Job Description

This new position has been created due to an increase in business. Applicants must be time served from a busy credit control environment and show tenacity, assertiveness and confidence when managing all aspects of credit control.

THE ROLE
-Permanent position with full time hours
-All aspects of credit control from assessing initial risk to solving queries
-To pro-actively manage the reduction of the company's outstanding debt
-Build and maintain relationships with clients throughout the credit procedure
-Identify and resolve potential issues with client accounts
-Assist with other accounts related duties
-Immediate start is available if required

THE CONSULTANCY
*Edwards & Pearce is a professional recruitment consultancy with 11 specialist divisions managed by experts in their own area of recruitment
*Established in 1998
*Employ approx 30 staff
*2 offices in Doncaster & Hull
*Edwards & Pearce operates according to a strict ethical code and aims to offer both candidates and clients the highest levels of professionalism and customer service.
*Edwards & Pearce has an enviable client base including plc's, blue chip organizations and SME's , global FMCG manufacturing, the public sector, charities and the Big 4 accountancy firms achieving preferred supplier status with many clients
*From the 2 offices based in Yorkshire, Edwards & Pearce successfully recruit for not only local, regional and national clients but has also undertaken and filled international assignments.
*It is the policy of Edwards & Pearce to provide equal employment opportunity to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

-Applicants must have a proven history working within credit control including managing high volume debtors lists -Confidence to forge / develop business relationships in order to retrieve debt -Be able to accurately maintain customer contact, payments and records -Possess credit knowledge to identify, investigate and solve account queries -Be highly accurate, tenacious, assertive and possess strong negotiating skills -Good standard of IT literacy including Microsoft Word and Excel