Breedon Group plc
Here at Breedon Group, our mission is to make a material difference to the lives of our colleagues, customers, and communities. Breedon teams are known for meaningful relationships and constructive collaboration. As the largest independent construction materials group in the UK & Ireland, we are on the up and striving to expand internationally to become the leading vertically-integrated international construction materials group.
This opportunity allows you to have a positive impact on others and develop professionally by obtaining professional accreditation in the credit service sector. People stay with our business because of our commitment to sustainable practices, meaningful relationships, and constructive collaboration. We aim to ensure that our decisions and actions are sustainable, benefiting all our stakeholders economically, socially, and environmentally.
As our next credit controller at Breedon Group, you'll be an integral part of the team to ensure cash targets are met, reducing risk to the business and supporting commercial growth.
To excel in this role, you'll need to be an excellent team player, enjoy working to tight deadlines and following processes. Working within a large, tight-knit team of dedicated professionals, your role is to play a key part in the robust collections process whilst bringing new ideas.
Key Responsibilities
- Cash collection
- Management of approximately 700 sales ledger accounts
- Recording of all communications using a bespoke collections system
- Credit risk analysis
- Bad debt mitigation
- Building and maintaining relationships with sales and distribution teams
- Working towards and understanding given targets
- Monitoring and daily management of overtrading
- Management of credit limits
- Monitoring of daily banking receipts
- Query logging
- Processing card payments
- Account reconciliations
- Other duties as requested by line manager
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
- Must be able to demonstrate a high level of written and numerical literacy
- Must have good negotiation skills and have the ability to work under pressure to strict deadlines
- Must be able to clearly communicate and adapt approach to individual customer requirements
- Desirably studying towards CICM level 3
- CICM studies are supported
Job Benefits
- 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
- Contributory Pension Scheme
- Free on-site Parking
- Holiday Buy Scheme
- Volunteer Scheme
- Share Save Scheme
- Life Assurance
- Enhanced Maternity, Adoption & Paternity Scheme
- Health & Wellbeing Initiatives
- Discount Scheme
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