Credit Controller- UK and US Region

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About the role:

This role will be responsible for managing portfolios and working closely with internal stakeholders to achieve company objectives by taking part in a collection activities such as conducting credit checks on new customers, maintaining client’s credit, investigating delinquent accounts and analyzing account performance.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Conduct credit checks and thoroughly evaluate credit limits to be assigned to the new customers built and inactive customers with new businesses.
• Review customers with credit holds and approve the new bookings.
• Strict implementation of credit terms and conditions.
• Supervise and analyse customers’ credit, and collection trends and identify debt issues at an early stage for resolution.
• Engage with the sales representatives by flagging detected debt issues to help maintain the clients' credit resulting in payment of invoices.
• Contact customers falling under delinquent accounts and arrange payment plans and agreements. Advance accounts if the debtor appears to be non-paying and non-responsive.
• Manage the decision process on removing customers’ credit and suspending orders and services when payments can’t be acquired.
• Manage Credit Limit in Customer Master Records based on updated
• Client Credit Checks and Recent Client Payment Performance
• Manage sophisticated cash application issues in teamwork between
• Customers, Sales Reps, and Invoice to Cash Analysts.
• Prepare cash collection forecasting for management review.
• Maintain accurate entries for HOAS and AS&T Director’s bad debt and provisioning in accordance with accounting standards.
• Prepare and conduct debt reviews with business stakeholders with actionable items to maintain customers’ creditworthiness
• Perform and complete the assigned daily collection strategy work items across all transactions. Contact customers via calls and emails, sending invoices and requests for payment.
• Resolve client disputes and follow through to satisfactory resolution which results in payment of invoices.
• Supervise customer account details for nonpayments, delayed payments and other irregularities.
• Maintain call and email logs and encouraged payment dates to bring the account current and conduct follow through. Document collection notes in the system.
• Call customers and process approved credit card payments following GDPR and PCI compliance.
• Maintain positive and collaborative relationships with internal and external partners to ensure performance targets are met on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
• Perform Incident Management through Root Cause Analysis, Corrective Actions and Preventive action planning as needed.
• Update Process Documentation and Training Materials as needed.
• Perform and participate in tasks and special projects that may be assigned from time to time and whenever needed

Formal Education and/or Certification

• Candidates must possess at least a Bachelor/College Degree in Accountancy
• Finance and/or equivalent courses. Certification of Public Accountancy is helpful, but not required.
• Length and Type of Relevant Job Experience
• Minimum of three (3) years of relevant Credit Controllership/Management,
• Accounts Receivables, Order-to-Cash or Business-to-Business Collections,
• Preferably from global shared services environments and/or multinational
• Preferably with Oracle System, Adbook and/or Salesforce, Archimedes, CRM background but not required.

What’s in it for you? Our Benefits:

Our benefits vary depending on location, but we are committed to providing best in class perks across all our offices as well as an inclusive environment to develop your career. Examples of our benefits include; generous annual leave allowances, flexible working (including working from home), health coverage (medical, dental & vision insurance), 401k and company match, enhanced parental packages, and Giving Back opportunities. Full details of our benefits can be found here. 

Further Information:

The FT is committed to providing an inclusive working environment for all. We are an equal opportunities employer who seeks to recruit and appoint the best talent regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We also promote flexible working and will consider specific requests around flexibility for all roles where it can be accommodated. Please let us know if you require any adjustments as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements, or have any questions, please contact a member of our HR team who will be happy to help.