Credit Controller

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our team as Credit Controller working at our Leeds office as part of our finance team.

Salary: £28,000-£30,000 (dependent on experience) + benefits

About the role

As the credit controller you will be reporting to the finance manager, and you will manage the Sales Ledger for Rhodar Industrial Services.

You will play a vital role in a company’s finance or accounts department, ensuring customers pay their invoices on time and that the organization maintains healthy cash flow.

Role responsibilities

•  Cash Collection in line with Company Targets
• Managing the debtor’s ledger to prioritise accounts to be chased for payment
• Maintaining regular contact with customers to ensure payment terms are kept to a minimum
• Requesting payment from customers by telephone / letter / email with a view to reducing overall debt
• Liaising with Regional Offices to resolve invoice queries within company targets
• Allocating incoming cash in order to ascertain the outstanding debtor position by close of play each day and ensure unallocated cash is kept below company target
• Maintaining detailed contact information on all customers to allow for the efficient operation of the Credit Control function
• Weekly Reporting of overdue debt position to the business
• Sending Customer Statements monthly, or as required
• Raise credit notes to customers where appropriate
• Creating & Maintaining Customer Account information
• Completing Month End tasks to accounting timetable
• Reviewing current procedures and suggesting efficiencies if necessary

About you  

• Previous credit control experience (preferably within the construction/contracting industry)
• Excellent computer literacy is essential, particularly experience of Excel & report writing
• Excellent attention to detail
• You will have effective and excellent communication skills
• A self-motivated individual
• Friendly, calm and professional manner
• Strong influencing skills and ability to build credibility quickly
• Ability to be flexible and adapt to change and work effectively as part of a team

 About us

Rhodar is a leading specialist enabling works provider. We specialise in a portfolio of services including Asbestos Removal, Demolition, Land Remediation, and Passive Fire Protection.

Supported by over 500 employees at 14 facilities nationwide, our highly trained teams are trusted by major corporations to offer a specialist enabling works solutions covering our core disciplines either individually or collectively across both public and private sectors.

The scale of our projects range from multi-million-pound regeneration works, combining our core specialisms, to domestic support for insurance clients and housing associations.

You can read more about the work we do at www.rhodar.co.uk.

 Rhodar Culture

At Rhodar we pride ourselves on our culture, In Pursuit of Excellence (IPOE) is our cultural programme and it permeates everything we do. Our Values are:

• Teamwork
• Positivity
• Quality
• Responsibility
• Professionalism
• Leadership
• Integrity

Every 18 months we hold a conference which brings together employees from across the country. During the day we share business developments, divisional updates and present staff awards based on our values.

Why Rhodar?

• Part of an EOT (Employee-Owned Trust) with the potential to earn an annual bonus, based on profitability of the business
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) as standard, plus up to 5 additional days based on length of service
• Christmas shutdown (utilising annual leave & bank holidays)
• Annual pay review
• Company pension scheme with enhanced contributions
• Flexible start and finish times
• Free on-site parking
• Annual appraisal, including learning & development plan
• Excellent career progression and training opportunities
• Investors in People recognition – 2015, 2019 and 2022
• Access to an employee assistance programme, including counselling services, and mental health first aiders to support your health and wellbeing
• Opportunities to partake in volunteer work and charity events

We are committed to being the leaders in our sector and ensure that we develop our employees to reach their full potential. If you are interested in joining an ambitious forward-thinking business with great opportunities for career development, we would love to hear from you.

Due to the high volume of applications, we are unable to reply to each individual applicant. If you do not hear from us within four weeks, then unfortunately your application has not been successful.

We will keep your application on file for six months and we will consider you for future roles within the organisation during this time. Your information will be deleted after six-months. If you wish to be considered for roles after this point, then you will need to re-apply.

 Rhodar Industrial Services is committed to being an equal opportunities employer.