Credit Control Manager

We are working with a leading Insurer for a Credit Control Manager. The business is a top performing MGA across specialty syndicates. Based either in London or Croydon reporting to the Financial Controller, this role is ownership of the credit control function of the insurer overseeing a small team.

The core responsibilities of this role are:

• Ownership of all Credit Control functions including aged debt and unallocated cash analysis for the respective entity and forge strong working relationships with key stakeholders.
• Ensure the allocation of premium receipts on a timely basis across all MGAs, engaging with appropriate teams
• Follow up overdue premiums, missing payments and unallocated cash in accordance with the Company's Credit Control policy.
• Ensuring the appropriate treatment of Technical payments – return premiums, NCBs and profit commissions
• Understand and feedback on the data entry process from end to end to identify data quality issues that should be corrected at source.
• Development, preparation and analysis of reports covering aged debt and unallocated cash to be presented and reviewed at the monthly credit control review meetings.
• Responsible for monthly bank reconciliations for underwriting accounts covering all currencies.
• Keep Financial Controller and Finance Manager fully informed of the status of any projects assigned, and the progress any new initiatives

The successful candidate will have:

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience working as a credit controller in the insurance sector (preferably London Market in Specialty Lines)
• Advance competency in MS Office applications: Word, Outlook and Excel (especially vlookup, pivot tables, sumif(s), countif(s))