Finance Assistant & Credit Controller

Position: Finance Assistant & Credit Controller (Permanent)
Location: East Hertfordshire

Job – Finance Assistant & Credit Controller

Salary - £26,865-£28,065 p.a. plus Market Supplement £dependant on qualifications and experience.

Holiday- 25 days plus bank holidays

Location – Ware Campus

Closing Date – 11th March 2026 @ Midday

Join Hertford Regional College as a Finance Assistant & Credit Controller.

Hertford Regional College is excited to welcome a passionate and dedicated Finance Assistant & Credit Controller to our growing college team.

About HRC

HRC are a vibrant, dynamic further education college, recently graded a Good College by Ofsted, with students across two campuses, with ambitious growth and development targets.

HRC put people first – students, staff, the organisations that they partner with, and the local communities that they serve.

The HRC goal is to create a supportive environment for all staff in which they can develop their skills, progress their career and make a real difference in their local community. HRC ethos is evident in everything that they do and are always looking for new colleagues who share the HRC vision and values. As part of the HRC team, you will benefit from fantastic on-site facilities, exciting opportunities for career progression and relevant training opportunities to help you gain the additional skills that you need to reach your full potential.

About the Role

We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented individual to take responsibility for the collection of all outstanding debts, including both student and company accounts, while ensuring the sales ledger is accurately maintained. As a key member of the Finance Team, you will work collaboratively across finance and other departments to ensure smooth and efficient transactional processing, supporting the overall vision and mission of the College and its subsidiary companies.

Key Responsibilities

- Dealing with all aspects of credit control procedures, including –

* Contact with students, staff, parents and customers to remind, discuss and negotiate
-payments of overdue debts

* Monthly statement processing

* Debt recovery through litigation where appropriate

- Maintain customer contact diary within finance system

- Production of monthly bad debt reports, working with the Finance Manager and Financial Controller to maintain minimal bad debt exposure for the College and Subsidiaries.

- Administration of student loan and direct debit customer accounts and reconciliations.

- Ensuring completeness of daily invoice and transfer processing from student record systems to the Finance System.

- Maintain College customer data base, ensuring all details and analysis codes are up to date, and in line with the finance system. Completing credit checks of new external customers as required for College and Subsidiary Companies.

For more details, please see full job description

About You

✔ 4 GCSE’s level 4/ grade C or above or equivalent to include Maths and English

✔ Experience working within a Finance Office environment

✔ Experience of working within Accounts Credit Control and Sales Ledger

✔ An understanding of accounting systems, reconciliation processes and reporting requirements

✔ Experience of month end procedures and meeting deadlines

Why Join Us?

At HRC, you’ll be part of a friendly, supportive team with access to:

- Fantastic on-site facilities

- Genuine opportunities for career progression

-Training to help you reach your full potential

-A workplace where your contribution truly matters

- Ready to Apply?

If this sounds like the perfect role for you, we’d love to hear from you! Please include a supporting statement explaining how your skills and experience make you the ideal candidate.

Applications will be reviewed upon receipt and measured against the Essential criteria, we may close the vacancy early, so don’t delay! All positions are subject to a DBS clearance check