We are looking for a highly motivated Group Credit Controller to join our Finance team.
Reporting to the Financial Controller, you will be part of a growing finance team that is responsible for the accounting of Mercia’s parent and subsidiary companies, operating in a fast-paced, professional environment where everyone collaborates to drive the business forward. As a Credit Controller, you will be responsible for a variety of tasks, ensuring that all times, appropriate controls and processes are adhered to.
In this role you would have responsibility for:
- Preparation and processing of fee invoices to investee companies for all Mercia Group entities.
- Preparation and processing of fee invoices to EIS investors.
- Posting all invoices to SAGE accounting software.
- Monitoring cash received and updating the debtors’ ledger.
- Chasing outstanding payments by telephone, email and where necessary letter.
- Producing regular debtor reports for review by the Financial Controller, Group Financial Controller and Fund Principals.
- Attendance at regular debtor review meetings.
- Assisting with the year end and interim audits.
- Support the Financial Controller and Finance Team with any ad hoc projects.
About you:
- Ability to demonstrate previous successes in reducing aged debt, debtor days and overall outstanding cash.
- Clear and professional communication skills with a tenacious, problem-solving attitude.
- Capable of forging strong client relationships.
- Capable of building good relationships with Mercia’s Investment Teams.
- Experience of working in financial services sector or FCA regulated business preferable.
- Sound evaluation and analytical skills
- Ability to implement system processes and improvements.
- Very strong Excel skills.
- Good working knowledge of other Microsoft Office products.
- Good working knowledge of Sage Intacct.
- High literacy and verbal communication skills.
- Diligent, conscientious and professional with a strong work ethic and the ability to get things done, highly committed and able to demonstrate behaviours in line with Mercia’s core values.
- Excellent attention to detail while maintaining a sense of the bigger picture and able to deliver consistently to a high standard, with a desire to strive for and maintain best practice.
- Extremely well organised and self-motivated with an ability to prioritise and manage own time efficiently and effectively.
- Able to work under pressure and understands the need to work to tight deadlines without compromising quality of outputs.
- Able to work on own initiative while at the same time being comfortable working under instruction.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills at all levels.
- Enthusiastic team player with a positive approach, enquiring mindset and open and flexible attitude.
- It is important that you share our Mercia Core Values (Growth Focused, Responsive, Knowledgeable, Trusted, Responsible/Respectful).
- This role will involve occasional travel to other Mercia office locations, so the ability to travel in this role is a requirement.
- You must have the right to work in the UK.
What we can offer you:
In addition to your base salary, we offer a broad and exciting range of perks and benefits, including family-friendly policies, wellbeing support, Mercia Spirit charity days, regular 1-2-1’s, mentoring and support with training and career development.
We value diversity at Mercia and are committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment equally and fairly, regardless of race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious beliefs, gender or gender realignment, sexual orientation or marital status, disability, responsibility for dependants or age. In your application, please feel free to note which pronouns you prefer to use.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy if we receive sufficient applications for the position. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.