Positions we recruit
Credit Control Manager
A strong Credit Control Manager is invaluable.
Day to day
What a credit control manager
actually does.
A strong Credit Control Manager is invaluable. Essential where a team of Credit Controllers is required, and tasked with ensuring cash is collected while maintaining future customer relationships. Here's what the role covers day to day across the businesses we recruit for.
- Motivating a team to achieve cash collection targets
- Implementing cash collection processes
- Cash flow forecasting
- Recruitment and performance reviews
- Identifying and developing team potential
- Contacting key customers to collect outstanding payments
- Credit checking
- Setting credit limits
- Negotiating payment plans
- Starting legal processes where necessary
- Maintaining excellent customer service
- Query resolution
What it pays
£38.5k – £51.5k
Real market rates, not a national average.
£38.5k+ typically attracts someone leading a small team or in a supervisor role with support. Pay rises alongside business size and team complexity — cash collection is a board-level concern — up to £51.5k.
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Medior Credit Control Manager · Coventry
£45,500 – £50,000
Typical: £48,000 per year
Medium-high confidence — strong regional evidence
Hiring or looking?
Either way, we can help.
Hiring
Need a credit control manager?
Permanent or temporary, we'll shortlist from a network we actually know — with working interviews to de-risk the hire.
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Ready to be one?
Send us your CV or browse live Credit Control Manager roles across Coventry, Birmingham and Warwickshire.
Common questions
Credit Control Manager FAQs.
What does a Credit Control Manager do?+
A strong Credit Control Manager is invaluable. Essential where a team of Credit Controllers is required, and tasked with ensuring cash is collected while maintaining future customer relationships.
How much does a Credit Control Manager earn in the West Midlands?+
Salaries for Credit Control Manager roles across Coventry, Birmingham and Warwickshire typically sit at £38.5k – £51.5k. £38.5k+ typically attracts someone leading a small team or in a supervisor role with support. Pay rises alongside business size and team complexity — cash collection is a board-level concern — up to £51.5k.
Is a Credit Control Manager role permanent or temporary?+
We recruit Credit Control Manager positions on both a permanent and temporary basis, depending on what the business and the candidate need — many of our clients also use temp-to-perm as a low-risk way to trial a hire before committing.
What qualifications do I need to become a Credit Control Manager?+
Most Credit Control Manager roles don't demand a specific formal qualification, though AAT study or relevant hands-on experience makes a real difference to the offers you'll see. We can talk you through what a specific vacancy is really looking for.
Is there career progression available from a Credit Control Manager role?+
Credit Control Manager sits toward the top of its own progression path in our experience — from here, moves tend to be sideways into a broader remit or upward into wider finance leadership, and we're happy to talk through what that could look like for you.
Do you place candidates studying towards a qualification into Credit Control Manager roles?+
Yes — candidates studying AAT (or considering starting) are very much part of the talent pool for Credit Control Manager roles, alongside those with purely hands-on experience.
How does the process work if I want to become a Credit Control Manager?+
Submit your CV and a Market Expert will be in touch to talk through your experience, what you're looking for, and any live Credit Control Manager opportunities that genuinely fit — free, confidential, and no obligation.
Do you charge candidates anything to apply for Credit Control Manager roles?+
No — there's never a cost to candidates, for this role or any other. Our fee is paid by the employer, and only once a placement is successfully made.
Will my CV be shared with employers without my permission?+
No — nothing about your CV or your situation is shared with any employer without your explicit permission first.
Do you help with interview preparation and salary negotiation for Credit Control Manager roles?+
Yes — briefing you properly on the role, the employer and realistic salary expectations before an interview is a standard part of how we support every Credit Control Manager candidate, not an optional extra.
Can I see live Credit Control Manager vacancies before speaking to someone?+
Yes — you can search live jobs on our careers portal, but we'd always recommend a conversation with a Market Expert too, since not every Credit Control Manager vacancy we're working on is advertised publicly.
What does it cost an employer to recruit a Credit Control Manager through you?+
There's no retainer and no ongoing contract — our fee is only payable on a successful placement, whether that's a one-off hire or an ongoing relationship.
How quickly can you fill a Credit Control Manager vacancy?+
Temporary cover can often be arranged within days. Permanent Credit Control Manager roles vary with seniority, but our shortlists are built from people we already know rather than a fresh keyword search, so they typically move faster than a generalist agency's.
Can you provide temporary Credit Control Manager cover at short notice?+
Yes — covering absence, leave or an unexpected gap in a Credit Control Manager position is one of the most common reasons employers come to us, and we aim for a same-day response.
What happens if a Credit Control Manager hire doesn't work out?+
Our rebate periods and money-back guarantees mean you're covered if a placement doesn't work out as expected — ask your Market Expert for the specifics for your vacancy.
Do you offer working interviews for Credit Control Manager vacancies?+
Yes — a working interview means the candidate spends a real day in the Credit Control Manager role, on your systems, with your actual workload, before either side commits. It's one of the ways we take the risk out of a new hire.
Do you recruit Credit Control Manager roles for SMEs as well as large employers?+
Yes — we work with everyone from internationally recognised brands and shared service centres through to owner-managed SMEs needing a single, sole-charge Credit Control Manager hire.
Will I get a shortlist of CVs, or do you actually vet candidates for Credit Control Manager roles?+
Every candidate we put forward has been spoken to and assessed against your specific requirement — not just keyword-matched from a database. That's the difference a Market Expert model makes.
What makes Transaction Recruitment different from a generalist agency for Credit Control Manager roles?+
We recruit transactional finance and payroll specifically, not as one line among fifty sectors — that focus means genuinely knowing the Credit Control Manager market, the going rate, and who's actually looking, rather than running a keyword search against a generic database.
No waffle. Just the right person.