Job Description

The Responsibilities

The responsibilities of the role will include, but are not limited to:

• Day to day management of the assigned ledger

• Understanding how KPI's are set and how best to achieve them
• Building relationships with partners and fee earners to ensure the collection policy is adhered to and escalate any problem clients, fee earners or debts to the management team
• To be able to correctly identify clients that default on payment terms and to liaise with the lawyers/partners on the most appropriate course of action to take, taking into account the profile of the client
• Maintaining detailed and accurate notes regarding debtors on the firms internal system and ensuring the team leader is equipped with the relevant data on the Credit Controller's assigned ledger

• Have a good understanding of the client and the nature of their business

Requirements

• This role would suit a graduate looking for experience within Professional services
• Ideally but not essentially have credit control experience
• Ideally finance experience of some kind
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to multi-task and produce quality within tight deadlines.

• Strong communicator together with effective negotiation skills both with clients and the lawyers/partners
• Able to interact positively at all levels within a law firm and be a team player
• Confident using MS Office, including Word and Excel

• Maintain a strong attention to detail and the ability to deal with confidential matters with discretion

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• This role would suit a graduate looking for experience within Professional services • Ideally but not essentially have credit control experience • Ideally finance experience of some kind • Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to multi-task and produce quality within tight deadlines. • Strong communicator together with effective negotiation skills both with clients and the lawyers/partners • Able to interact positively at all levels within a law firm and be a team player • Confident using MS Office, including Word and Excel • Maintain a strong attention to detail and the ability to deal with confidential matters with discretion