Credit Controller

Role Overview:

WaterWipes is an exciting entrepreneurial company, enjoying huge growth. We are actively recruiting for an experienced Credit Controller to join the team. The role will be based in our Head Office in Drogheda, Co. Louth

This is a key role in an exciting and rapidly growing FMCG company, the Credit Controller will work to support the Credit Manager and overall Finance function in recording and retrieving financial details of the company, including maintaining financial records, processing payments, cash handling, timely payment collection and other finance administration tasks as assigned.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsibility for multi-currency debtor’s ledgers
• Reviewing monthly aged debt report 30, 60, 90 days for outstanding debts
• Chasing overdue payments that are outside agreed terms of credit
• Monitoring customer credit limits and maintaining company credit policy
• Cash allocation and monthly reconciliations
• To ensure cash collection is maximised and meets KPI targets
• To escalate collection matters as soon as possible to management
• Prepare files for internal & external audits
• Work closely with the Finance Team and all other stakeholders throughout the business
• Experience managing invoice discounting facility including monthly bank reconciliation

This is not an exhaustive list and may be subject to change and amendment.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Minimum of 3+ years' experience in a Credit Control role.
• Proven credit control experience essential, within the FMCG sector is a distinct advantage
• Strong communications skills with the ability to deal with all customer contact through a variety of channels e.g. phone, e-mail and customer portals
• Proven experience working with high profile EMEA, APAC, UK&IRL & USA Distributors and Online customers would be a distinct advantage
• Strong experience working with Microsoft Office suite, especially Excel
• Strives to achieve and surpass goals and expectations with a high sense of urgency
• Results driven and ability to work in a target driving environment
• Ability to work to tight deadlines
• Good Analytical skills
• Positive and professional, can-do attitude, displaying a high level of enthusiasm, commitment & motivation

Competencies to perform the role:

• Communicating - Ensures that appropriate information is disseminated, received and understood. Actively listens and shares information and knowledge with others in a timely manner
• Understanding the business environment - Knows WaterWipes and its customers, business, industry, market trends, consumers and competitors and translates this knowledge into opportunities, strategies, decisions and actions.
• Clear Thinking - Recognises issues that affect business goals and focuses on the right things to do to achieve them.
• Teamworking - Encourages discussions and collaboration across functions, multi-cultural teams and geographical locations. Welcomes different perspectives throughout the business. Team player.
• Results focused - Achieves results through optimal approaches. Plans, organises and prioritises resources and activities. Develops self.
• Change Management & Operational Development - Proactively seeks out and is open to new ideas and approaches to improve products and processes for WaterWipes. Demonstrate resilience and openness in a changing environment.
• Vision and Strategic Planning - Takes a tactical view of the business to construct and implement an effective vision for the company. Develops and implements new and unique solutions to improve products and processes and create competitive advantage for WaterWipes.
• Technical/Functional Excellence - Demonstrates the technical / functional skills to fulfil the needs of the role and continually develops expertise.

WaterWipes have three core values that we seek our staff to exemplify. They are to Be Brave, Be Excellent and Be Respectful. It is by living these values in all that we do that we are able to continuously grow and challenge the status quo.