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Credit Controller

Tenacity personified.

Day to day

What a credit controller
actually does.

Cash is key and without a strong Credit Controller business growth can be impeded. Tenacity personified. Here's what the role covers day to day across the businesses we recruit for.

  • Contacting customers via phone and email to collect outstanding payments
  • Credit checking customers
  • Opening new customer accounts
  • Setting credit limits
  • Allocating payments
  • Raising invoices
  • Negotiating payment plans
  • Starting legal processes where necessary
  • Building customer relationships
  • Internal & external query resolution

What it pays

£27k – £33k

Real market rates, not a national average.

The lower end attracts someone getting into credit control with some office experience. £30k–£31k gets you a seasoned controller, and supervisors sit towards £33k.

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See credit controller pay by location and experience.

Medior Credit Controller · Coventry

Typical: £32,000 per year

Medium-high confidence — strong regional evidence

Where this leads

From credit controller to
credit control manager.

Credit Control Manager

A strong Credit Control Manager is invaluable.

Explore Credit Control Manager

Hiring or looking?

Either way, we can help.

Hiring

Need a credit controller?

Permanent or temporary, we'll shortlist from a network we actually know — with working interviews to de-risk the hire.

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Job seeking

Ready to be one?

Send us your CV or browse live Credit Controller roles across Coventry, Birmingham and Warwickshire.

Common questions

Credit Controller FAQs.

What does a Credit Controller do?

Cash is key and without a strong Credit Controller business growth can be impeded. Tenacity personified.

How much does a Credit Controller earn in the West Midlands?

Salaries for Credit Controller roles across Coventry, Birmingham and Warwickshire typically sit at £27k – £33k. The lower end attracts someone getting into credit control with some office experience. £30k–£31k gets you a seasoned controller, and supervisors sit towards £33k.

Is a Credit Controller role permanent or temporary?

We recruit Credit Controller 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 Controller?

Most Credit Controller 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.

What's the career progression after Credit Controller?

A common next step from Credit Controller is credit control manager — a strong credit control manager is invaluable. Many of the candidates we place build exactly this kind of progression over several moves, not just one.

Do you place candidates studying towards a qualification into Credit Controller roles?

Yes — candidates studying AAT (or considering starting) are very much part of the talent pool for Credit Controller roles, alongside those with purely hands-on experience.

How does the process work if I want to become a Credit Controller?

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 Controller opportunities that genuinely fit — free, confidential, and no obligation.

Do you charge candidates anything to apply for Credit Controller 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 Controller 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 Controller candidate, not an optional extra.

Can I see live Credit Controller 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 Controller vacancy we're working on is advertised publicly.

What does it cost an employer to recruit a Credit Controller 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 Controller vacancy?

Temporary cover can often be arranged within days. Permanent Credit Controller 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 Controller cover at short notice?

Yes — covering absence, leave or an unexpected gap in a Credit Controller 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 Controller 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 Controller vacancies?

Yes — a working interview means the candidate spends a real day in the Credit Controller 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 Controller 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 Controller hire.

Will I get a shortlist of CVs, or do you actually vet candidates for Credit Controller 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 Controller roles?

We recruit transactional finance and payroll specifically, not as one line among fifty sectors — that focus means genuinely knowing the Credit Controller 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.

Let's find your
credit controller.