Credit Control Team Leader

Credit Control Team Leader / South Bristol

Salary:
Negotiable pending experience.

Hours:

37.5-hour week, Monday to Friday.

Hybrid working contract available after a 3‑month probationary period.

Our client, a large franchise‑approved car dealer group with sites across the UK, is recruiting for a Credit Control Team Leader to join their dealership in Bristol.

• Liaise with external and internal clients to progress prompt payment of invoices.
• Actively manage and support the credit control team.
• Resolve customer queries by developing innovative solutions and escalating as necessary.
• Process, post and allocate payments accurately.
• Report problem debts with recommended actions.
• Maintain an accurate record of all client arrangements on non‑standard terms, using our systems to capture all records appropriately.
• Produce regular reports and management information, including analysis of aged debtors, cash forecasting detail and customer statements.
• Manage the reporting of key performance indicators for the team, and provide management with insightful and innovative reporting to accurately indicate team performance.
• Own the accounting system and integrity of data within the system, performed through detailed review of control reports.
• Review the unallocated accounts and resolve all unknown transactions.
• Support the audit function, in providing timely information to external/internal auditors as required.
• Any other ad‑hoc duties as required by management.

• Well‑presented individual with a positive work ethic.
• Recent or current experience within a similar credit control or accounts‑oriented role.
• Enthusiastic, highly organised and a good team player, able to work to strict deadlines.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information.
• Strong organisational skills.
• IT literate with experience using Microsoft Office.

• Starting salary fully negotiable pending experience.
• Access to full in‑house and manufacturer‑approved training.
• Workplace pension scheme and life assurance.
• 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays).
• Access to the "Perks at Work" discount website, cycle‑to‑work scheme and staff purchase discounts, among others.
• Fantastic career prospects with one of the top 25 "Sunday Times Best Big Companies to Work For."

If you are interested in hearing more about this Credit Control Team Leader job in the Bristol area, please contact Hamish Lowrie at Perfect Placement Today.

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