Credit Controller

Job Description

The role

This is an opportunity for someone looking to develop a career in credit control. You’ll gain experience in operating and reporting on credit processes, working closely with senior credit controllers to ensure optimal debt control, and collaborating with Customer Operations and other teams to maintain strong customer relationships.

You will be responsible for the resolution and management of outstanding invoices and delinquent accounts. You’ll communicate directly with customers to answer their queries and agree payments, escalating for approval where necessary.

You will produce and analyse aging reports, and assist with tracking collection efforts and payment reminders (Dunning). Where necessary, you will escalate to senior credit controllers, in accordance with agreed policies.

What excites you:

• Communicating with customers in a professional and timely manner to collect overdue payments and outstanding debts, in line with agreed credit terms
• Responding to and resolve queries from merchants
• Creating and distributing reports on outstanding debt and incoming payments
• Allocating customer payments and calculation up-to-date account balances
• Using business judgement to recommend credit notes or payment plans as appropriate, raising with management for approval
• Managing payment plans
• Supporting with account reconciliations
  
  

What excites us:

• Very customer service orientated
• Comfortable with assisting in resolving billing and credit queries
• Previous work experience or study in Finance / Accounting, or a degree that requires high numeracy skill
• A self-starter who can work with minimal guidance
• A strong communicator, both verbally and in writing, who enjoys working with a wide range of people
• Ambitious and enthusiastic to develop a career in Credit/Finance at GoCardless
• Previous experience in credit control is a bonus but not essential
  
  

You’ll need to be well versed in:

• Excel (intermediate or above)
• Google Docs, Google Sheets
  
  

A bonus but not a must:

• A working knowledge of SalesForce, Looker, Billing Platform and Docusign CLM

We don’t expect you to meet every requirement. If you’re excited by this role, we encourage you to apply.

Base salary range: 1733 EUR/ months gross - 2600 EUR/ months gross

Base salary ranges are based on role, job level, location, and market data. Please note that whilst we strive to offer competitive compensation, our approach is to pay between the minimum and the mid-point of the pay range until performance can be assessed in role. Offers will take into account level of experience, interview assessment, budgets and parity between you and fellow employees at GoCardless doing similar work.

(some of) The good stuff

• Wellbeing - stay healthy with dedicated support and medical cover
• Work away scheme - gives you the option to work away from your country of residence for up to 90 days in any 12 month period
• Adaptive Working - allows you to work flexibly, around your lifestyle
• Parental leave - to suit everyone embarking on life's great adventure
• Learning Budget - lead your own development with an annual learning budget
• Time off - generous holiday allowance, + 3 annual volunteer days, + 4 annual business-wide wellness days (‘GC Fridays’)

Life at GoCardless

We're an organisation defined by our values; We start with why before we begin any project, to ensure it’s aligned with our mission. We act with integrity, always. We care deeply about what we do and we know it's essential that we be humble whilst we do it. Working this way creates the GC magic- the reason we all love showing up to work.

Diversity & Inclusion

As of April 2025, we had 806 employees (GeeCees) globally, with 524 based in the UK, 163 based in Latvia and 119 across our other offices.

To ensure that we're representative of the world around us - and to be able to review relevant benchmarks - we ask GeeCees to voluntarily disclose diversity data. This year, the proportion of GeeCees providing data increased to 88% (up from 79% in 2024). With regards to diversity within GoCardless, we can see GeeCees identifying as:

Asian, Black, Mixed or Other — 25%

Neurodiverse — 9%

LGBTQIA+ — 9%

Disabled — 1%

Average age — 33

Female — 45%

Male — 55%

We’re rooting for you during your application and GoCardless aims to provide reasonable adjustments to make our recruitment process as remarkable and accessible as we can. Please speak to your Talent Partner if you need extra support.

If you want to learn more, you can read about our Employee Resource Groups and objectives here

Sustainability

We’re committed to reducing our impact on the environment, leaving a more sustainable world for future generations. Check out our sustainability action plan here.

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