Job type
PermanentLocation
KingswinfordWorking Pattern
Full-timeSpecialism
Credit ControlIndustry
Manufacturing & ProductionPay
£27,000 per annum
Italian/German/Dutch speaking Credit Control job
Your new company
Hays are working with a successful organisation in Kingswinford who are looking for an Italian and/or German and/or Dutch-speaking credit controller to join their finance team.
Your new role
The role is reporting to the Credit Control Supervisor and will be part of a team of 6, tackling some older, aged debt, and clearing up or matching older unallocated balances / credits in conjunction with this.
You must have a good standard of English and Italian and/or German and/or Dutch (written and spoken), and a tenacious, proactive attitude to completing these tasks.
- Shared Responsibility for Europe, RoW and UK Sales Ledgers and for chasing aged debt.
- Maintenance of Sales Ledger(s).
- Chasing customers for cash, agreeing next steps and taking customers to be legal where required.
- Customer query resolution, including chasing up other departments for action.
- Managing the Credit Control email box.
- Requesting and/or raising credit notes, as required.
- Open pro forma accounts
- Performing credit checks, as required.
- Take customer payments using a virtual terminal or otherwise.
- Cash posting to the ledger and settlement of open transactions.
- Invoicing customers.
- Organising and providing relevant paperwork/backup with certain types of invoices.
- Running, and updating weekly reports and sending out to internal stakeholders.
- Playing an active role in the continuous improvement of the department.
- Any other ad hoc admin duties.
What you'll need to succeed
- Prior experience of working within a fast in paced, complex manufacturing business and a European SSC environment.
- Minimum 5 years working in high volume credit control department.
- Chasing debt and taking cases legal where agreed.
- Experience with Microsoft AX/D365 would be a key advantage.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, Italian and/or Dutch and/or French.
- Intermediate knowledge of Word and Excel
- High level of organisation skills
- High level of numeracy, accuracy and attention to detail
- Financially and commercially aware
- Proactive
- Team player
What you'll get in return
Working Mon-Fri 9-5 working full time in the office.
35 Hours
Friday rota - early finish on a Friday
Company pension
Employee discount
Gym membership
Life insurance
On-site parking
Sick Pay
Wellness programme What you need to do now
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