

Skills Required