SGS: Credit Controller — Hyderabad, India

About SGS

SGS provides testing, inspection and certification services. Its employer descriptions connect this work with quality, compliance and sustainability, using laboratory and other business facilities to deliver services. These activities address related but distinct needs: examining products or materials, assessing conditions against requirements, and establishing conformity with an applicable framework. The business provides organisations with evidence and assessments relevant to their operations, supported by scientific, technical and administrative work around the services delivered.

The position and its setting

SGS lists Credit Controller in Hyderabad, India, under reference REF92532C. The details below separate the work described by the employer from essential conditions, preferred experience and practical preparation advice.

• Department: Management, General Administration and Support Functions
• Employment type: Full-time
• Employer listing date: 20 October 2026
• Brands: SGS

Responsibilities and work described

• Review: customer credit applications, assess payment terms, evaluate credit risk, and recommend approval, rejection, or revision based on company policy and commercial requirements
• Maintenance: accurate customer credit records, approved payment terms, credit limits, risk classifications, and payment history documentation
• Monitoring: overdue receivables, aging reports, disputed invoices, and high-risk accounts to ensure timely action and escalation
• Proactively follow up with customers and internal stakeholders to resolve overdue balances, payment delays, disputes, and blocked collections
• Negotiations: payment plans and credit arrangements within approved guidelines while balancing commercial needs and credit risk controls
• Communicate credit decisions, collection status, overdue risks, and escalation items clearly to relevant stakeholders and management
• Preparation: regular credit control reports, overdue analysis, cash collection commentary, risk summaries, and bad debt exposure updates
• Support: month-end close activities by reviewing AR aging, expected collections, provisions, write-off recommendations, and disputed balances
• Identify process gaps and recommend improvements to strengthen collection effectiveness, reduce overdue balances, and enhance cash flow visibility
• Quality / delivery: compliance with company policies, internal controls, delegation of authority, credit procedures, VAT requirements, and audit expectations

Essential requirements and candidate background

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, Business Administration, or a related field
• 5–7 years of relevant experience in Credit Control, Collections, Accounts Receivable, Finance Operations, or customer risk management
• Understanding: credit assessment, collections, customer payment terms, AR aging, dispute management, provisions, and bad debt controls
• Proficiency: Microsoft Excel, including advanced formulas, pivot tables, reconciliations, and structured reporting
• Exposure: Power BI, credit risk tools, automated collection platforms, and banking systems would be an added advantage

Preferred experience and additional strengths

• Experience working with ERP systems such as Oracle, SUN Systems, SAP, or similar finance platforms is highly desirable

Location, schedule and contract conditions

• Work arrangement: On-site
• Advertised location: Hyderabad, India

Pay and application dates

A verified salary figure is not established in this article. An online estimate for another Credit Controller vacancy is not an offer for reference REF92532C; use the employer’s own pay disclosure and recruitment communication.

A closing date is not confirmed in this article. Check the current employer page before submitting: an undated posting can change or be withdrawn.

How to apply to SGS

Applications follow the official employer page linked below.

Open the official SGS posting below and match the title and reference REF92532C.

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Practical preparation: SAP

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Relevant skills

• SAP
• Excel
• audit
• compliance
• stakeholder management
• commercial negotiations
• Power BI
• accounting
• risk management
• banking