Job vacancy Senior Credit Controller

The Company

My client is a privately held NZ business which continues to grow and take market share. The business is operational in nature and has circa 90million turnover and 120 staff, many who have been with the business for a long tenure which speaks volumes of how people feel working here. Due to business growth, a need has arisen for a contract Senior Credit officer to join the team and work through a project whilst looking at streamlining the processes.

The Role

The role of the Senior Credit Controller reports into the Finance Manager, working in a team with two Credit Control officers. This is a project-based role that has arisen due to growth of the business. You will be handling well-known client accounts to minimise the debt owing on the large ledger whilst also looking to implement process improvements across the function.

Your duties will include:

• Handling a ledger with circa $12million worth of sales and 700 active customers
• Clearing outstanding debt over 30+ days owing for a quarter of the ledger
• Handling corporate accounts to rebuilt relationships and identify outstanding owing
• Generating weekly reports and distributing to the team
• Reconciliations, allocations, re-issuing invoices and statements
• Dealing with complex payment plans
• Handling customer queries
• Understanding the ledger and identifying area's to streamline the overall process

Your profile:

We are looking for a seasoned Credit Controller with the ability to build strong and professional relationships and who has an analytical mind-set with good knowledge of financial processes. Someone who is solutions driven and commercially astute will fit in with the down to earth and professional team culture.

Excellent communication is a given, and someone who has a natural flair for taking the lead and making decisions, as well as being skilled with negotiations. This role will suit someone who is results focused and who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment.

This role has the potential to go permanent for the right person where you would take on a leadership position.

How to apply

Please send your resume in Microsoft Word format by clicking on the apply button or for further information, contact Kelsey Llewellyn, Jarrad Carmichael or Ollie Harris in our Auckland office on 09-915-6700.

Job Reference No: 06900-0012923610