Credit Control Team Lead

VANRATH are delighted to be working with a well-known supply company based in Armagh to recruit an experienced Credit Control Team Lead to join their Credit Control Team. This full-time, permanent position offers an exciting opportunity to ensure sales are converted to cash efficiently and to minimise the business's risk of bad debt.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Hybrid working
• Very generous holiday allowance with offer to purchase more
• Enhanced maternity/paternity pay

Key responsibilities:

• Proactively collect cash and prevent bad debt
• Escalate delinquent accounts to credit manager
• Recover bad debts with solicitors and sales staff
• Resolve customer queries promptly
• Manage customer database
• Advise on payment options for large orders
• Improve procedures and processes
• Train and mentor team members
• Prepare monthly credit performance reports
• Manage month-end customer database updates
• Set debt collection forecasts
• Process invoices/statements and allocate credit balances
• Update weekly cash collections against targets
• Credit rebate deductions to nominal and record
• Approve new account applications, set payment terms and credit limits
• Conduct quarterly customer credit limit reviews
• Approve debit/credit journals and adjustments
• Monitor and release held orders to minimise risk and maximise sales

Experience:

• Minimum of 2 years' experience in a credit control role in a similar-sized organisation
• Experience managing and developing a team
• Experience in a shared service environment

For further information on this vacancy, or any other Accountancy & Finance job in Belfast or wider Northern Ireland, please apply via the link below or contact Erin Faulkner in the strictest confidence.