Element has an opportunity for a Credit Controller (German Speaking) to join our growing team. This is a great opportunity to develop your Finance career within a Global TIC business. This is an exciting time to join Element as they continue to grow. This new role would suit someone who is looking for their next step in their credit control career or someone with senior experience.

• Credit control of designated ledger of customers in line with Element collections policy
• Calling Customers for payment of overdue invoices
• Be first point of contact for our German laboratories and finance liaison
• Weekly meetings with BU Credit Control TL to push for excellence across the BU
• Supplying copy invoices and account statements and logging of reported customer disputes
• Weekly conference calls with the business unit to highlight late paying accounts with defined actions and timelines agreed to resolve disputes
• Matching of unallocated cash and contact to customers to acquire remittance advices
• Escalation of late paying accounts to the Team Lead and Credit Control Manager and to the business
• Stop and off stop management on designated ledger of Customer accounts
• Support to the Team Lead and to the Credit Control Manager
• Support continuous improvements in cash collection and DSO performance
• Assist in month end close
• Produce weekly reports for the BU TL and Credit Manager

Relevant credit control/collections experience

• Experience of working in a similar position
• Strong Credit Control experience
• Customer service experience
• Good working knowledge of VAT
• Knowledge of currency
• Good knowledge of accounting and accounts systems required
• Experience of delivering collections to target
• Teamwork and effective communication
• Self-starter; can work independently, proactively and on own initiative
• Ability to prioritise and manage several projects and/or work streams simultaneously
• Self-confident in their own ability and in their accounting/credit control knowledge
• Microsoft D365 would be advantageous
• German speaking is an essential required skill

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Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to ‘Make tomorrow safer than today’.

When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.

While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.

Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.

At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”.

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.

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