Credit Controller

Role Overview

• Minimizes financial risk to the company by investigating and evaluating new and existing customers' creditworthiness and analyses credit risk.
• This role works closely with our Sales and Customer service departments, to ensure that sales and cash receipts are maximised and mitigates Bad Debts through the proactive use of your skills.
• Researches and resolves billing disputes in a timely manner.
• Recommends and/or implements credit extensions, revocations or collections referrals.
• You will be expected to consider each business issue from the viewpoint of the customer and their partnership with Avnet, and provide the best course of action to ensure both parties are able to meet their desired targets in an acceptable time frame.
• Responsible for cash collection on a Ledger for customers for Local and Export Accounts.
• Researches and verifies credit data on customers to establish or update lines of credit.
• Assesses, recommends and/or approves credit limits using credit agency’s for new and existing accounts within Avnet’s SLA’s and your R&A.
• Investigates and resolves customer invoice disputes to facilitate payment from, or issuance of, credit to customer.
• Work closely with the Sales teams to close down disputes within a timely manner.
• Reviews customer accounts for aging of unpaid balances and pending orders, solicits payments on overdue accounts, places delinquent accounts on ‘hold’ status until payment arrangements are secured, determines payment plans/schedules.
• Follows up on payment arrangements and recommends transfer of outstanding customer accounts to collection agencies.
• Maintains a variety of files and records associated with delinquent accounts, incomplete files and credit risks.
• Maintains and updates electronic and/or hard copy files in a timely and accurate manner.
• Applying and retaining Credit Insurance for your specific Customers.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Ensure all targets are achieved in line with management directives and goals.

Requirements

• Several years’ experience in a Credit control environment.
• Proven computer literacy with Microsoft Office and Excel software.
• Possess strong critical thinking, analytical and sound decision-making skills
• The ability to analyse Financial Statements, including the Balance sheet and Profit and Loss accounts.
• The ability to work in a team as well as individually.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Good knowledge of Credit Insurance
• Experience of working with multi-currency accounts

Benefits

• A supportive team environment where everyone really is working toward the same goal.
• A strong open door policy within management
• An environment where you will be given the tools and opportunities to further your career
• Pension scheme (enhance and matched up to 8%)
• Health Care Scheme (Simply Health)
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays with option to buy additional holiday
• FREE Onsite Parking
• Flexible home working
• Cycle to work Scheme
• Reward schemes