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Title: Credit Controller

Location: White Plains (on-site)

Salary: $50,000

We are currently recruiting for a Credit Controller to join our office in White Plains.

Your main responsibility will be to manage a portfolio of clients with pre-due, current and overdue invoices.

The ideal candidate will have a strong Credit Control background and have previous experience managing your own portfolio of clients. You must be confident in your ability to chase debtors and possess an assertive but friendly approach while maintaining quality and professionalism.

Responsibilities

• Manage own workload to meet personal and team targets.
• Making a minimum of 50 credit control calls each day.
• Writing emails and letters for due and overdue balances and making follow-up phone calls.
• Taking and processing payments via debit/credit cards.
• Be able to promptly identify, record and follow up any customer queries with internal colleagues to ensure these are resolved in a timely and satisfactory manner.
• Contribute to the development of Credit Control procedures and driving down aged debt.
• Solving payment disputes and communicating with clients where necessary to secure prompt payment(s).
• Escalating to the Credit Control Manager any issues affecting the timely collection of overdue accounts.
• Being able to identify and escalate any difficult clients to issue Letter Before Action.
• Perform against targets individually whilst contributing to the overall productivity of the team.
• Ad hoc duties as required.

Essential skills, knowledge and experience

• Confident in your ability to chase debtors and possess an assertive but friendly approach while maintaining quality and professionalism.
• Excellent negotiation and problem-solving skills.
• Works well under pressure in a fast-paced, high volume environment.
• Excellent verbal & written communication skills.
• Detail-oriented and highly organized.
• Highly adaptive and open to innovative new technology solutions.
• Prior debt negotiation experience required.
• Office Skills required; Good Communication and phone skills; ability to draft business letters, create and use excel spreadsheets. Computer Skills: Microsoft Windows PC; Microsoft office (Outlook, Word, Excel, SAGE and/or Credit Hound will be an advantage) and being able to copy and scan documents.

About AVASK

AVASK Accounting & Business Consultants is a rapidly expanding firm that specialises in international VAT and tax and accounting for e-commerce businesses that are located internationally and in the US.

AVASK are recommended External Tax Advisors under the Amazon Global Selling Programme and assist hundreds of Amazon FBA sellers, eBay, Shopify and many other platforms. On top of this, it provides its clients with a comprehensive range of expertise - from providing practical guidance on cross-border transactions, making sure that they are fully compliant and assisting on their group structures and tax advisory services. #PRL