Finance Credit Controller

Location

Tamworth, Staffordshire

Description

Join us on our journey.......

Fanatical about Finance? We are looking for a Finance Credit Controller to join our team – Monday - Friday office based 08:30 – 17:00

At Instarmac we pride ourselves on our open communication. We have a thriving family culture and work ethos where everyone is valued and rewarded for what they do. Our prestigious awards, which include Great Place to Work® and Sunday Times Top 100 Best Companies, are in recognition of our strong leadership, outstanding employee engagement and benefits and excellent wellbeing initiatives.

We offer a competitive starting salary and other fantastic benefits which include:

- Performance Profit Related Bonus (PPRP) - a discretionary bonus of around 8% of salary paid to all employees annually.
- Up to 29 days annual leave
- 5-7.5% pension contribution
- Private medical cover
- Life Cover
- Dental cover plan
- Free use of holiday homes in Tenerife, Padstow and St Ives with subsidised petrol / flight costs.
- Income Protection Scheme
- An extensive EAP suite to support health and wellbeing
- Retail discounts
- Charity match funding and volunteering opportunities

A specialist in the manufacture and distribution of cement and bitumen-based products to the world markets for over 40 years, our company values – Work Hard, Have Fun, Make a Difference – are what guide us, make us who we are and show what we stand for.

Duties

How you will be making a difference......

To provide a professional and efficient service to the Finance Department, by administering the sales ledger ensuring that the collection of debts is made in accordance with appropriate timescales/terms. Assists with other general accounting duties as needed by the Finance Director.

- Contacting customers to request/chase payment.
- Resolve/communicate invoice queries with appropriate department.
- Raise credit notes as required.
- Release/review order requests as appropriate.
- Open new customer accounts and perform credit checks in line with internal procedure.
- Raise manual/service invoices as required.
- Allocate payments received and maintain tidy ledger accounts.
- Issue debt collection procedures.
- Maintain list of accounts that have been placed on stop for internal information.
- Scanning of any manual proof of delivery documents.
- Archiving of documents as required.
- Data Entry.
- Managing petty cash.
- Credit Card and Fuel Card reconciliations.
- Bank reconciliations.
- Posting of cashbook.
- Intrastat Reporting (e.g. sales report).
- Maintaining strong relationships with suppliers and internal customers.
- Reviewing systems and processes and making improvements where necessary.
- Holiday cover including raising of item invoices and posting of payments received.
- Reviewing systems and processes and making improvements where necessary.

Requirements

- Significant experience of working within a busy financial environment with relevant experience in a Sales ledger role
- Excellent communication skills
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel
- Good commercial acumen, integrity and credibility
- Self-disciplined and efficient, with a flexible and proactive nature
- Solid team working skills.
- Able to prioritise and organise work load with ability to problem solve
- Good attention to detail

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you!