News UK is a company full of talented, dedicated and creative people. We are an ambitious and ever-growing organisation with a passion for storytelling, capturing moments, meaning and magic to make sense of the world. Our newspapers reach more than 30 million people each week and include The Sun, The Times and The Sunday Times. News UK is also home to Wireless, a leading UK and Irish media company boasting independent local and national radio stations.

Your Role: You will take full ownership of the Credit Control function for Tibus, Simply Zesty and The Web Bureau. Including billing, management of customers, chasing and securing payment within agreed terms of business, receiving incoming emails and telephone calls from customers and providing regular reports to meet set targets, KPI's and deadlines.

Day to Day:

• Chase collection of outstanding payments from customers and handle all incoming queries.

• Investigate and raise account queries, monitor and chase resolved queries and maintain accurate customer records.

• Action all queries/ emails within agreed timescales/ SLA's.

• Provide Monthly Cash Flow forecast for assigned ledgers and raise journal amendments.

• Action monthly aged debtor report downloads and issue dunning notices.

• Record and analyse data to provide comprehensive reporting, attending ledger review meetings to provide data and reasons for outstanding invoices.

• Review unallocated cash across all accounts and contact customers.

• Validate and upload completed billing templates, reconcile the monthly billing and raise and process refund requests.

• Manage and maintain Direct Debit customer monthly payments.

What we're looking for from you:

• A Credit Controller with an excellent understanding of Credit Control practices and procedures who is looking for a challenging, fast paced role with tight deadlines.

• Excellent IT skills including intermediate/advanced Excel (VLOOKUP/Pivot Tables) and ideally experience using Google Workspace/G Suite (Gmail and docs). A working knowledge of SAP would also be advantageous.

• Strong attention to detail, analytical and data management skills along with the ability to manage various work streams simultaneously.

• An excellent team player capable of flexibility and working with ambiguity.

• Proactive and self-motivated, demonstrating the ability to work under your own initiative.

• Excellent organisation skills and communication skills with experience of process improvements and developing reporting tools for management and exec level.

What's in it for you? You will work in a busy dynamic team with plenty of opportunity to challenge existing processes and develop your current skills. We are always looking to improve our systems and processes so there will be an opportunity

Flexible Working: At News UK some of us work flexibly, in many different ways. Please talk to us at the interview about the flexibility you need. We can't promise to offer exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.

NewsUK Benefits

We take pride in looking after our amazing talent at News UK. Alongside pay, we offer:

• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%;

• A comprehensive private medical scheme covering pre-existing conditions;

• Maternity leave of up to 18 weeks full basic salary and paternity leave of up 2 weeks full basic salary;

• Discounted rates for Fitness First gym membership for employees and immediate family;

• A range of different flexible working options, which can be requested by employees;

• Interest free commuter loan of up to £10,000 tax free

• 'Bikes For Work' scheme to save income tax and national insurance;

• Up to four Volunteering Days per year for employees to use on charities of choice;

• Wide range of internal and external training available, plus full eLearning access via LinkedIn Learning.

Equal opportunities:

We are a diverse team and strive to maximise and encourage every individual's potential. We want to create a productive environment where everyone feels valued, and where talents are fully recognised, utilised and celebrated.

News UK is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to providing equal opportunities for all its employees and applicants. We oppose all forms of discrimination in the workplace. We thrive when we champion diversity and inclusion. We make better decisions, we're stronger and happier, and it's the right thing to do.