Interim Credit Controller · Hybrid

Job Opportunity – Interim Credit Controller - South of England

A local authority client of mine are currently on the lookout for an Interim Credit Controller to join their team.

Contract Duration: 3 Months (Likely to extend)

Rate: DOE

IR35: Inside.

Hybrid: X2-3 days in office per week.

Days: X5 days per week is the preference but could also consider someone working 3 or 4 days.

Start Date: ASAP

Your role delivers:

• Proven experience in credit control, debt management, and income recovery.
• Strong knowledge of local authority exchequer services (AP, AR, debt).
• Ability to analyse aged debt and take proportionate recovery action.
• Experience managing invoicing, billing accuracy, and customer accounts.
• Understanding of prompt payment, supplier query resolution, and AP controls.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to manage sensitive cases, including vulnerability and hardship.
• Strong financial systems and Excel skills with high attention to detail.
• Experience supporting or supervising staff and coordinating workloads.
• Knowledge of financial regulations, audit requirements, and internal controls.
• A culture of continuous improvement of systems and processes within the Finance Service.
• Prepare working papers, reconciliations, and technical notes for audit purposes, acting as a key contact for external auditors on designated areas of AR, AP and debt management.
• High quality financial information to budget holders, Finance Team members, Internal and External Auditors and Government departments.
• Provide training and support to finance staff and service managers on system use and best practice.
• Reliable and robust financial information to the Chief Financial Officer and the Head of Finance in collaboration with the Principal Accountant Corporate strand and Principal Business Partner.
• Full compliance with GDPR principles and the councils’ Information Management Policy.
• Support the mentoring and development of junior finance staff by sharing technical expertise and acting as a point of escalation.

Successful candidates:

• Minimum AAT qualified.
• Local authority experience is desirable but not essential.
• It is essential that candidates will work a minimum of X2 days in office per week, but ideally X3 days.
• AR & Cashiering experience is more desired rather than AP.
• Candidates must have good exchequer experience.