Senior Credit Controller

Senior Credit Controller
- Cambridge Biocair Sawston

This is a fantastic opportunity for a highly collaborative and results-driven professional to join a dynamic team. The successful candidate will excel at building strong relationships within the Accounts Receivable function and across wider business areas, working effectively with a range of stakeholders to achieve shared goals. With a proactive approach to delivering performance targets and business objectives, you will bring strong problem-solving and decision-making skills, alongside excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.

You will be confident managing challenging situations, using your negotiation and conflict resolution skills to achieve positive outcomes for both customers and internal teams.

Reporting to the Global Credit Manager, this role requires a professional and experienced credit controller responsible for an assigned scope of client accounts to:

• Convert company receivables into cash through effective collection activities
• Manage and resolve all open items across assigned customer accounts
• Minimise credit risk and bad debt.

• Proactively manage customer accounts to maximise cash collection, achieve collection targets, and reduce overdue debt.
• Ensure accurate and timely allocation of cash, credits, and account transactions, maintaining clear and up-to-date account records.
• Investigate and resolve payment queries and disputes in collaboration with customers and internal stakeholders.
• Monitor credit risk, applying dunning and escalation procedures, and taking appropriate action when credit limits or payment terms are exceeded.
• Support debt recovery and insolvency processes in line with company policies and procedures.
• Identify root causes of payment delays and drive initiatives to improve cash flow and reduce aged debt.
• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to enhance collection performance and payment timeliness.
• Contribute to process improvement, automation, and data quality initiatives to increase operational efficiency.
• Support internal and external audits, reporting requirements, and compliance with internal controls, security policies, and company procedures.
• Provide guidance and support to colleagues, fostering a collaborative and high-performing team environment.

• Proven experience in Credit Control or Accounts Receivable, managing complex customer accounts within a multinational or fast-paced business environment.
• Demonstrated success in achieving cash collection targets, reducing aged debt, and improving cash flow performance.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify root causes and drive effective resolutions.
• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills, with the confidence to engage and influence customers and colleagues at all levels.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including Pivot Tables and XLOOKUP.
• Experience of working with ERP or accounting systems, ideally Sage, together with exposure to credit agencies and credit risk assessment tools.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to manage challenging conversations and resolve disputes professionally.
• Highly organised, resilient, and results-oriented, with the ability to prioritise workloads and meet deadlines in a target-driven environment.

• Pension, Life Assurance & Group Income Protection
• Private Medical Insurance & Healthcare Cash Plan
• Enhanced Primary & Secondary Caregiver Leave
• 25 days holiday + Birthday Leave + Volunteering Leave
• Cycle to Work Scheme & Discount Shopping Scheme
• Specsavers Vouchers & Employee Assistance Programme
• Full-time (40 hours per week), Monday to Friday, 08:30 to 17:30
• Hybrid with 60% of the working week spent working with the team at our Cambridge office in Sawston (CB22 3EG
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