Credit Controller

Description:

Here at Property Searches Scotland, we have a great opportunity for a Credit Controller to join our team in Glasgow (also remote working). You will join us on a full time, permanent basis, and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £21,000.

Property Searches Scotland have a vision to streamline the property transaction through innovation and experience for the benefit of all. We've set ourselves the challenge of making life easier for everybody in the property chain. We do this by employing talented and innovative people and most importantly by listening to our customers.

The purpose of the Credit Controller role is to manage credit control for the PSS business, liaising with the local team and their client base to ensure that through timely and accurate billing, prompt issue and follow up on customer statement queries, efficient management of rebates and pro-active cash collection management that the PSS debt book is well managed and remains within acceptable levels.

Key responsibilities of our Credit Controller:

- Responsible for day-to-day PSS credit control and all related tasks to ensure effective credit management of the PSS debt book. This is to include, but not limited to:-

- Process and allocate customer receipts on a daily basis following receipt of bank download from Finance

- Banking of any cheques received locally

- Distribution of customer invoices and statements on a weekly/monthly basis

- Raising ad hoc invoices

- Respond to all customer queries in a prompt manner

- Liaise with customers on outstanding invoices and ensure that monies are paid in line with agreed terms, working closely with the internal account owners to ensure the approach is appropriate and that relationships are leveraged

- Ensure that the processing of credits for uncompleted transactions are well managed

- Process any adjustments required, having gained appropriate approval

- Working with the local team, process No Sale No fee credits with appropriate approvals from PSS-MD

- Development of regular debt reporting and KPI's which enable the local team to support in the management of debt and for the wider finance team to have oversight of debt

- Lead a monthly review of the debt report and record and follow up on all actions agreed

What we are looking for in our Credit Controller:

- Previous experience of working in credit control in a B2B environment

- Confident approach to handling difficult or sensitive conversations and, whilst able to be empathetic, still being tenacious and resilient to focus on the objective and achieve results

- Good Excel skills, being able to manipulate and present large volumes of data, and have a willingness to develop those skills

- Works to a high level of accuracy and has a keen eye for detail

- Able to work to regular monthly deadlines and timetables

- Comfortable working and communicating with non-finance staff on finance matters

- A clear interest in and understanding of numbers

- A logical and systematic approach to problem solving

- An aptitude to learn new finance specific system processes and protocols

- An interest in using financial figures to provide control and measurement

- An awareness of the importance of controls and good governance

- Able to communicate clearly, both written and verbal, and relate financial requirements to business activities

- Team player

- Self-motivator, able to complete and report on tasks without requiring close detailed management and take personal responsibility for those tasks

If you are looking for a new challenge and you think you have the skills and experience to become our new Credit Controller, then please click 'apply' today, we'd love to hear from you

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