As a credit controller, you will play a strategic role within the Finance function & be a business partner to Sales. You will be responsible for driving commercial excellence through robust financial controls, insightful performance analysis, and proactive risk management.

Also you will drive strategic financial planning, forecasting, and performance analysis for high-growth business. This role partners closely with cross-functional teams and senior leadership, playing a key role in data-driven decision-making and long-term planning.

Commercial Controls & Credit risk management:

• Review and release credit approval requests ensuring adherence to credit policy and authorization matrix.
• Lead the achievement of key commercial KPIs (DSO, overdue AR percentages, Debtors Provision and bad debt recovery) with a focus on data-driven decision-making.
• Design, implement, and regularly update Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and control policies.
• Ensure adequate credit management process balancing controls with growth objectives. Prepare and monitor receivables ageing, analyse payment trends, recovery efforts and proactively identify risk exposures.
• Continuously improve collection processes, drive accountability across teams and period reviews with Sales and Service branch/regional managers.
• Report weekly customer order intake, analyse margin, terms of payment and billing schedule.
• Monitor audit findings and ensure timely implementation of corrective measures.

Financial Planning & Analysis:

• Prepare end-to-end financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting across functions.

• Manage annual and rolling forecasts for 12-month, next year PLAN and 5 year long range plans.

• Analyse current and past trends in key performance indicators, including all areas of revenue, cost of sales, expenses, capital expenditures and working capital.

• Monitor performance indicators, highlighting trends and analysing causes of unexpected variance

• Oversee and manage the continued development of Budgeting, Financial Forecasting, Operating Plan, and Modelling tools (budget vs actual analysis, deep understanding of KPI metrics)

• Prepare Monthly forecast reports, schedules and HFM uploading.

• Supporting senior management team and department heads with in-depth analysis
• Support Finance Head/ senior management team with robust data during month end and periodic reviews.

• Calculate Sales incentives and payout factors

• Continuously improve the planning process for speed, accuracy, and efficiency.

Education:

• Chartered Accountant

Experience:

• 5 to 7 years of post-qualification experience in corporate finance with a focus FP&A/credit controllership
• Strong command of Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, advanced formulas, and data analysis.
• Experience in using ERP systems, preferably SAP.
• Experience in reporting tools, preferably Hyperion (HFM)

Soft Skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Effective verbal and written communication abilities.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet tight deadlines.