Credit Controller

Location: Bedfordshire (2-3 days in the office)

Contract: Interim – 3-6 months

Day Rate: £280-£330 per day, inside IR35

The role

MLC Partners are supporting a leading education organisation in recruiting an interim Credit Controller to join their Finance team. This is a busy, hands-on role with responsibility for overseeing the end-to-end student finance and credit control process, with a particular focus on the collection of tuition fees from international students.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end credit control process for student tuition fees, from enrolment through to final collection.
• Take responsibility for the timely collection of outstanding student debt, with a particular focus on international and overseas students.
• Monitor aged debt and proactively follow up outstanding balances in line with agreed processes and policies.
• Resolve complex student finance queries, working diplomatically with students and internal stakeholders to reach appropriate solutions.
• Liaise with teams across Finance, Admissions, Student Services and other relevant departments to ensure accurate student account information.
• Support and provide guidance to other members of the Credit Control team, helping to coordinate workloads and maintain effective processes.
• Produce regular reporting on outstanding debt, collection activity and key areas of risk for senior stakeholders.

About you

• Previous experience in Credit Control, Accounts Receivable or Student Finance within a university or higher education environment is essential.
• Strong understanding of the student finance lifecycle, ideally including tuition fee collection and student enrolment processes.
• Experience working with international students and managing overseas tuition fee debt is highly desirable.
• Confident managing complex and sensitive debt queries in a professional and diplomatic manner.
• Able to take ownership of processes and provide informal leadership or guidance to colleagues where required.
• Strong communication, organisation and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to operate effectively in a busy environment.

Applications are under constant review, with my client seeking the right candidate to start next week. Please apply now, or reach out to Briar at MLC Partners.