Credit Controller

Description:

Delighted to be recruiting one of the top law firms in the UK in recruiting a Credit Controller to join their high-performing Finance Division.

This firm are highly regarded by past and current employees and put professional development and wellbeing first with hybrid working offered as well as lots of team networking events and socials.

The firm also have a gym onsite and are based centrally near Chancery Lane Station on the Central Line.

Responsibilities and what we are looking for in a candidate:

• Chasing large debts across a large portfolio of clients
• Taking a lead in collections support and helping to ensure that a new software is designed correctly and implemented successfully into the firm #actively looking for ways to improve client average days to pay in line with our client segmentation
• excellent inter-personal communication skills (both written and verbal), demonstrating experience of liaising with clients, partners, fee-earners, secretaries and finance colleagues
• take ownership in resolving issues/queries around unpaid invoices – escalate where necessary, monitor progress and pursue until resolved
• produce regular reports on debt to identify issues for escalation
• support and mentor junior members of the team fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment
• knowledge of Aderant and High Radius (or other collections software) advantageous
• Seeking someone with experience of working in a law firm or professional services environment with exposure to VAT disbursements and credit control