Bilingual French & German Speaking Credit Controller required for a Manchester based company. £35k Hybrid Your new company Based in the heart of Manchester, you will join a forward thinking supportive and established organisation who due to continued success & growth have a new role opening for a French & German Speaking (Bilingual) Credit Controller to join their credit control team! Your new role As the Bilingual French & German Credit Controller (Fluent French, German & English - verbal and written) you will have your own portfolio of clients and be responsible for your own ledger. Contacting your b2b customers by telephone and email regarding overdue debts, building relations and assisting with any queries relating to payments, you will manage your portfolio in order to run a clean ledger and maintain a healthy cash-flow for the business. With your drive and desire to succeed, together with a professional and personable nature, you will join an established busy credit department where you will work on a hybrid basis. What you'll need to succeed Fluent in French, German & English (Speaking and written form) Credit Control experienced ideally/AR or Billing will be considered Computer proficient Able to manage and prioritise Work as part of a team What you'll get in return With an abundance of benefits on offer including Hybrid working, health and wellbeing gym discounts and a supportive career developmental programme you will be joining a company that cares about its employees. Monday to Friday Hybrid 3 days office, 2 days working from home Support with development Contemporary offices 25days holidays +BH What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. #
Oct 22, 2025
Full time
Bilingual French & German Speaking Credit Controller required for a Manchester based company. £35k Hybrid Your new company Based in the heart of Manchester, you will join a forward thinking supportive and established organisation who due to continued success & growth have a new role opening for a French & German Speaking (Bilingual) Credit Controller to join their credit control team! Your new role As the Bilingual French & German Credit Controller (Fluent French, German & English - verbal and written) you will have your own portfolio of clients and be responsible for your own ledger. Contacting your b2b customers by telephone and email regarding overdue debts, building relations and assisting with any queries relating to payments, you will manage your portfolio in order to run a clean ledger and maintain a healthy cash-flow for the business. With your drive and desire to succeed, together with a professional and personable nature, you will join an established busy credit department where you will work on a hybrid basis. What you'll need to succeed Fluent in French, German & English (Speaking and written form) Credit Control experienced ideally/AR or Billing will be considered Computer proficient Able to manage and prioritise Work as part of a team What you'll get in return With an abundance of benefits on offer including Hybrid working, health and wellbeing gym discounts and a supportive career developmental programme you will be joining a company that cares about its employees. Monday to Friday Hybrid 3 days office, 2 days working from home Support with development Contemporary offices 25days holidays +BH What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. #
Ideas People Trust We're BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today's changing world. We work with the companies that are Britain's economic engine - ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them. We'll broaden your horizons Working with every department at BDO, our Finance team helps us meet relevant legal requirements that ensure our firm operates effectively in a tightly-regulated field. They implement strategies that help us innovate - like combining new technology with traditional financial processes to make us even more digital. As part of this friendly team, you'll enjoy flexible hours and have opportunities to take responsibility for the delivery of quality work. With your colleagues behind you, you'll embrace change, new ideas and have an impact on the future of our firm. We'll help you succeed Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long-lasting relationships. You'll be someone who is both comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO's partners to help businesses effectively. You'll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with. In this challenging and rewarding role you'll: Conduct regular face-to-face meetings with stakeholders regarding their debt portfolios Monitor queries and disputes, ensure the appropriate escalation Ensure consistent application of the firm's debt provisioning policy Ensure that the debtors ledger contains minimal adjustments and where appropriate that overpayments or payments on account are properly returned, applied or cleared Ensure that there are minimal unallocated cash receipts Enforce consistent BDO credit control procedures Review and analyse aged debt against defined metrics Actively chase all overdue debt within the allotted portfolio and update Partners/Managers as appropriate Maintain accurate and up to date client notes following conversations with clients, using Workday to record status Prepare daily / weekly / monthly summary reports Identify problem debts that require escalation and liaise with Credit Control Manager as appropriate Where necessary, engage and manage the process of debts that need to go legal Ensure that bills raised are sent out to clients in a timely manner Work with the accounts receivable team in respect of cash receipts and remittance details to aid effective and accurate allocation Ongoing liaison with other credit controllers across the Firm as required (including attending monthly conference calls) Ensure that credit notes are processed correctly, monitoring reasons for credit notes being raised Provide client base with monthly statements of account as appropriate Prepare manual excel template statements when required Produce copy bills or summary backup if required for clients Requirements Fluency in German. French and Spanish would be an additional advantage Professional services experience Workday experience would be preferred. Finance and/or Credit Control background. Excel skills to a competent level. Supervisory experience of a team. Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to present confidently and convincingly to management Strong interpersonal skills with ability to both motivate individuals and deal professionally with performance issues Commitment to delivering exceptional client service to internal and external stakeholders You'll be able to be yourself; we'll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business. We're committed to agile working, and we offer every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams, and the task at hand. At BDO, we'll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development. We're in it together Mutual support and respect is one of BDO's core values and we're proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we'll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs. Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you'll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work. We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, so we've invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO's people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we'll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you'll never stop learning at BDO. We're looking forward to the future At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, which is why we're always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions We've got a clear purpose, and we're confident in our future, because we're adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.
Oct 03, 2025
Full time
Ideas People Trust We're BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today's changing world. We work with the companies that are Britain's economic engine - ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them. We'll broaden your horizons Working with every department at BDO, our Finance team helps us meet relevant legal requirements that ensure our firm operates effectively in a tightly-regulated field. They implement strategies that help us innovate - like combining new technology with traditional financial processes to make us even more digital. As part of this friendly team, you'll enjoy flexible hours and have opportunities to take responsibility for the delivery of quality work. With your colleagues behind you, you'll embrace change, new ideas and have an impact on the future of our firm. We'll help you succeed Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long-lasting relationships. You'll be someone who is both comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO's partners to help businesses effectively. You'll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with. In this challenging and rewarding role you'll: Conduct regular face-to-face meetings with stakeholders regarding their debt portfolios Monitor queries and disputes, ensure the appropriate escalation Ensure consistent application of the firm's debt provisioning policy Ensure that the debtors ledger contains minimal adjustments and where appropriate that overpayments or payments on account are properly returned, applied or cleared Ensure that there are minimal unallocated cash receipts Enforce consistent BDO credit control procedures Review and analyse aged debt against defined metrics Actively chase all overdue debt within the allotted portfolio and update Partners/Managers as appropriate Maintain accurate and up to date client notes following conversations with clients, using Workday to record status Prepare daily / weekly / monthly summary reports Identify problem debts that require escalation and liaise with Credit Control Manager as appropriate Where necessary, engage and manage the process of debts that need to go legal Ensure that bills raised are sent out to clients in a timely manner Work with the accounts receivable team in respect of cash receipts and remittance details to aid effective and accurate allocation Ongoing liaison with other credit controllers across the Firm as required (including attending monthly conference calls) Ensure that credit notes are processed correctly, monitoring reasons for credit notes being raised Provide client base with monthly statements of account as appropriate Prepare manual excel template statements when required Produce copy bills or summary backup if required for clients Requirements Fluency in German. French and Spanish would be an additional advantage Professional services experience Workday experience would be preferred. Finance and/or Credit Control background. Excel skills to a competent level. Supervisory experience of a team. Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to present confidently and convincingly to management Strong interpersonal skills with ability to both motivate individuals and deal professionally with performance issues Commitment to delivering exceptional client service to internal and external stakeholders You'll be able to be yourself; we'll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business. We're committed to agile working, and we offer every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams, and the task at hand. At BDO, we'll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development. We're in it together Mutual support and respect is one of BDO's core values and we're proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we'll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs. Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you'll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work. We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, so we've invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO's people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we'll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you'll never stop learning at BDO. We're looking forward to the future At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, which is why we're always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions We've got a clear purpose, and we're confident in our future, because we're adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.
Please note this role is for a permanent role. The applicant must be fluent in written and spoken German. SThree are pleased to announce we're recruiting for a talented Credit Controller DACH to join our excellent team. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining a portfolio of clients and applying collection activity in line with current processes and protocol to ensure that timely invoice payments are met. The role requires excellent communication skills and the ability to problem solve, supporting the delivery of effective resolution of client disputes and stakeholder queries. The credit controller should also be able to demonstrate effective communication at all levels, regularly reviewing their respective portfolio with regional partners and collaborating with other internal functions to resolve any challenges and improve customer experience. About us SThree is the global STEM-specialist talent partner that connects sought-after specialists in life sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics with innovative organisations across the world. We are the number one destination for talent in the best STEM markets: Recruiting highly skilled professionals and discovering life-changing jobs for the unsung heroes who will positively shape our future. Elevating expertise and energising progress for everyone. What are the day-to-day tasks? Manage a portfolio of client accounts ensuring invoices are paid promptly Utilising all available communication channels, prioritising telephone contact Utilise relationships with key stakeholders to drive query resolution and payment Ensure a best in class client experience Deliver monthly debt, cash collection and DSO targets Produce monthly customer statements Work collaboratively with Sales Ledger, Placement Support and Billing to maintain accurate customer records, including but not limited to; payment allocation, master data management, credit note application etc Attend regular ledger reviews with Credit Control Manager/Team Leader Select and escalate accounts to Legal or Trade Debt Partners where appropriate Maintain accurate records in SAP Managing financial compliance and adherence to SThree process Support Credit Control Team Lead with ad hoc initiatives What skills and knowledge are we looking for? Fluent German speaker & writer Extensive collections experience, preferably in a B2B environment Good knowledge of O2C processes Working knowledge of credit risk principles Significant experience of managing a high volume ledger Good working knowledge of SAP Qualifications 2+ years working experience in a relevant role Benefits for our U.K. teams include: The choice to work flexibly from home and the office, in line with our hybrid working principles Bonus linked to company and personal performance Generous 28 days holiday allowance, plus public holidays Annual leave purchase scheme Five days paid Caregiver/Dependant leave per annum Five paid days off per year for volunteering Private health care, discounted dental insurance and health care cash back scheme Opportunity to participate in the company share scheme Access to a range of retail discounts and saving What we stand for We're committed to ensuring for our colleagues, candidates and communities, that all processes are equitable, and everyone is treated with fairness and dignity where everyone belongs, is valued and is connected. If you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments in submitting your application, please let us know, and we'll be happy to help. What we stand for We create community and deliver change that transforms the future for everyone. With this in mind, we're committed to ensuring for our colleagues, candidates and communities, that all processes are equitable and everyone is treated with fairness and dignity where everyone belongs, is valued and is connected. If you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments in submitting your application, please let us know, and we'll be happy to help.
Oct 01, 2025
Full time
Please note this role is for a permanent role. The applicant must be fluent in written and spoken German. SThree are pleased to announce we're recruiting for a talented Credit Controller DACH to join our excellent team. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining a portfolio of clients and applying collection activity in line with current processes and protocol to ensure that timely invoice payments are met. The role requires excellent communication skills and the ability to problem solve, supporting the delivery of effective resolution of client disputes and stakeholder queries. The credit controller should also be able to demonstrate effective communication at all levels, regularly reviewing their respective portfolio with regional partners and collaborating with other internal functions to resolve any challenges and improve customer experience. About us SThree is the global STEM-specialist talent partner that connects sought-after specialists in life sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics with innovative organisations across the world. We are the number one destination for talent in the best STEM markets: Recruiting highly skilled professionals and discovering life-changing jobs for the unsung heroes who will positively shape our future. Elevating expertise and energising progress for everyone. What are the day-to-day tasks? Manage a portfolio of client accounts ensuring invoices are paid promptly Utilising all available communication channels, prioritising telephone contact Utilise relationships with key stakeholders to drive query resolution and payment Ensure a best in class client experience Deliver monthly debt, cash collection and DSO targets Produce monthly customer statements Work collaboratively with Sales Ledger, Placement Support and Billing to maintain accurate customer records, including but not limited to; payment allocation, master data management, credit note application etc Attend regular ledger reviews with Credit Control Manager/Team Leader Select and escalate accounts to Legal or Trade Debt Partners where appropriate Maintain accurate records in SAP Managing financial compliance and adherence to SThree process Support Credit Control Team Lead with ad hoc initiatives What skills and knowledge are we looking for? Fluent German speaker & writer Extensive collections experience, preferably in a B2B environment Good knowledge of O2C processes Working knowledge of credit risk principles Significant experience of managing a high volume ledger Good working knowledge of SAP Qualifications 2+ years working experience in a relevant role Benefits for our U.K. teams include: The choice to work flexibly from home and the office, in line with our hybrid working principles Bonus linked to company and personal performance Generous 28 days holiday allowance, plus public holidays Annual leave purchase scheme Five days paid Caregiver/Dependant leave per annum Five paid days off per year for volunteering Private health care, discounted dental insurance and health care cash back scheme Opportunity to participate in the company share scheme Access to a range of retail discounts and saving What we stand for We're committed to ensuring for our colleagues, candidates and communities, that all processes are equitable, and everyone is treated with fairness and dignity where everyone belongs, is valued and is connected. If you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments in submitting your application, please let us know, and we'll be happy to help. What we stand for We create community and deliver change that transforms the future for everyone. With this in mind, we're committed to ensuring for our colleagues, candidates and communities, that all processes are equitable and everyone is treated with fairness and dignity where everyone belongs, is valued and is connected. If you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments in submitting your application, please let us know, and we'll be happy to help.