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Location: Leicester
Type: Permanent
Industry: Ladieswear
Job Ref: TGM1867
An exciting opportunity for a Head of Credit Control with strong fashion supplier or retail background is required to join a fantastic supplier of garments to both retail and trade. This role would suit an efficient and bright self-starter who is keen to progress in a fast-paced European fashion business. You must have worked for a fashion supplier or retailer previously.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage receivables processing in accordance with agreed service levels for all income sources.
- Keep customers informed and up to date with payments, striving to ensure positive customer engagement.
- Ensure accurate operation of debtors control accounts and sales ledger, and timely settlement of invoices.
- Ensure reporting on aged debtors is distributed weekly and check accuracy of reporting.
- Implement effective checks to ensure correct income is received.
- Ensure correct coding is in place for reliable accounting information.
- Resolve problems and issues within agreed service levels.
- Ensuring all team members have received appropriate training and cross-training opportunities have been capitalised upon.
- Support on the delivery of broader process changes to improve procedures within the AR & collections functions.
- Develop and maintain insightful management reporting on key performance indicators.
- Delivering the month-end close processes and reporting, including the monthly dashboard and bad debt provision.
- Ensuring minimal unallocated cash is present on balances at month end.
- Check customer credit ratings and insurance and ensure system is up to date to manage and control risk to business in a proactive way.
Job Requirements:
- Significant experience in similar Accounts Receivable leadership roles (Essential).
- Background in fashion (Desirable)
- Worked in a FMCG environment as head of invoicing and credit control (Desirable).
- Proven experience of processing high volume transactions. (Essential).
- Knowledge of accounting and VAT principles. (Essential).
- Experience in driving improvements within an Accounts Receivable function.
- Track record of managing and developing high-performing teams. (Essential).
- Experience of working with remote team (essential ESOL experience – India desirable) and hands on management. (Desirable).
- Experience with Business Central or similar financial ERP systems (Essential).
- Data processing and interrogation skills (advanced excel vlookups etc). (Essential).
- Knowledge of full start to end process – from order to cash collection. (Essential).
- Currently 5 days in the office.
- Supporting whole team with queries but working to improve user knowledge and control interruptions via quality manuals/ knowledge transfer and record.
Attributes:
- Strong ownership and accountability with a positive attitude.
- Ability to assess performance and identify areas for improvement.
- Excellent data analysis and problem-solving skills.
- Strong customer service and communication skills.
- Effective time management and organisation skills.
- Strong people management skills.
- Excellent communication and engagement skills.