Credit Controller (Retail)

Do you have experience working in a retail credit control position? Are you immediately available or on a short notice period?

Client Details

My client are looking multinational retail company that own a variety of skin care brands in the heart of Central London. The company are growing and consequently looking for an experienced credit controller to join their team.

Description

The successful Retail Credit Controller will be responsble for the large retail department stores and responsibilites that include but are not limited to:

Timely Cash Collection

• Responsible for ensuring timely and accurate cash collection. This will require regular contact with customers and a proactive approach to resolving discrepancies and disputes.

• Escalate where appropriate and will be expected to suggest solutions for resolving queries or long standing non-payment. This may include liaising with external debt collections from time to time.

Applying Cash on the System

Help maintain the cash book by correctly posting BACS receipts and cheque and credit card payments to each customer. Unallocated cash will be expected to be kept to an immaterial level.

Monitoring volume rebates and credit notes

• Responsible for raising both manual credit notes and manual invoices where required and for ensuring that they are appropriately approved.

• Work with the Financial Control Team to ensure that volume rebates are appropriately tracked and accrued for.

Profile

The successful credit controller will have experience chasing from large department stores such as John Lewis, Liberty London and Harrods.

Therefore candidates who have come from companies such as Calvin Klein, Johnson & Johnson or Tommy Hilfiger will be of particular interest for this role. (retail/beauty)

Previous experience on Navision and SAP will be advantageous for this role. Excel up to VLookUps and Pivot Tables would be advantageous (accountancy).

Job Offer

The successful Retail Credit Controller will join the accountancy team on a temporary basis with a 90% chance of going permanent, based in Central London.

Please do not apply if you have not been a Retail Credit Controller before or if you do not have the required accountancy experience.

This is an on going temporary role.