Alberto Paganini

Credit Controller

Alberto Paganini

Credit Controller

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About Me
Hello! waving hand I’m Alberto. Credit Controller living in the UK. I have extensive experience in Credit Control and improving processes with my IT skills. I have successfully worked in Credit Control and Credit Collection for many years for B2B and B2C organizations in national and multinational environments. I am a big fan of automation, allowing me to spend more time working on something and not at something.
  • Education Accountant
  • Years of experience 30+
  • Residence: UK
How can I help
Reconciliations

If you have different sets of data that don't match I can find where the differences are,  quickly and automatically.

Connecting environments

I can connect different softwares that naturally don't speak to each other. I have done it many times.

Credit Control

I can estabilish Credit Limits, manage Credit Limit Breaches and reviews.

Credit Collection

I can manage all aspects of Credit Collections from the invoice  to the cash posting and or litigation and everytyhing in between.

Fun Facts
10+
Countries Visited
3
Countries I lived in
1 000 000+
Cups Of Coffee
Diploma in Cabinet Making
Diploma in Home Brewing
Quote
Where there is a will, there is a way.
Resume
Experience
Sole Credit Controller
May 2024 - Present
Sole Credit Controller
SunSynk UK LTD

Credit controller

Credit Controller
Nov 2023 - April 2024
Credit Controller
HSS ProService LTD - UK

Managing the credit collection of over 300 customers by phone and email in the UK, solving queries, credit releases, processing Card Payments, facilitating cash allocation and conducting weekly collection meetings with the Sales Department

Sole Credit Controller
Jan 2023 Nov 2023
Sole Credit Controller
Westholme School

Managing the complete billing cycle and credit collection process from order to litigation for over 750 B2C customers in the UK. Processing card payments over the phone, posting cash received. Implementation of payment provider services, GoCardless and
Stripe. Payment plans, solving queries, weekly and monthly credit reports with the relevant aging commentaries, bad debt. Managing school trip reconciliations.

  • Successfully introduced Access DB software to streamline debt collection.
  • Successfully executed cash posting management using Excel.  
Sole Credit controller
Sep 2018 - Dec 2022
Sole Credit controller
UCFB - Manchester, UK

Credit Collection process from invoice to litigation for 3 companies of the group in a multi-currency environment, month-end Credit Reports, implemented and managed payment provider services (Stripe, SplitIt, Western Union, TransferWise, GoCardless, PayPal, Card Payments),  Bad Debt, representing UCFB in Court.

  • Implemented cash collected reconciliation with Power Query 
  • Implemented ageing credit reports with Power Query
AR Associate
Jul 2016 - Sep 2018
AR Associate
Premier Foods plc - UK

Credit controller for the International business market within Europe, Africa, Australia and US regions.

Finance Assistant
Oct 2015 - Jun 2016
Finance Assistant
Marks & Spencer - UK

Responsible for M&S International business within the Europe and Middle East regions

Credit Controller
Jul 2007 - Octo 2015
Credit Controller
Logitech Europe SA - Rep. Of Ireland

Credit Collection of 17 countries within the Europe, Middle East, Africa and USA (Staples and Target)

Credit Controller
Sep 2001 - Jul 2007
Credit Controller
Inaz S.r.l. - Italy
Accountant and Credit Collector
Apr 1995 - Sep 2001
Accountant and Credit Collector
The McGraw-Hill Publishing Companies S.r.l. - Italy
Co-Owner
Aug 1991 - Apr 1995
Co-Owner
La Modernissima S.n.C - Italy
Education
2007
FCE First Certificate of English
Italy

ESOL Cambridge University examinations

3rd English level - The Shenker Institute of English
2005-2007
3rd English level - The Shenker Institute of English
Italy
Diploma in Accounting
1984 – 1989
Diploma in Accounting
Italy

I.T.C.G.
Carlo Dell'Acqua' School - Italy

Self-taught Excel, Access, Word
1995 - Current
Self-taught Excel, Access, Word
Self-taught Delphi (Object Pascal) for Windows
1996 - Current
Self-taught Delphi (Object Pascal) for Windows
Skills
Knowledge
  • Contracts and Terms and Conditions
  • Credit Limits and Credit Limit Reviews
  • Order Management
  • Invoices
  • Multicurrency environment
  • Direct Debit
  • Payment Plans
  • Month End Reports
  • Bad Debt
  • Litigation
  • Court Representatiion
  • International Business
  • Negotiations
IT
  • MS Excel
  • MS Word
  • MS Access
  • SAP
  • Oracle ERP
  • Microsoft Navision (now Microsoft Dynamics)
Languages
  • English
  • Italian
  • French
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