Title:  Turnaround & Litigation Controller - Star Pubs

Turnaround & Litigation Controller – Star Pubs

Function: Finance - Star Pubs
Location: Edinburgh City Centre (a mix of office and home working)
Salary: £34,000 - £42,000 base depending on experience, plus full benefits listed below.

Contract: 6 months Secondment
Closing Date: 18th June 2025 please note, we may close vacancies early where we receive significant numbers of applications, so don’t delay!

Did you know that HEINEKEN own over 2,400 pubs in the UK?  HEINEKEN has a long-held belief that pubs are an integral part of British culture and that well-invested pubs, run by skilled operators can prosper and thrive. As the nation’s leading pub, cider and beer company and the name behind a host of brilliant brands, we’re looking for equally brilliant people to help us on our journey to building a better future.

There’s so much more to HEINEKEN than meets the eye and right now, we’re looking for a Turnaround & Litigation Controller to join our Star Pubs Finance team in Edinburgh.

About the role
The Turnaround & Litigation Controller is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations and decision-making relating to the credit-control of a portfolio of approximately 50-100 Pubs which are deemed either high-risk/intensive care customers or have ex-tenant debt.

The primary task within the role is ensure maximum reduction in bad debt provision and mitigate bad debt write offs.

Reporting to the Credit Risk Manager, this role supports a varying number of our Business Development Managers to achieve agreed performance objectives, KPI’s and service levels (both financial and customer experience metric-related).

Who we’re looking for
We’re looking for someone who is pro-active in their approach, a keen problem solver and who enjoys a fast paced working environment.

Key Skills:

• Experience in credit risk
• Ability to interrogate financial accounts
• Relationship building
• Stakeholder management
• Strong communication skills
• Negotiation skills
• Problem Solving
• Proficient in Microsoft Office packages

This is a busy, interesting and varied role which is right at the heart of our business.  As part of an experienced team, you will have lots of support and ongoing training, plus regular feedback in monthly 1-to-1s with your manager.  Your ideas for process improvement are always welcome and there are opportunities for career development which is supported and encouraged.

Our Ways of Working
Heineken’s Global Purpose is to “brew the Joy of True Togetherness to inspire a better world” and to fulfil this we believe in working closely with each other and collaborating f2f when we can.  To enable this, we ask colleagues to be in the office Tuesdays and Thursdays and one other day of colleague’s choice.

Our benefits and rewards

• Annual bonus
• Company-funded Private Medical Healthcare
• Double-matched pension (up to 10%)
• 35 days holiday (holiday trading available)
• Retail discounts
• A monthly case of our delicious ciders and beers (low and no alcohol options available)
• Unique learning and development opportunities
  
  

…And much more! Check out our Why Join Us page if you’d like more information.

You’ll also get the opportunity to join our colleague networks, in which people from across the business connect to help champion diversity, equity and inclusion, ensuring we’re continuing to give people a voice.

The application
If you like what you’ve read and are ready to brew a better career with us, let’s get going! We may close vacancies early when we receive lots of applications, so don’t delay!

If you need any adjustments made to support your application, for example, if you require information in different formats, or if you have any accessibility issues, then we’re more than happy to review our processes – please feel free to get in touch with us at recruitment@heineken.co.uk

You might feel that you don’t meet every single requirement for this role, and that’s okay – we all need the opportunity to develop and untap our full potential.

If this advert’s piqued your interest, we’d encourage you to submit an application rather than ruling yourself out. You never know – you may be exactly what we’re looking for!

Who we are
Star Pubs is part of HEINEKEN UK. The vast majority of our 2,400 pubs are leased out to small businesses and entrepreneurs. Around 160 pubs operate on our Just Add Talent model (a managed operator agreement). Our ambition is to bring out the best in the great British pub – by attracting and retaining the best operators, investing to create great pubs at the heart of their communities and providing licensees with market-leading insight and support.

There’s no better place to untap your future. Join us, and brew a better career.