Becky Chikaura
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Experience
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Precious
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United Kingdom
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Hospitals and Health Care
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100 - 200 Employee
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Credit Control Manager
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Nov 2016 - Present
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Director
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Feb 2016 - Present
Part time- Group Travel Organiser Birthdays, co-ordinate group trips,hen trips Business trips to Canton Fair Part time- Group Travel Organiser Birthdays, co-ordinate group trips,hen trips Business trips to Canton Fair
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Vision plc
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United Kingdom
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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CREDIT COLLECTIONS
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Jul 2016 - Nov 2016
TEMP TO SHORT TERM CONTRACT TEMP TO SHORT TERM CONTRACT
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Careliving Ltd
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Welwyn Garden City, England, United Kingdom
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Credit Control Supervisor
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Jul 2012 - Feb 2016
Supervise, motivate, develop a team of 3 credit controllers Write a new Credit policy for the company Negotiating repayment plans Meet the monthly cash collection target as set by the business Reducing the aged debt whilst recognising the effect on the provisioning Production of accurate shortfall report and action for collection Production of an accurate monthly cash collection forecast Effectively dealing with customer queries and RM to resolution Assisting the finance director with the daily allocation issue Develop processes to ensure success of credit department Assist in the month end procedure Implement a workable credit policy and collection letters Debt collection of own Ledger with 15million annual turnover Successfully led the team to reducing DSO 120+ aged debt by £180k in 3 months Show less
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Mary Kay Cosmetics
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Personal Care Product Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Independent Associate
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Mar 2008 - 2016
Part time Independent consultant then director. Sales of skincare products, recruiting , team building and Training Part time Independent consultant then director. Sales of skincare products, recruiting , team building and Training
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FIRST QUENCH Retailing Ltd
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Welwyn Garden City, England, United Kingdom
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Franchise Accounts Supervisor/Manager
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Feb 2008 - May 2010
Day to day running of the Accounts Receivable department including Franchise. Hold regular team meetings and performance reviews for 6 team members Responsible for all AR Balance Sheet reconciliations as per established timetable Manage all GL journal processes as per established timetables Responsible for preparing the Trade Debtors forecast and reporting on periodic variances to the Group Finance team. Ensured established controls and procedures are adhered to as per all KPI’s Prepare AR KPI and DSO report each period. Monitor, control and review the levels of debt within the Accounts Receivable and Franchise departments ensuring contra accounting is processed weekly. Set monthly targets on cash collection and unallocated cash. Effectively manage the team to ensure optimum performance and job satisfaction Maintain good working relationship with external / internal customers Control Dunning procedure, Legal and Liquidation accounts Proactively seek and implement improvements to the efficiency, cost effectiveness and controls within the credit control section of the accounts receivable department, ensuring approval of line manager prior to effecting any changes. Ensure that Franchisees are set up accurately and that they are adhering to the Franchise credit control policies that are in place. Attend periodic meetings with the Wholesale / Franchise teams to discuss debtors, problematic accounts and invoicing. Attend meetings with third party debt collection agencies when necessary. Show less
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Select Recruitment Specialists Ltd
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United Kingdom
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Staffing and Recruiting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Commercial Credit Control Supervisor
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Aug 2007 - Jan 2008
Complete management and allocation of work for team and dealing with referred issues and the pre-legal paperwork, updating group legal ledger and representing the company in court for any court claims Oversee the debt collection on all Select Group companies as well as 2 sister companies HRI and Andrew Farr Associates. Giving advice on the credit worthiness of new clients including setting limits won discretion of the credit report to house offices and Franchises Ensure reconciliation of Self Bill clients is maintained to reduce errors and omissions from Operations. Manage own specialised debt of 5 key accounts and assisted in the overtaking of debt from a new franchise business acquired. Working with operations to resolve queries and ensure all information is recorded accurately on the systems. Sending out accurate statements and other documents as required supporting debt chasing activity. Providing high quality support in administration, cash allocation, in-coming query resolution and simple debt management issues in order to maximise cash collection results for the group as a whole. Responsible for recruiting staff and allocating training required in their roles Chair monthly and bi-monthly credit control team meetings and update department head on debt progress on all ledger on commercial side Show less
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Education
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Institute of Credit Managers
Diploma of Education, Credit Management -
University of Westminster
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Business Studies Finance -
ACCA
Accounting, Student