Job type
PermanentLocation
ChesterWorking Pattern
Full-timeSpecialism
Credit ControlIndustry
LegalPay
Negotiable
Credit Controller | Chester | Law Firm
Credit Controller
Salary: Negotiable
Location: Chester, City Centre
We are working with a legal firm based in Chester who have spent years building a reputation for providing specialist, seamless legal services, including Business Law and Personal Law.
They now have a new position available as a Credit Controller and are looking for someone who matches the job description below.
Duties
- Primary day to day responsibility for managing the firms debtors (c900 live accounts) as part of the credit control team
- Proactively progressing collections via telephone, email and letters.
- Accurately recording debt collection actions and commitments to ensure they are followed up and progressed proactively.
- Taking payments both over the phone and face to face.
- Regular internal liaison at all levels to aid the progress of debt collections.
- Resolution and recording of queries and issues as required.
- Daily upkeep of debtor reports (currently MS Excel).
- Daily updating and reconciling of payments on the Accounts system.
- Highlighting / escalating of debt concerns as appropriate.
- General ad hoc Accounts duties to support the Accounts team as required.
Key Attributes
- Previous Credit Control experience, ideally within a professional services environment.
- Positive self-starter who is able to work on own initiative.
- Professional and courteous approach.
- Ordered, process led approach to ensure progression of actions through the debt cycle.
- First class communication / customer services skills in order to deal with both internal and external relationships.
- Robust character in order to deal effectively with the challenges of Credit Control.
- Excellent IT / Excel skills.
If you are interested in this position, then please contact me on James.Hughes1@Hays.com