Credit Controller
Wiggin LLP
London, England (hybrid) 2/3 days office base
About us
We’re an award-winning law firm that specialises in media, technology, communications and intellectual property, including the regulatory and competition law environment around those topics. Our mission is to help clients to realise the value of their ideas and assets in a digital age. As a thought leader in our chosen fields, we’re known for our future-focused and entrepreneurial approach. We provide our clients with the highest-level commercial and strategic guidance which has earned us Tier 1 rankings in numerous Chambers & Legal 500 categories.
Opportunity
If you are an experienced Credit Controller from within the professional services setting, this is a fantastic opportunity to join a team of skilled individuals, led by a commercially focussed, ambitious and supportive leadership team within the finance department.
We seek someone with keen problem solving skills, creative in their thinking, persuasive in their day to day tasks.
The purpose of the role is to maintain an effective and professional credit control service for the business, all while fostering existing relationships with our clients.
Key Duties:
- Enforcing the firm’s collection policy
- Liaising directly with our client’s finance teams, chasing outstanding debts via a range of methods
- Ensure accurate records are kept of all conversations/communications with clients
- Assisting the team in achieving monthly cash collection and debtor day targets
- Meeting with Partner monthly to review their Debt and discuss challenging areas
- Enforcing bills being sent in accordance with timelines as per the collection policy
- Liaise with partners to ensure timely resolution of client queries on unpaid invoices
- Escalate specific risk areas or issues to the Revenue Manager
- Performing new client credit checks raising concerns to the Revenue Manager
Do get in touch with your CV if you can demonstrate the following:
- Experience of working in a law firm or professional services environment, with exposure to billing, VAT, disbursements and credit control, that can hit the ground running in a target driven environment
- A key aspect of the role is establishing relationships with fee earners in order to gain knowledge about their practice, clients and matters, thus enabling a proactive approach to managing the full working capital cycle of Time Recording, WIP, Billing through to Cash
- Knowledge of ARCS and Aderant advantageous but not essential
For more information, see www.wiggin.co.uk.