Credit Manager

Credit Manager – Northampton
Location: Northampton
Hours: Full-time, Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £38,000 - £42,000

Pertemps are recruiting for a client in Northampton who themselves on delivering innovative solutions to our customers while fostering a collaborative and supportive work environment for employees.

The Role
We are seeking an experienced Credit Manager to join our Finance team at our Northampton site. This is a pivotal, business-critical role reporting directly to the Financial Controller, with occasional travel to other UK sites, customers, and credit meetings.
You will be responsible for overseeing the end-to-end management of customer accounts, from query resolution through to cash collection. You will regularly review and monitor customer terms, credit limits, and pricing decisions in collaboration with Account Managers and the Customer Service team. This role also provides support across other sites, becoming a key partner in daily operations.
Additionally, you will lead and develop a small team of Credit Controllers, creating a solid foundation for the function and ensuring consistent, high-quality processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and mentor a small team of Credit Controllers, building capability and ensuring best practices.
• Oversee all aspects of credit control, including query resolution, cash collection, and customer account management.
• Monitor customer terms, credit limits, and pricing decisions in partnership with commercial teams.
• Support month-end processes including KPI reporting, manual credit/invoice processing, inter-company reconciliations, and aged debt reviews.
• Assist with ad-hoc reporting, including support for plastic pallet accounting and other finance requests.
• Act as a finance lead within the Credit Control function, supporting decision-making alongside the Financial Controller / FD.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes, simplify workflows, and improve efficiency.

Person Specification

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a senior Credit Controller or Credit Manager role.
• Experience working within a finance function, ideally in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong communication skills with confidence to engage multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent planning, organisational, and problem-solving abilities.
• IT literate, with strong Excel, Word, Outlook skills and the ability to navigate accounting systems.
• A pragmatic, driven self-starter with the ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.
• Solid understanding of finance operations within a group, including month-end processes, reporting deadlines, and journal postings.

Desirable:

• Qualification in Credit Management (CICM or equivalent).

Why join this company?
Join this global business that values your expertise, invests in your development, and encourages innovation. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in a critical finance function and make a real impact on the business.

Interested? Please click apply.