Credit Control & AR Business Partner

🚨 Credit Control & AR Business Partner – Permanent Opportunity

📍 Central Birmingham – Hybrid Working (2 days office‑based)

£45,000 – £55,000 (Depending on Experience)

We’re partnering with a fast‑growing organisation that’s looking for a proactive, relationship‑driven Credit Control & AR Business Partner to take ownership of a high‑value ledger, drive cash collection, and strengthen end‑to‑end AR processes across the UK & Ireland. If you thrive in a fast‑paced environment, enjoy partnering with stakeholders, and excel at improving credit and AR performance, this role offers the impact and autonomy you’re looking for.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Managing and driving timely collection of a large, complex ledger.
• Building strong relationships with key customers to resolve queries and improve payment behaviour.
• Supporting accurate and timely invoicing across multiple business units.
• Allocating incoming payments promptly and ensuring accurate reconciliation.
• Conducting credit management activities, including reviewing credit information and updating analyses.
• Acting as a standalone AR specialist, partnering with internal teams to remove barriers to payment.
• Supporting onboarding of new customers, including credit risk assessments and due diligence.
• Preparing monthly debtor reports, ageing analysis, DSO insights and cash‑flow commentary.
• Coordinating cash collection activities with wider business and integration teams.

• Identifying inefficiencies in AR processes and driving standardisation and automation initiatives.
• Ensuring documentation, audit trails and financial records are complete and compliant.
• Providing guidance on best practice across AR, credit control and customer billing processes.

What We’re Looking For:

• Experience managing a ledger of £60M+ (essential).
• At least 5 years solid credit control experience
• Ideally CICM qualified or similar (preferred)
• Strong AR, credit control and collections experience within a fast‑paced environment.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders.
• Highly organised, analytical and confident working independently.

• Strong Excel and financial reporting skills.
• Experience with SAP or Fiori is a bonus (not essential).
• Detail‑driven, proactive and comfortable improving processes.
• A solid understanding of the wider finance function and how AR impacts business performance.

What’s On Offer:

• £45,000 – £55,000 (Depending on experience)
• Hybrid working with a central Birmingham base.
• A role with genuine ownership, visibility and influence.
• Opportunity to shape AR processes and drive improvements.
• Exposure to senior stakeholders across the UK & Ireland.
• Long‑term progression within a growing organisation.

Interested?

If you’re ready to step into a high‑impact AR role where you can take ownership, build strong relationships and drive meaningful improvements, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today!