Credit Controller - 6 month FTC

Posted:
8/23/2024, 2:22:55 AM

Location(s):
Reigate and Banstead, England, United Kingdom ⋅ England, United Kingdom

Experience Level(s):
Junior ⋅ Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Customer Success & Support

Workplace Type:
Hybrid

Who Are We?

Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That’s the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry for over 160 years. Join us to discover a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. Imagine loving what you do and where you do it.

Job Category

Finance and Accounting

Target Openings

1

What Is the Opportunity?

Travelers Europe is looking for a Credit Controller to join us on a 6 month Fixed Term Contract in our Redhill office!

Working as part of a team, you will collect premium due from our brokers within their credit terms. You will deal with instalment application forms, resolve broker queries that at times might need you to connect with our Underwriters. You will also perform reconciliations.

Travelers Europe currently offers flexibility to employees who wish to work on a hybrid basis in accordance with our Hybrid Work Arrangements Policy. This entails full time employees working three days a week in the office and two days at home (or pro rata for part-time employees). This policy may be changed at the Company’s discretion.

What Will You Do?

  • Accurately record, input, allocate and scan cash received.
  • Process and reconcile outgoing payment requests.
  • Taking a proactive role in managing portfolio of debtors.
  • Perform daily and monthly complex Broker ledger reconciliations
  • Responding to relevant and complex queries and delivering excellent service
  • Evaluate information received regarding o/s debt and bring queries to a resolution with Stakeholders, Underwriters & Policy admin teams
  • Ensure that default procedures are adhered to. Liaising with relevant Underwriting teams as necessary.
  • Agree performance targets and work towards successful achievement.
  • Liaise with overseas partners in the collection of their debt.
  • Prepare, submit, and maintain bad debts sent to Debt Collectors.
  • Assist in month end closure of receipting, allocations, and Broker reconciliations
  • Liaise with the Credit Control Manager on any account issue in excess of individual handling authority or outside personal experience.

What is a Must Have?

  • Previous credit control experience.

Education, Work Experience, & Knowledge

  • Credit control experience within insurance or within a Business to Business (B2B) environment preferred.
  • Good working experience of excel and word.

Job Specific Technical Skills & Competencies

  • Strong analytical skills
  • Good relationship building skills both with internal and external stakeholders
  • Good I.T. System skills
  • MS Office Excel to Intermediate level (pivot tables and look ups)

Employment Practices

Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We value the unique abilities and talents each individual brings to our organization and recognize that we benefit in numerous ways from our differences. 


If you are a candidate and have specific questions regarding the physical requirements of this role, please send us an email so we may assist you.


Travelers reserves the right to fill this position at a level above or below the level included in this posting.

To learn more about our comprehensive benefit programs please visit http://careers.travelers.com/life-at-travelers/benefits/.