Credit Controller

Credit Controller

Location :Redhill/Hybrid

Salary:£32,000 - £34,000

Hours: Full time, Monday to Friday

Contract:This is a maternity cover for 9 to 12 months

What you’ll get at City Sprint

• 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, and a day off for your birthday
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Free access to mental health support, including 1:1 therapy
• Healthcare and wellbeing benefits
• Extra family‑friendly days for key life moments, plus death in service cover

The role

We're looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Credit Controller to join our Platinum Team, supporting the management of key customer accounts within a fast-paced credit control environment.

You'll work closely with the Senior Credit Controller to ensure customer payments are collected in line with agreed terms, helping the business achieve cash collection targets while maintaining excellent customer relationships. The role requires strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage high-value customer accounts effectively

Why City Sprint

At City Sprint, what we do matters. We provide market-leading same-day and time-critical delivery solutions that help businesses keep moving.

As part of our Finance team, you'll play a key role in supporting the financial success of the business by ensuring effective cash collection and building strong relationships with our customers. You'll be joining a collaborative team within a trusted national brand backed by DPD and Geopost.

Who we are

City Sprint is a UK‑wide logistics business delivering same‑day and time‗critical services for customers who need pace, reliability and great judgement.

We’re part of DPD and the wider Geopost group — giving us the stability, scale and investment of a leading international delivery network — while City Sprint continues to operate with its own distinct focus and fast‗moving culture.

• Managing cash collections for a portfolio of key customer accounts
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Investigating and resolving invoice and payment queries
• Reconciling customer accounts and supporting month-end activities
  
  Monitoring outstanding debt and proactively escalating issues where required
• Ensuring accurate maintenance of customer records and financial systems
• Prioritising workloads effectively within a busy and time-sensitive environment
• Identifying opportunities to improve processes and ways of working
• Supporting the wider Credit Control team in achieving business collection targets

• Previous experience within a Credit Control environment
• Experience managing cash collections in a target-driven setting
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• Good understanding of credit control processes and accounting practices
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to work to deadlines
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving abilities
• Good Excel skills
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and work effectively under pressure
• A customer-focused approach with the confidence to collaborate across departments

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcome applications from candidates with disabilities. Reasonable adjustments will be considered throughout the recruitment process and employment.