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About ADVANCED ENGINEERING GROUP:

Advanced Engineering Group is a UK based engineering group supplying, servicing, and repairing actuators, drives, and control systems for customers across the UK and internationally. Our client base spans a range of demanding industrial sectors and includes a significant and growing portfolio of overseas accounts, particularly across the Middle East and Far East. As we continue to grow, we are strengthening our finance function to support the business and its customers.

Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced and personable Credit Controller to take ownership of our sales ledger and cash collection, while supporting our Finance Manager in the day-to-day running of the wider finance function. This is a hands-on, relationship-led role for someone who understands that effective credit control in an engineering business is built on the telephone and on genuine working relationships, not on email alone. The successful candidate will be confident managing international customers, including the additional considerations that come with trading across the Middle East and Far East.

Key Responsibilities:

• Credit Control & Cash Collection: Take ownership of the sales ledger, proactively chasing outstanding payments and reducing aged debt and days sales outstanding (DSO). Use the telephone as the primary means of collection, building rapport and resolving matters directly rather than relying on email.
• International Account Management: Manage overseas customer accounts with confidence, particularly across the Middle East and Far East, taking account of extended payment terms, currency considerations, export documentation, and letters of credit where applicable.
• Key Account Relationships: Develop strong, trusted relationships with customers and key accounts, becoming a recognised and reliable point of contact who understands each account and its payment behaviour.
• Credit Risk & New Accounts: Carry out credit checks, set and review credit limits, open new accounts, and monitor credit exposure across the ledger to protect the business.
• Query & Dispute Resolution: Work closely with the sales and operations teams to investigate and resolve invoice queries and disputes promptly, keeping cash moving.
• Finance Function Support: Support the Finance Manager with the broader running of the finance function, including bank reconciliations, purchase ledger support, month-end tasks, and assisting with management reporting as the role develops.
• Reporting: Produce accurate aged debtor reports and cash collection forecasts, and keep management informed of risks, overdue accounts, and collection progress.
• Process Improvement: Identify and support improvements to credit control procedures and systems, contributing to the wider drive to modernise and digitalise the group’s financial processes.

Qualifications:

• Education:

◦ A good standard of general education. Practical, proven credit control and sales ledger management within export markets is valued although formal accounting qualifications such as AAT or CIMA would be beneficial.

• Experience:

◦ Proven credit control experience gained within a UK engineering, manufacturing, or industrial business.

◦ Demonstrable experience of managing international customers, particularly in the Middle East and Far East, including familiarity with export documentation and letters of credit.

◦ A confident, telephone-first approach to collections and relationship building.

• Skills:

◦ Excellent telephone manner and interpersonal skills, with a natural ability to build rapport and hold firm but constructive conversations.

◦ Sound understanding of international trade payment mechanisms and the practicalities of collecting from overseas accounts.

◦ Competent in accounting or ERP software, and confident with Microsoft Excel, including reconciliations.

◦ Well organised and accurate, able to manage a busy ledger independently.

• Attributes: Proactive, tenacious, and personable, with the maturity to represent the business professionally and the ambition to grow within the finance function.

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary, dependent on experience.
• A comprehensive benefits package, including a pension scheme, heath care, gym membership and EV charging.
• Support for relevant professional development in credit control and export account management.
• A genuine opportunity to broaden your finance experience and progress within a growing engineering group.

Pay: £30,000.00-£40,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Free parking
• Gym membership
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Private dental insurance
• Private medical insurance
• Profit sharing
• Sick pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Keighley BD20 0EF: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

• Experience in Credit Control in Export for a UK Business

Experience:

• Credit Control: 3 years (required)

Work Location: In person