Job Description

About the role
Credit Controller | Finance and Accounts Team
About the role
As the Credit Controller within the commercial practice you will be supporting the Credit Control Manager with ledger management through calls, emails and meetings with various stakeholders. You will manage your own ledger and have responsibility (alongside the Credit Control Team) for the Credit Control Mailboxes and associated tasks in order to achieve monthly KPI's.
Core Responsibilities:

• Downloading weekly debtors report into excel in order to manage
• Contacting clients to confirm payment of invoices via telephone & e-mail
• Interact with Consultants for escalation of issues (Must have excellent communication skills & ability to speak to people on all levels)
• Engage in meetings confidently with various stakeholders, such as EA's, Consultants and Heads of Practice as required
• Interact with support staff to educate them on processes and assist with reviewing debtors on a regular basis
• Implement our credit policy at all times and revert to the Credit Manager for any issues or pushback received
• Utilise finance packages to ensure accuracy of data
• Investigation into queries / payment issues using various resources
• Escalation of queries / client issues to manager where required
• Keep accurate notes of conversations held with clients / consultants
• Set follow up dates for diary to review account as necessary

About you

• Minimum 2-years' experience in a Credit Control role
• Good Excel skills, including the ability to analyse data, run pivots, tables and VLOOKUP's
• Strong work ethic
• An ability to problem-solve and rely on experience where required with regards to best practice and query management
• Build and maintain key relationships both internally and externally

About us
Odgers is one of the world's leading Global Executive Search firms. Our reputation for excellence and integrity has been established over 60 years and we are a partnership-driven by the client, candidate, and employee experience. We function as trusted advisors to our clients and candidates and engage with a diverse range of leaders for the most influential roles across a wide variety of industries. The service we deliver is creative, insightful, and most importantly, in partnership; we pride ourselves on maintaining personal relationships.
At Odgers, we are proud of our progressive, diverse, meritocratic, and collaborative culture where you will find support, training and career development working with colleagues striving for excellence in all they do. We are UK headquartered with colleagues across 58 Offices in 32 countries specialising in over 50 sectors and functions.
Hybrid Working
Our Hybrid working policy is based on the principles of empowerment, mutual trust and flexibility, recognising that we work best when we make choices about when, where and how we work. At the same time, we are reminded that time together is so important. We are a client-service business in which our relationships and our culture provide a significant advantage. Our offices remain critical to how we work; they are a place for collaboration, learning, and support and an anchor for the culture of which we are so proud.
We operate a hybrid working model which would typically see you spending a minimum of 2 days working from the office and the rest remotely. Your work pattern will be reliant on business demands, and we would expect you to manage your time accordingly.
At Odgers, we are committed to fostering a work environment that is safe and respectful of all individuals. We have and will always stand with and support the inclusion and equity of our colleagues, candidates and clients and are committed to improving diversity in all its forms within Odgers.
Unlimited embodies this philosophy and our commitment to inclusion.
We have several initiatives that ensure equity is practised at all levels of our organisation, including our Allies programme, an equitable recruitment process designed to ensure opportunity, our Next Generation council and a meritocratic promotion process.
Sustainability
Modern businesses have a duty to be environmentally responsible and operate sustainably. We believe this represents not only sound commercial sense but also recognises our ethical responsibility to minimise the impact of our activities on the environment and to leave a positive legacy for future generations.
We have committed to, and set, science-based decarbonisation targets, and have received verification of these goals from the (SBTi). These targets will hold us accountable to our sustainability strategy while enabling us to measure our progress. This is complemented by us continuing to provide sustainability insight to our clients and cultivating a track record within sustainable businesses and in placing sustainability leaders.
Corporate Social Responsibility
We take Charity seriously - but like to have fun too. Our CSR team are always thinking up new events and activities to get involved in and raise funds for our chosen charity British Heart Foundation.
We also have a variety of social clubs and learning opportunities to suit everyone such as the Brunch and Learn Session, Odgers choir, the book club or one of the many sports clubs
Whats on offer?
A competitive base salary, supplemented by our benefits package and discretionary bonus

• 25 days Annual leave + 3 gift days for the Christmas closure + bank holidays
• Private Medical Insurance with Bupa and cash plan with Simply Health
• Group Company Pension
• Season Ticket Loan & Cycle to work scheme
• Give As You Earn
• Group Income Protection
• Group Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Charity Day
• Wellbeing Programmes, support and speakers
• On-boarding, induction training and ongoing professional development
• Corporate member discounts and benefits available through Bupa and Simply Health including Gyms Discounts

Applications
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Eligibility
You must be eligible to live and work in the UK

Skills Required