Credit Controller -Temporary

OX023479_1759940770

Salary Package: £14.00 - £16.00 per hour
Location: Thame, England
Consultant: Kathy Rusher
Posted: 08/10/2025

Description:

Do you have experience in accounts and managing a busy purchase ledger? Are you looking for a new challenge in a brilliant team on a full-time basis?

We have registered an amazing opportunity working for this busy organisation within their fun and vibrant finance team.

The role of Temporary Credit Controller plays a key role in managing customer credit limits and debt collection. Working alongside one other team member within a larger finance team, you will ensure that appropriate credit limits and payment terms are set to balance sales opportunities with financial risk. You will be responsible for chasing overdue debt and ensuring that all debt-related correspondence is clearly communicated and visible to stakeholders. In addition, you will play an important role in fraud awareness by monitoring customer activity, identifying potential risks, and helping to protect the business against fraudulent transactions.

Role: Temporary Credit Controller

Salary: £14.00 – £16.00 Per Hour

Location: Wantage, Oxfordshire

Hours: 08:30 – 17:30 or 09:00 – 18:00 (30 min early finish on Friday)

This is a fully office-based position.

Please note, this is a Temporary position paid on a weekly PAYE basis. The role will start immediately, so sadly candidates with a lengthy notice period cannot be considered.

Temporary Credit Controller Responsibilities

• Ensure our customers are aware of their account balances


• Contact customers who have overdue balances


• Setup new customers, checking their validity and issue credit limits and terms


• Liaise with our Credit insurance provider on credit limit requests


• Liaise with the sales team in relation to upcoming orders


• Liaising with the OS team to ensure a smooth & timely despatch of orders


• Negotiate payment plans where necessary


• Ensure our Debtor related systems are synchronised (i.e. NS, AIG and RBS Discounting)


• Instigate legal proceedings if customers do not pay their debts on time (including liaising with Solicitors and Bailiffs)


• Maintaining accurate customer records


• Deal with queries from Customers & Account Managers


• Release orders on Finance Hold


• Daily invoicing


• Carry out annual credit review


• Updating our CRM with Customer payments


• Proactively manage the customer credit requirements

Temporary Credit Controller Requirements

• Extensive experience of purchase ledger processing


• Analytical skills and thorough attention to detail


• The ability to listen and negotiate with customers


• Excellent verbal communication


• Persistence and determination


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills


• Strong attention to detail


• The ability to work under pressure and to deadline

No candidate will meet every single desired qualification we have listed. If your experience looks a little different but you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!"

For more information and to apply, contact the Oxford branch of Berry Recruitment – 01865 777733 or click 'Apply Now' to submit your application.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the duties of the job.