Sector: Accounts - Professional Services

Location: Essex

Type: Interim

Ref: BBBH61950_1606468653

Salary: Up to £45000.00 per annum + pension

The Finance team support the Firm globally producing timely and accurate financial and management information, reporting solutions and operational support to maintain the high standard of service offered to the Firm's internal and external clients.

Our Finance team is made up of Financial Systems, Financial Control, Financial Planning and Reporting, Management Accountants, Credit Control, Legal Cashiers and Billers and Financial Operations Database teams.

Our UK Finance team is based in Chelmsford and London and have a presence in eight global offices.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide a comprehensive credit control service - pursue debtors frequently and effectively by telephone, email and letter to secure payment within the firms agreed payment terms


• Proactively engage fee earners and partners to improve collections and reduce days' debt - attend monthly meetings with fee earners and partners to agree collection plans


• Review aged debt lists regularly to identify bills that can be chased and ensuring that the debtors are contacted


• Ensure the credit control database is updated regularly and maintained with current activity summary.

Required experience

• Working knowledge of a Credit Control function and legal billing cycles


• Knowledge of Solicitors Accounting Rules and VAT gained through experience


• Good level of IT skills, including Word and Excel


• Ideally a working knowledge of Elite 3e or similar financial systems


• Working with and exposed to high volumes of debt chasing.

The successful Credit Controller will work as part of the Credit Control team, alongside the Billing, Cashiering and Finance Database teams, to provide a proactive support service to the Firm.

Salary is up to £45k plus benefits.