AddressCredit Controller
Gloucester
Full-time & Part-time candidates considered
Working Hours are flexible between 25 - 39 hours / week
£28,000-£31,000
Clarkson Evans is the largest electrical contractor working in the new build housing sector, wiring over 24,000 homes a year. Established over 40 years ago, we now employ more than 850 staff across the UK and we work with the country’s major house builders. Last year we acquired a solar PV business and solar installations are now a rapidly growing part of our business.
The Role
To ensure customer debt is managed in line with contractual terms. This will involve chasing overdue debt, resolving queries and coordinating defence of claims for contra charges.
Responsibilities
To work with the customer to achieve timely payment of debt and resolve any issues that cause it to be paid late- To work with Commercial and Production to resolve any issues that would prevent invoices being raised or cause debt to be paid later than it should be
- To be the central point of contact to defend claims for contra charges from our builders, referring to other departments as needed, ensuring all contra charges are logged and resolved. In addition, to collate supporting information for our own contra charges
- To update our internal software in instances where work cannot be invoiced as standard, such as where detached garages are not built at the same time as the plot
- To ensure that deadline dates and payment dates are obtained from our builders and are added to the billing schedule
- To request credit notes as required and agreed with the Commercial Manager or Heads of Commercial
- To manage the customer retention accounts, ensuring this is always kept to a minimum by recommending to the Commercial Managers where retention caps (or lower retention caps) would be appropriate, monitoring that caps are adhered to, and chasing retention balances falling due
- To prepare cumulative spreadsheets where required and ensuring these are provided to Accounts Receivable to be sent with the invoices
- To prepare aged debt reports to be reviewed with wider commercial, operational and finance teams
- To maintain the builder requirements list and ensure this is up to date, so that the Accounts Receivable team are aware of the current requirements
- To carry out additional tasks to support the business as required
Requirements
Skills:
- Building and maintaining strong working relationships
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Good IT skills, including the use of Microsoft Excel
- Good organisational skills, including time management and prioritising effectively
- Excellent accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to collate and communicate facts to resolve disputed issues
Competencies:
- Self-motivated with a flexible approach to working
- Ability to present precise and accurate information
- Ability to achieve set KPIs and targets
Experience:
- Experience of working as a Credit Controller
- Experience of managing own workload
- Experience of working to deadlines
Clarkson Evans is an equal opportunities employer and we’re proud of our fair and inclusive recruitment process.
We recognise the benefits of having a diverse workforce and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.
If you have any special requirements which would help you with our application process, please let us know by emailing jobs@clarksonevans.co.uk.
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