Credit Controller

Introduction:
The Economist Group is a global media and information-services company who exist to champion progress with customers currently spread across 159 countries and an active subscriber base of 1.2 million. We provide individuals and organisations with the expertise, insights and perspective to press forward.

The Finance team’s vision is to partner with the Group in driving profitable growth, through finance excellence. We support our businesses to make effective commercial and operational decisions; provide information and analysis to management and the Board to support strategic decisions; manage working capital to quickly convert profit into cash; develop and maintain a strong control environment to comply with legal, statutory and tax legislation in all territories we operate in.

With over 100 Finance professionals operating from offices in London, New York, Hong Kong & Gurugram, we are rapidly building a substantial presence in Gurugram to become our largest finance hub. You will be joining our global organisation at a pivotal moment, working with finance and business colleagues from around the globe to deliver the Finance vision.

**The Business**:

- **A**n iconic brand with a history dating back 179 years
- A truly global business with customers in over 150 countries
- A unique combination of B2B and B2C Businesses

**The Finance Team**:

- Be part of our Finance Transformation programme, reshaping our processes and the technology we use
- Work closely with finance and business colleagues from around the globe
- ability to influence in an organization of 1,600 people

**The role**

Currently we are looking for an experienced Credit Controller to work within the Group’s global Credit Control team in Gurugram, the Group’s second largest office.

The focus of the role will be on ensuring timely collections from a portfolio of business clients, minimising the risk of slow or uncollectible debt through efficient collections.

The position will report into the Credit Manager and involve building close working partnerships with our clients, our sales teams as well as with other colleagues within the Credit Control team and Billing teams. There will also be close interaction with the Global Process Owners for Credit Control and Billing based in London along with Regional Finance Gatekeepers in London, New York and Hong Kong.

Accountabilities:
**Credit controlling a portfolio of client accounts**
- Working in the framework of the Group Credit Policy, managing accounts receivable client accounts ensuring payments are made in a timely manner
- Manage your client portfolio ensuring sales invoices are received and all of the necessary data is included on your client invoices to minimise payment delays
- Provide client statements including schedules for 3rd party reps and consolidated agency statements as necessary
- Develop relationships with the internal business partners to support the order to cash function
- Providing sales representatives client status reports regarding overdue accounts receivable balances and requesting support as required
- Manage and coordinate any queries that are raised by clients with the relevant internal business partners to ensure timely resolution to release client funds
- Coordinate any barter invoices, credit card payments and cash deductions with the Credit Control Administrator

**Credit Control Administration**
- Support the Credit Control Administrator with any on boarding requirements
- Assist in creating Portal accounts as part of the client on boarding process where necessary
- Ensure your portfolio sales invoices are loaded onto 3rd party portals as required

**Account Receivable processing**
- Account Receivable cleansing and matching to maintain a clean portfolio
- Support the processing of: withholding tax clearings; Accounts Receivable/Accounts Payable Contra transactions and; Accounts Receivable refunds

**Supporting the Credit Manager and Credit Control Administrator**
- Support The Credit Manager in periodical reporting
- Support The Credit Manager and Credit Control Administrator on any adhoc tasks

Experience, skills and professional attributes:

- **Education and training**
- Strong academics
- Affiliated with credit professional body
- **Previous work experience**
- Experience within a credit control team managing a portfolio of accounts receivable clients
- Exposure with 3rd party client accounts receivable portals
- Working with cross functional commercial stakeholders
- Understand accounting principles managing finance postings in an ERP system
- **Technology**
- MS Office, Intermediate to Advanced Excel
- Credit Management system
- ERP (PeopleSoft (preferred))