Credit Control & Accounts Receivable

Roles and Responsibilities: How the Expected Outcomes are Achieved

– Work with PM’s and other personnel responsible for billing to resolve customer issues re billing
– Check and process sales invoices, ensuring correct referencing to PO’s, jobs and that the correct VAT scheme applied
– Processing of Applications, Certificates and invoices on larger Contracts
– Maintain robust records of retention withheld and work with Commercial Team to ensure collection and reconciliation
– Continuously check client/customer credit status and act upon changes where necessary
– Upload invoices to various client portals
– Assist and support with client/customer repayment plan negotiations
– Create, implement and monitor an effect cash collection process and compile accurate reports for SMT as required
– Create, implement and monitor client/customer payments and ensure they are within agreed business terms
– Ensure client/customer account reconciliations are tracked, accurate and reportable
– Maintain accurate up to date records on all revenue, debt and cash positions
– Feed into cashflow process daily with actuals and forecasts
– Produce meaningful reports for Management Information such as debtor days etc
– Working closely with other departments to ensure smooth day to day running of the business
– Lead on construction industry VAT and become internal VAT Champion
– Filing, scanning and archiving into SharePoint and E-Vision and other finance systems
– Any other reasonable administrative and ad-hoc duties as requested by Line Manager
– Assist other members of the finance team as and when required
 

Requirements for the Role:

– Full time office based
– Excellent verbal and written communication skills
– GCSE Maths and English at A*- C or equivalent to Level 2 functional skills
– Recognizes commercially sensitive or confidential information and deals with it appropriately
– Excellent people skills, with a track record of effective engagement with colleagues and stakeholders
– Flexible to undertake a range of different tasks within the working day
– Experience in working to deadlines and prioritizing own workload
– Experience in using Microsoft Office package, in particular  Word and Excel to an advanced level
– Willing to take responsibility and accountability to follow tasks through to completion
– Excellent organizational skills and diligence
– Construction Industry experience
– Previous experience of working with the CIS scheme and relevant VAT schemes
 

Company Benefits:

– 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

– After 2 years continuous service, 1 extra day’s leaver per year up to a maximum of 5

– Long Service Awards

– Training and Development opportunities

– Pension Scheme

– Optical Eye Care Vouchers

– Death in Service

– Health Care

– Birthday Day Off