Credit Controller & Office Assistant

Role: Credit Controller & Office Assistant

Location: Barnstaple

Pay rate: £13.50 per hour

Contract: Full-time (flexible), temporary ongoing role

Acorn by Synergie are recruiting for a Credit Controller & Office Assistant for a temporary ongoing role based in Barnstaple.

In this role, you will manage the collection of any outstanding debt to the business and minimise any risk or bad debt. You will liaise with customers internally and externally in resolution of debt and invoice disputes, review credit limits in line with both spend and risk. You will be part of a bigger team and have the help and support of others.

Job Duties:

• Assess all requests to review all credit limits up to a certain amount.
• Pre-chase debt to ensure it is ready for payment when it falls due.
• Assist the collection of overdue debt in accordance with payment terms.
• Sending out overdue letters in line with the monthly timetable.
• Monitor and ensure accounts are placed on stop if they remain unpaid.
• Processing sales Invoices.
• Telephone/email collections of outstanding invoice payments.
• Updating daily banking, creating debtor reports and credit checking.
• New customer account opening.
• Posting customer receipts onto the sales ledger.
• Weekly debtor reviews.
• Answer phone calls and take bookings and enquiries.
• Ad Hoc accounts duties as necessary throughout the wider Accounts team.

Person Specification:

• Previous credit control experience
• Strong communication skills to communicate effectively with people at all levels of the business both internally & externally
• Proficient in the use of Excel
• Driven, enthusiastic and self-motivated
• Able to work on your own and as part of a team
• Committed, disciplined and well organised with an ability to prioritise

Apply online today or call the team on for more information!

Acorn by Synergie acts as an employment business for the supply of temporary workers.