At STR Group, we’re looking for a Senior Credit Controller to join our Finance Team in our HQ in Portsmouth. This is a hands-on role where you’ll take responsibility for effective debt management and cash collection while playing a key role in improving credit control processes and supporting the wider team. You’ll be joining a collaborative Finance Team where your ideas are welcomed, your development is supported and you’ll have the opportunity to make a genuine impact.
What will you be doing?
As our Senior Credit Controller, you’ll take ownership of customer accounts across the STR Group, ensuring payments are collected on time, accounts are accurate and credit risk is effectively managed.
Alongside the day-to-day credit control activity, you’ll manage key client accounts, provide aged debt reporting and financial analysis, oversee credit checks and limits, and take the lead on our credit insurance renewals.
You’ll also provide guidance and day-to-day support to another Credit Controller, helping to establish consistent processes and best practice across the team.
As our Senior Credit Controller some of your responsibilities will include:
Proactively managing and chasing overdue invoices by telephone and email
Managing key client accounts and building strong relationships to support timely payment and resolve queries
Accurately allocating cash, credits and invoices to customer accounts
Investigating and resolving payment and account queries
Carrying out regular ledger cleansing to maintain accurate financial data
Conducting credit checks across all STR Group brands and reviewing customer credit limits
Managing severely delinquent accounts and escalating for legal or debt collection action where appropriate
Producing aged debt reports and providing clear account updates for senior Finance review
Delivering accurate financial analysis to support decision-making and credit risk management
Leading credit insurance renewals and liaising with credit insurance providers
Working collaboratively across Finance and the wider business to improve processes and efficiencies
Providing guidance and support to the other Credit Controller and promoting consistent best practice across the team
What are we looking for?
We’re looking for someone who is proactive, commercially aware and comfortable taking ownership. You’ll need the confidence to have difficult conversations when required, while maintaining positive and professional relationships with clients. You’ll also bring:
Strong credit control and debt collection experience
Experience managing customer accounts, reconciliations and payment queries
A good understanding of credit risk, credit checks and credit limit
Strong Excel and wider MS Office skills
Excellent attention to detail and confidence working with financial data
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Excellent organisation and time management
A collaborative approach and willingness to support others
The confidence to identify opportunities for process improvement
What are we offering you?
Flexible and hybrid working
A 3pm finish every Friday
Modern, state-of-the-art offices with breakout areas
Daily breakfast provided
An active Equality, Diversity and Inclusion board
Annual Awards, Summer Party and Christmas Party
Long-service anniversary rewards, including additional holiday, bonuses, vouchers, champagne and gifts, depending on length of service
23 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing by one day for each completed year of service and capped at 28 days
The option to purchase up to five additional days of annual leave
Healthcare cash plan and optional private healthcare from day one
Company pension scheme
Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
Your birthday off
Drinks fridge
Free on-site parking
Cycle-to-work scheme
Electric vehicle salary-sacrifice scheme through Octopus Electric Vehicles
Tech salary-sacrifice scheme through Currys
Employee Referral Programme
STR commit to offer disabled people an interview if they meet the minimum criteria for the job vacancy.
If you’re an experienced Credit Controller looking for greater responsibility and the opportunity to develop your career within a supportive and growing business, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today!
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Product Manager, Mortgages
The Company
Our client is an established Australian lender with a strong home lending business and a focus on customer outcomes and sustainable growth.
The Opportunity
This is a hands-on Product Manager role within a collaborative product team. You’ll help develop and improve mortgage products, taking initiatives from idea through to launch and making sure they work for customers, intermediaries and the business.
Key Accountabilities
Run mortgage product initiatives from start to finish, including scoping, planning, requirements, testing, launch and review
Turn business goals, market changes and regulatory updates into clear product requirements covering features, eligibility, pricing and credit settings
Bring together teams across credit, funding, operations, technology, sales, marketing, legal and compliance to keep work moving and decisions on track
Support pricing and product positioning with data, market research and competitor analysis
Help identify and manage product risks, and support reviews and improvements to controls
Use data and feedback to find ways to simplify and improve the product range
Ideal Experience
Several years’ experience in mortgages or secured lending, ideally in product, credit policy or lending change
A solid understanding of how home loans work, from application to settlement and servicing
Experience delivering product or business change, including business cases and working with technology teams
Good commercial sense, risk awareness and a customer-first approach
Experience with intermediary distribution or across a range of borrower segments is a plus
Why Apply
Join a fast-moving, supportive and inclusive environment where collaboration is encouraged and great ideas become real outcomes
Enjoy flexible working arrangements, generous leave entitlements, paid parental leave and volunteer leave
Make a meaningful impact by shaping products that help more Australians achieve their homeownership goals
To have a confidential chat, please contact Jarryd at jbarker@parityconsulting.com.au
Whether you are a sports fanatic, shark diver or part-time antique collector, we celebrate your uniqueness. Parity Consulting works with clients who embrace diverse and inclusive environments and empower their teams to bring their authentic whole self to work. We encourage people with different beliefs, abilities, backgrounds and life experiences to contact us. At Parity, we believe in people, not just data. Every application is reviewed by a real person, ensuring your experience and individuality are genuinely valued throughout the recruitment process.....Read more...
Product Manager, Home Lending
The Company
Our client is one of Australia’s fastest-growing non-bank lenders, with a long track record of helping Australians step into homeownership. Highly regarded by the broker community, they pride themselves on offering flexible, innovative lending solutions for borrowers whose circumstances don’t always suit the traditional banks.
The Opportunity
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Product Manager to play a central role in shaping the mortgage product and feature roadmap. This is a highly visible role with genuine influence, where you’ll take market insights, customer needs and business strategy and turn them into products that make life easier for brokers and borrowers. You’ll also help strengthen product governance and drive sustainable growth across the portfolio.
Key Accountabilities
Take ownership of mortgage product initiatives across the full lifecycle, from discovery and requirements gathering through to launch and post-implementation review
Convert strategy, market trends and regulatory or policy updates into well-defined product requirements covering features, eligibility, pricing, controls and customer communications
Work hand in hand with Operations, Technology, Credit Risk, Treasury, Sales, Marketing, Legal and Compliance to align priorities, manage dependencies and keep decisions moving
Shape pricing, segmentation and positioning through commercial analysis, competitor tracking and insights from brokers and borrowers
Streamline and enhance product structures to improve broker experience, customer outcomes and operational efficiency
Proactively identify and escalate product risks and control gaps, contributing to reviews, remediation and control improvements
Leverage data and stakeholder feedback to champion and deliver ongoing product improvements
Ideal Experience
Solid background in mortgages or a comparable secured lending product environment, with a strong understanding of home loan operations
A proven track record of leading end-to-end product and business change initiatives, including profitability and business case analysis
Strong commercial acumen and risk awareness, paired with a genuine customer-first mindset
Experience partnering with technology teams on core lending platforms and change delivery, with the confidence to influence diverse stakeholders and move comfortably between strategy and detail
Exposure to broker distribution strategy and credit policy across prime and non-conforming segments will be highly regarded
Why Apply
Join a fast-moving, supportive and inclusive environment where collaboration is encouraged and great ideas become real outcomes
Enjoy flexible working arrangements, generous leave entitlements, paid parental leave and volunteer leave
Make a meaningful impact by shaping products that help more Australians achieve their homeownership goals
To have a confidential chat, please contact Jarryd at jbarker@parityconsulting.com.au
Whether you are a sports fanatic, shark diver or part-time antique collector, we celebrate your uniqueness. Parity Consulting works with clients who embrace diverse and inclusive environments and empower their teams to bring their authentic whole self to work. We encourage people with different beliefs, abilities, backgrounds and life experiences to contact us. At Parity, we believe in people, not just data. Every application is reviewed by a real person, ensuring your experience and individuality are genuinely valued throughout the recruitment process. ....Read more...
