Credit Controller (6M FTC)

Are you looking for your next challenge? This is a great opportunity to join Nottingham High School as a Credit Controller for a fixed term contract of 6 months. This position will support our Finance Team and wider stakeholders to administer various financial and operations related tasks.

With great customer service skills and strong attention to detail, the ideal candidate will possess the organisational skills and the ability to manage various tasks and projects. In addition to this; a positive, flexible approach to work and duties, and the ability to deliver consistent quality and reliability through their methodical approach to work.

Nottingham High School is rich in tradition and has been educating children for more than 500 years. Most important, it is a community and the people who work here believe that they can make a difference to children at the school. If you would like to join a dynamic and inclusive environment, where we enable all of our staff to be the best that they can be, then we would love to hear from you.

The salary is from £30,000 (dependant on experience) per annum plus competitive employee benefits.

The hours are 8:00am - 4:30pm Monday to Friday with 1 hour unpaid lunch break each day.

Please note that to apply for this role you must complete our Application Form which is found at https://www.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/contact-us-1/current-vacancies/item/1073/credit-controller-6-month-ftc

JOB DESCRIPTION

Primary Purpose

To administer various finance and operational related tasks and to support the Finance Department.

• To chase payments for fees from parents and ensure tight control on any outstanding balances
• To chase payments for fees from parents and ensure tight control on any outstanding balances
• To organise and control regular streams of cash, cheque and card income for ifinance posting and for regular banking
• To assist in the administration of the music income and refunds, working with the music administrator closely
• Good communication skills, working with key stakeholders on all bank and debt related queries
• To assist with all aspects of the sales ledger requirements across the Infant, Junior and Senior schools, which will include raising of sales invoices, posting of invoices and allocation of receipts and maintenance of credit control all using ifinance, Wisepay and Worldpay
• To assist with the control of petty cash income and expenses
• To assist with the application of discounts to invoices i.e Scholarships, Bursaries and Staff discounts
• To assist with ordering of goods/ supplies/services
• To assist with the management and support for Wisepay income
• Preparation of monthly Aged debt reporting and close management of potential bad debt
• Communication with leadership regarding escalation of bad debt and with external debt collection agency
• To undertake various other finance tasks found in a small finance office including staff cover for other finance areas
• To undertake other tasks reasonably requested by management including, if necessary, outside the finance and operations department.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Qualifications:

• Desirable: AAT or equivalent

Experience:

• Previous work using accounting software
• Microsoft Office Suite 2010
• iFinance

Competencies & Personal Attributes:

• Organisational skills and the ability to manage various tasks and projects.
• Sound literacy skills and highly numerate
• Excellent customer service skills
• Good written and verbal communication
• Computer literate including use of online facilities
• Ability to work in a small office environment
• Discretion and confidentiality
• Excellent team working skills
• Ability to communicate with staff at all levels
• Self-motivation and ability to work on own initiative to meet deadlines
• Good attention to detail and an ability to deliver consistent quality and reliability through a methodical approach to work
• A positive, flexible approach to work and duties and a willingness to undertake occasional work outside normal hours

Nottingham High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and any appointment will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure as well as any other pre-employment checks. In addition, Nottingham High School does not hold a sponsor licence and does not have current plans to obtain one. Applicants must be aware of their individual responsibility to provide the necessary documents to confirm the right to work in the UK as a part of our pre-employment checks.

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract

Contract length: 6 months

Pay: From £30,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted or free food
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Private medical insurance
• Sick pay