Credit Controller Odgers Executive Search

Credit Controller | London or Birmingham

We are looking for an experienced Credit Controller to join our Central Finance team. You will take ownership of an allocated ledger, proactively collecting outstanding debt, resolving invoice and billing queries, and building strong relationships with clients and colleagues across the business.

You will play an important role in improving cash flow, reducing aged debt and identifying payment risks. You will also provide clear reporting and insight to senior stakeholders, helping to agree and deliver effective collection plans.

What we are looking for:

• Proven credit control and debt collection experience
• A strong track record of achieving cash collection targets
• Confidence working with clients and senior stakeholders
• Experience resolving invoice, purchase order and billing disputes
• Excellent communication, accuracy and attention to detail
• Strong Excel skills, including VLOOKUP and Pivot Tables

This is an opportunity to join a collaborative team and make a visible contribution to the financial health of the business.

Odgers is one of the world’s leading Global Executive Search firms. Our reputation for excellence and integrity has been established over 60 years and we are a partnership-driven by the client, candidate, and employee experience. We function as trusted advisors to our clients and candidates and engage with a diverse range of leaders for the most influential roles across a wide variety of industries.

The service we deliver is creative, insightful, and most importantly, in partnership; we pride ourselves on maintaining personal relationships.

At Odgers, we are proud of our progressive, diverse, meritocratic, and collaborative culture where you will find support, training and career development working with colleagues striving for excellence in all they do. We are UK headquartered with colleagues across 58 Offices in 32 countries specialising in over 50 sectors and functions.

Hybrid Working

Our Hybrid working policy is based on the principles of empowerment, mutual trust and flexibility, recognising that we work best when we make choices about when, where and how we work. At the same time, we are reminded that time together is so important. We are a client-service business in which our relationships and our culture provide a significant advantage. Our offices remain critical to how we work;

they are a place for collaboration, learning, and support and an anchor for the culture of which we are so proud.

We operate a hybrid working model which would typically see you spending a minimum of 3 days working from the office and the rest remotely. Your work pattern will be reliant on business demands, and we would expect you to manage your time accordingly.

At Odgers, we are committed to fostering a work environment that is safe and respectful of all individuals. We have and will always stand with and support the inclusion and equity of our colleagues, candidates and clients and are committed to improving diversity in all its forms within Odgers.

Unlimited embodies this philosophy and our commitment to inclusion.

We have several initiatives that ensure equity is practised at all levels of our organisation, including our Allies programme, an equitable recruitment process designed to ensure opportunity, our Next Generation council and a meritocratic promotion process.

Sustainability

Modern businesses have a duty to be environmentally responsible and operate sustainably. We believe this represents not only sound commercial sense but also recognises our ethical responsibility to minimise the impact of our activities on the environment and to leave a positive legacy for future generations.

We have committed to, and set, science-based…