Credit Controller
| Posting date: | 02 July 2024 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 August 2024 |
| Location: | Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 6PT |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | STARK Building Materials UK |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | JR20641_1719920397 |
Summary
Are you based in the Huddersfield area?
Do you have a passion for working with people?
Do you have previous Credit Control, Sales Ledger and Accounting skills?
Or have you studied for an Accounting qualification and are now seeking a full time permanent employed role?
Stark Building Materials UK; is a leading building materials distributor in Northern Europe, is on the hunt for two Credit Controllers who's as passionate about great service as we are.
Hours Monday to Friday options including 7am-3pm, 730am-330pm, 8am-4pm, 830am-430pm or 9am-5pm.
Stark Building Materials UK, St Andrews Road, Huddersfield, HD1 6PT
Key Responsibilities
- Effectively contribute to the 'collection performance' of STARK to reduce Daily Sales Outstanding (DSO) by minimizing the risk of bad debts
- Proactively target delinquent accounts for timely collection of cash in line with the company's cash and overdue debt targets.
- Manage and mitigate the risk relating to customer credit limits in line with company procedures.
- Provide outstanding levels of customer service to internal and external customers.
- Maximize sales opportunities within a defined customer base by effectively managing credit limits.
- Follow up quickly and effectively any short payments made by customers.
- Address/update all stop maintenance and over trading issues in accordance with Company policy and procedures.
- Effectively contribute to the handling of all incoming and outgoing calls to ensure they are dealt with in a professional manner and meet agreed Company targets
- Undertake administrative duties as appropriate and ensure the system is updated accordingly e.g. copy invoice/statement requests etc.
- Maintain and monitor the customer query database in order that queries are addressed and resolved efficiently and effectively.
What's in it for you?
- Competitive Basic Salary in line with the UK Living Wage
- Retirement Savings Plan (Pension) - with Legal & General
- Life Assurance - From your first day of employment with us you are automatically covered for a lump-sum death in service benefit of 2 x your basic salary. However, if you join the STARK Building Materials Retirement Savings Plan (including if you are automatically enrolled) and contribute a minimum of 4% of your Pensionable Earnings, your lump sum death in service benefit will be increased to 4 x your Pensionable Earnings.
- WorkPerks - A platform home to hundreds of all your favourite high street and online discounts via the provider Reward Gateway
- Aviva Digicare+ Workplace App (Access to a digital GP, second medical opinions, Mental Health consultation, bereavement service, nutritional consultation)
- Voluntary company benefits such as Car Salary Sacrifice scheme with VWFS, Cycle2Work, Benenden Healthcare, Critical Illness Cover
- Employee Discount
- Refer a Friend scheme
- Wellbeing Centre via WorkPerks
- New Reward and Recognition programme - launching soon!
Required Skills and Experience
- Previous credit control, sales ledger or finance experience preferred but not essential
- Experience in a customer facing environment
- Theoretical Accounting experience from studies would be advantageous
- Good numeracy and literacy skills
- Passion for working with people
- A positive can-do attitude
About us
STARK Building Materials UK is dedicated to providing top-quality products and exceptional service to our customers. We're a friendly and collaborative team, passionate about what we do and committed to doing it well.
If you're ready to take your career to the next level and join a team that is dedicated to providing great service, we want to hear from you. Apply today!