Credit And Collections Specialist

Job Title:           Credit and Collections Specialist
Location:           UK – Fully Remote Role 
Contract:           Permanent
Salary:               £39,000 - £43,000 (DOE)
Hrs:                    Mon – Fri 08:30 – 17:30hrs 

 
Company and Role
Our client is a highly reputable $1.6B Global Company, specialising in developing, producing, and distributing a broad range of specialty Chemicals & Minerals for markets including Construction, Agriculture, Steel, Oil & Gas and Consumer industries. 

The Credit and Collections Specialist will be responsible for accounts receivable sub-ledgers, collection of delinquent balances, assigning and updating customer credit limits, dealing with deductions and monthly reporting.


As the Credit and Collections Specialist your key responsibilities are;

• Manages Business Unit Accounts Receivable ledgers. 
• Reconciliation of account balances.
• Raises accounts receivable disputes and collection related past due items.
• Assists in customer dispute administration when requested or where required.
• Daily customer contact for collection call purposes.
• Daily account receivable balance monitoring. 
• Researches, investigates, documents and establishes customer credit limits
• Interaction with senior business unit management, senior corporate managers, and business unit commercial teams.
• Maintenance and reconciliation of the unallocated cash on assigned ledgers
• Prepares monthly ledger analysis.
• Actively works to attain company accounts receivable quality targets for percent current, DSO, ADD and the overall improvement (reduction) of business ledger past due balances 
• Monitors and reports to business unit management customer payment trends
• Monitors customer financial health and reports to business unit management changes in customer risk exposure
• Upon receipt of new customer application, perform credit worthiness review and submit for processing.
• Provide internal and external audit support, as necessary.
• Influences and negotiates customer payment terms in conjunction with business unit commercial teams
• Collects and analyzes customer financial data on new and existing customers and report to management
• Daily work-flow administration of customer orders placed on credit referral.

As the Credit and Collections Specialist, you will a have the following qualifications & skills;

• Must have a minimum of 5 years experience within an Accounts Receivable field or related area.
• Good working knowledge of order to cash processes and dealing with high level deductions.
• Experience dealing with large commercial account collections.
• Confident dealing with fast paced ledgers.
• Knowledge of Oracle ERP or similar systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.