Credit Controller - Join our team if you re looking for a challenging and rewarding career! P&O Ferrymasters are looking for a Credit Controller to join us in Ipswich, Suffolk.

Your role:

As the Credit Controller you will join a highly dedicated and professional team of Sales Ledger experts. You will be delivering the highest quality of service to an internationally dedicated client base.

You will share responsibility for the collection of payments of Customers invoices in a timely and professional manner to enhance cash flow and minimise bad debts whilst monitoring credit limits to reduce risk of exposure.

Other key responsibilities:

• Ensuring prompt payments by keeping in regular contact with customers to ensure payments are made in line with the agreed terms.
• Resolving invoice disputes and account queries, logging and reporting on any disputed invoices in a timely manner, whilst informing and assisting all relevant parties to a resolution.
• Monitoring customer credit limits regularly by using the credit checking agency.
• Reporting on cash flow forecasts on a weekly basis and report weekly reporting to the Credit Control Manager.
• Allocating cash receipts, ensuring that all cash is allocated in a timely manner and contacting customers regarding missing remittance advices and queries.
• Reinstating closed sales accounts by receiving and processing credit application forms for closed accounts following company guidelines.
• Issuing collection letters for overdue accounts in a timely and professional manner.
• Liaising with the Purchase Ledger department to agree contras and action accordingly.

About you:

As the successful Credit Controller, you will have previous experience in a similar role, ideally within the Transport Industry. It is essential that you are numerically accurate and able to reconcile, have good working knowledge of Microsoft packages, and are able to use various systems to resolve issues. Good negotiation, communication and influencing skills, with excellent attention to detail, are also required, along with strong organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise and manage own workload.

Who are we?

We are P&O Ferrymasters, and we work with some of the largest companies in the world to make sure that their goods get to where they need to on time and efficiently. We have locations across Europe and the Northern Mediterranean and our routes cover road, rail, and sea.

We operate from over 20 locations in 13 countries and work with some of the best-known global household names.

We are a part of DP World who are one of the largest global logistics companies in the world; at any one time 10% of all shipping containers in the world are being shipped by DP World. We are proud to lead the future of logistics to help enable global trade in the 21st century and beyond.

We offer:

P&O Ferrymasters offer a competitive package in line with the seniority of the position. Salary will be dependent on experience of the successful candidate.

Other benefits include Company pension, P&O Ferries travel discounts, Employee Assistance Scheme, and an employee wellbeing programme, along with opportunities for personal and professional training and development. We also offer a benefits platform including a range of voluntary health insurances, cycle to work, and retail discounts.

Do you have what we re looking for? And does this Credit Controller role sound like the perfect opportunity for you? We hope so in which case, now s the time to let us know! Please apply with your CV and covering letter as soon as possible. We look forward to hearing from you!

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