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My client is a 25 Partner firm, with a headcount of c200 staff. They specialise in practice areas as diverse as Business & Finance, Private Individuals, Public Services, Regulatory Matters and Social Housing.
Due to expansion, they have an opening for a Credit Controller to join their office in London. The Credit Controller assists the department with all aspects of debt collection, including maintaining an effective and professional credit control system for the firm.
Responsibilities
- Collection of outstanding debt by telephone and email.
- Actively meeting with our clients AP teams to build good relationships.
- Managing the collection of debts and their status.
- Preparing weekly and monthly analysis of debtors for internal management purposes.
- Liaising with Partners and other fee earners with regard to queries from clients on unpaid bills.
- Keeping the Operations Manager fully informed of issues, and providing suggestions and solutions to deal with them.
- Sending out monthly statements to clients and assisting with mail merges for the purpose of sending monthly statements.
- Assisting with projects and reports as and when needed.
- Maintaining an up to date and accurate record of clients’ accounts.
- Maintaining an organised and accurate filing system.
Candidate Profile
- Minimum of 5 A-C grades at GCSE or equivalent including grade B in English Language, Literature & Maths.
- At least 12 months recent experience of working as a credit controller preferably with a law Firm although consideration will also be given to experience in other professional services
- A high attention to detail to produce work/documentation which is consistently of a high standard.
- Proactive in alerting management to issues at an early stage.
- Good computer skills (competent in Excel and Word).
- Good time management skills with the ability to prioritise workload, to have a flexible approach to ensure all deadlines are met.
- Must be able to work as part of a team and possess excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
- Willingness to excel within an accounts environment and keen to learn.
Important Notice
It is Career Legal’s policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to respond to individual candidates. If we have not contacted, you within three working days your application has been unsuccessful, and your details have not been retained. Please apply for any other position that you may see in the future. Thank you.
Career Legal is a Recruitment Agency and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its clients.
