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Credit Contol

A leading London law firm is looking to recruit a Credit Controller to join their amazing London offices. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills as well as maximise cash flow by securing the payment of the firm's invoices in a timely and professional manner for the company.

You will be joining a law firm that has 46 partners and over 300 members of staff, which deliver exceptional legal results to its clients who are principally from the real estate and private wealth sectors.

As the Credit Controller you will be required to:
*Proactively and professionally engage with clients and fee earners to secure payment for past due invoices in line with the firms polices and using agreed templates where applicable
*Ensure that all cash collection targets are achieved and debt lock up is minimised
*Produce and reconcile unpaid invoices statements to agreed timescales in appropriate format
*Take ownership in resolving issues/queries around unpaid invoices - escalate where necessary, monitor progress and pursue until resolved
*Process invoice write offs in line with the firm's policies and VAT rules
*Assist the cashiers with the allocation of cash received against appropriate invoices
*Process credit/debit card invoice payments
*Monitor potential client-to-bill transfers and follow up with fee earners
*Ensure that all invoice payment transactions processed are compliant with SRA/AML rules
*Assist with billing during peak periods of the month
*Scan invoice batches
*Ad-hoc reports and analysis as and when required

To be successful in this role it is required you have a minimum of 3 years' credit control experience gained within a law firm, this needs to ideally have been done with a private client base. You will need to have excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills. As well as the ability to pick up new systems and procedures quickly and the ability to work unsupervised. You will need to have excellent attend to detail, good at working under pressure and be very organised.

If you meet the criteria above, please apply today!