Credit Control Analyst

Job Title: Credit Control Analyst

Location: Cheltenham

Clearance: BPSS

A world leading Defence, security, transport and energy company are looking for a Credit Control Analyst to join PCS Finance function!

Overview:

The Credit Control Analyst provides support to both the finance team and wider business to maximize cash collections and minimize outstanding debt.

Key Responsibilities of a Credit Control Analyst:

• Proactively manage debtors' ledger and ensure timely collection of debts.
• Evaluate new credit requests and set up new customers.
• Review existing credit limits and ensure these are up to date.
• Manage and track payments from proforma customers.
• Maintain accurate records of all collection's activity.
• Respond promptly to both customer and internal enquiries.
• Check and post cash receipts to accounting systems and ensure all receipts are allocated to outstanding invoices.
• Clarify and resolve payment receipt queries.
• Send out regular customer statements.
• Attend bi-weekly debtor review meetings to provide status updates and a clear picture to senior management of overdue debt.
• Provide reports and summaries of customer accounts and queries.
• Raise credit notes and billing documents as required and upload invoices to customer portals.
• Other ad hoc duties as required.

Skills, Qualifications and Experience needed:

Essential

• Proactive - work on your own initiative with a positive attitude.
• Professional - respond constructively to pressure and demonstrate success at reducing accounts receivable balances.
• Organised - successfully manage multiple tasks and priorities.
• Articulate - an excellent written communicator.
• Experience of fully resolving complex queries involving multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to establish and maintain good client relationships, both internally and externally at all levels.
• Competent user of Microsoft Office products.
• Experience of accounting systems.

Desirable

• Experience of working in a manufacturing environment.
• Second or additional language.

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