Experience

Gresham Office Furniture

• United Kingdom
• Furniture and Home Furnishings Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Credit Controller

  • Apr 2005 - Present

• Credit Controller

  • Apr 2005 - Present

  ** Control of over 250 Live accounts with a £16million t/o, Accounts vary from sole traders to Large multinational Blue chips Duties include production of cash flow analysis, bad debt provision, production of debtor reports for board meetings, credit vetting, customer query resolution, sales ledger posting query resolution & processing delinquent accounts for legal action. Debt chasing by phone, email & letter to achieve agreed targets. The post has sole control of the credit control function, which entails interaction with all levels of the Company hierarchy. In my time in this post the debtor ratio has reduced from 81days to Low of 45 & bad debt write off has been reduced to less than 0.5 % of turnover Show less



Barlow Radiators

• Sales Ledger Administrator

  • Sep 2004 - Mar 2005

  , Leigh, Lancs. * Sales Ledger Control. 6 month Term contract to clear ledger problems for credit controllers , Leigh, Lancs. * Sales Ledger Control. 6 month Term contract to clear ledger problems for credit controllers



Hornby Street Ltd

• Credit controller

  • Jan 2002 - Sep 2004

  * Control Sales Ledger for 200 live accounts, Cash flow analysis, query resolving, reporting on results to Financial controller. * Control Sales Ledger for 200 live accounts, Cash flow analysis, query resolving, reporting on results to Financial controller.



Badenoch & Clark, Employment Agency

• Temp general ledger clerk

  • May 2001 - Dec 2001

  * Reconciliation and control of general ledger, credit control for Southern Region accounts @ Via Networks, ISP in Warrington. * Reconciliation and control of general ledger, credit control for Southern Region accounts @ Via Networks, ISP in Warrington.



Keyline Travel

• Credit Controller

  • Jan 1999 - May 2001

  * Seconded from Sodexho Vending Limited to Control sales ledger staff & credit control staff. Target. Allocating duties. Results reporting, reporting to the Finance Director. Control of 2 staff. * Seconded from Sodexho Vending Limited to Control sales ledger staff & credit control staff. Target. Allocating duties. Results reporting, reporting to the Finance Director. Control of 2 staff.



Sodexho Vending Ltd

• Temporary Credit Manager

  • Jun 1998 - Jan 1999

  * Maternity Cover, responsible for the recovery of product sales debt and vending machine hires and contract sales, control of 2 staff * Maternity Cover, responsible for the recovery of product sales debt and vending machine hires and contract sales, control of 2 staff



Royal Mail

• United Kingdom
• Freight and Package Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Temporary Clerk

  • Jun 1997 - Jun 1998

  * Telephone Credit Control, Contract Sales Administration * Telephone Credit Control, Contract Sales Administration



Leggett Freightways Ltd

• Credit Manager

  • Nov 1996 - Jun 1997

  * Manage the credit control department comprising 3 staff. The firm is the dedicated carrier for several catalogue companies which comprised the collection of goods from their various suppliers consolidation of loads and delivery to the various regional supply Warehouses. The duties included staff training, appraisals, setting targets, monitoring results, month end reports, processing delinquent accounts to litigation The Post responded to The Finance Director * Manage the credit control department comprising 3 staff. The firm is the dedicated carrier for several catalogue companies which comprised the collection of goods from their various suppliers consolidation of loads and delivery to the various regional supply Warehouses. The duties included staff training, appraisals, setting targets, monitoring results, month end reports, processing delinquent accounts to litigation The Post responded to The Finance Director



Archbold Freightage Ltd

• Credit Controller

  • Jan 1989 - Jan 1996

  * Control of the credit control function and supervision of 3 staff (Cashier & Sales ledger clerks) Duties included Credit vetting new accounts setting and re assessing credit limits for both new and existing accounts, setting recovery targets, resolving cash allocation and invoicing queries, preparation of accounts for litigation. Monthly reporting to the Finance Director. I was also the IT Manager for a period of 2 years. * Control of the credit control function and supervision of 3 staff (Cashier & Sales ledger clerks) Duties included Credit vetting new accounts setting and re assessing credit limits for both new and existing accounts, setting recovery targets, resolving cash allocation and invoicing queries, preparation of accounts for litigation. Monthly reporting to the Finance Director. I was also the IT Manager for a period of 2 years.



Bolton Evening News

• Credit Manager

  • Jan 1988 - Jan 1989

  Control of the Credit Control Department comprising of 12 staff responsible for the collection of debt accruing from the sale of Newspapers to newsagents, advertising to agencies and general public, vetting advertisements for input into the publication, production of the daily invoicing, Setting staff targets, Monitoring results, Training appraisal & discipline as required. Compiling monthly and Ad hoc Reports to the Finance Director. Control of purchasing of computer stationary and ancillaries. Show less



British Oxygen co. Ltd

• Department Supervisor

  • Jan 1973 - Jan 1988

  * Supervision of the Government Accounts department. Comprising 2 staff. Dealing with all aspects of debt accruing from the sale of Industrial, Medical & Special Gasses to HM Government (MOD * Supervision of the Government Accounts department. Comprising 2 staff. Dealing with all aspects of debt accruing from the sale of Industrial, Medical & Special Gasses to HM Government (MOD



Norweb

• Utilities
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Accountancy Trainee

  • Jan 1968 - Jan 1973

  To spend a designated period of time in all the departments of the South Lancs. Area Office To spend a designated period of time in all the departments of the South Lancs. Area Office