Senior Credit Controller
| Posting date: | 04 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £30,000.0 to £33,000.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 January 2026 |
| Location: | Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL501HX |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week |
| Company: | Hays Specialist Recruitment |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4750422_1764866697 |
Summary
Your new company
Hays Accountancy & Finance are exclusively partnering with a leading, well-established & growing Engineering Group in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire to recruit a dynamic, hands-on & experienced Senior Credit Controller to join their close-knit Credit team. A newly created growth role for the organisation reporting directly to the Credit Manager with the objective of managing credit accounts for their customers in line with the company's credit policy. Proactively supporting the business to minimise aged debt, while being involved also in credit reporting and various projects to support the development of the credit department. The position offers remote/office hybrid working (2 days on-site, 3 days remote) with a generous & competitive overall benefits package, along with future progression/development opportunities.
Your new role
Your key duties will involve processing new account applications, assessing creditworthiness, setting credit limits, setting payments terms & conducting in-depth assessments for complex/high value customers. You will build/maintain strong relationships with customers to collect overdue payments, manage their payments options, along with resolving account/credit queries. You will reconcile customer accounts & allocate payments to reduce unallocated cash, understand overall credit risk on the ledgers, review credit limits, customers' orders & accounts on hold. You will maintain up-to-date accounts notes, along with collaborating effectively with internal teams to support the resolution of credit queries. You will support the Credit Manager with ad-hoc duties, credit reporting & deputise when needed.
What you'll need to succeed
To be considered for this permanent Senior Credit Controller role, you will need experience in a similar position, high numeracy, key problem-solving skills, with good MS Excel knowledge. You will have strong attention to detail and accuracy, an ability to work to tight deadlines & under pressure, along with commercial awareness. You will have a proactive & positive mind-set, able to contribute to process improvement & credit risk strategies. You will have key communication skills to build both internal & external relationships at all levels, a team player who can also work using their own initiative. Willing to learn & adaptable to business needs. Strong knowledge of business-to-business trade credit, along with an engineering/manufacturing sector background would be advantageous but not essential.
What you'll get in return
This permanent Senior Credit Controller role offers a salary between £30,000 - £33,000 per annum, dependable on experience, based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Remote/office hybrid work offered (2 days on-site, 3 days remote), flexible working hours, 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, holiday buy/sell scheme, generous pension scheme up to 10 %, annual bonus scheme, private health care/medical, progression/development opportunities & more. A great opportunity to join a leading group where you can really add value within the credit department.
What you need to do now
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