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Credit Controllers

Credit controllers perform financial, administrative and other tasks in relation to credit control and debt collection.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£10,154
£24,780
£40,052

New workers start around £10,154. Normal pay is £24,780 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £40,052.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 56,272 vacancies for this type of job

4.41%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Arranges for the collection of arrears of payment.

  • Checks that accounting, recording and statutory procedures are adhered to for all credit transactions.

  • Deals with any enquiries or difficulties concerning the acceptance or rejection of credit applications.

  • Arranges for investigations of the credit worthiness of individuals or companies.

  • Receives requests for credit submissions and lending proposals.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Credit Control

  • Finance

  • Invoicing

  • Accounting

  • Ledgers (Accounting)

  • Accounts Receivable

  • Reconciliation

  • Billing

  • Cash Collection

  • Financial Statements

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communication

  • Detail Oriented

  • Management

  • Sales

  • Customer Service

  • Collections

  • Microsoft Excel

  • Problem Solving

  • Microsoft Office

  • Organizational Skills

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.