Billing and Credit Assistant - Plymouth, United Kingdom - Foot Anstey LLP

Foot Anstey LLP

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Plymouth, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Are you looking for an opportunity to start or progress your career in Finance? Due to continued success and ambitious growth plans here at Foot Anstey, a leading UK law firm, we are looking for an enthusiastic Billing and Credit Assistant to join our growing Accounts team for a six-month fixed term contract (with potential to extend).

You might already have some experience in an accounts/finance capacity/team, or you may just have a real passion for finance with great organisational and communication skills - either way, we're keen to hear from you.

You'll be based in our Plymouth office overlooking the sea, and work alongside a friendly and supportive team which is based in both Plymouth and Bristol.

This is a varied role reporting into our Billing and Credit Manager where you will be able to expand your knowledge and interest in accounts and finance.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic business where the focus is on powering the ambition of not just our clients, but also our employees.

What you'll do

You'll assist the Credit Manager with any billing tasks to ensure that our legal teams and clients receive a high level of service in line with the Firm's policies, and support the Credit Controllers in successful cash collection from our clients.

You'll work closely with the wider team to support the operation of a proactive and efficient billing and credit control process throughout the business.

The role will ensure that communication with clients, our legal teams and accounts department is appropriate and effective to invoice clients promptly and to collect cash in line with the firm's payment terms.

Some of your day-to-day tasks will be to:

Assist the Credit Controllers in operating an efficient credit control reminder system which encourages cash collection for the firm
Assist the Credit Manager with any billing tasks
Communicate billing arrangements with the relevant Credit Controller which will assist them with collection of the invoices raised
Maintain repayment plan reminders, debt recovery log and records to comply with Solicitor Accounting Rules

What we're looking for:

Experience or an interest in working in an accounts/finance function
A passion for numbers
The ability to produce work which is both accurate and high quality
Someone who is proactive, organised, and able to prioritise
Good communication skills
An aptitude for learning
A team player willing to work collaboratively in a flexible manner
Knowledge of accounting procedures and bank procedures (not essential)
An interest in working on an initial sixmonth contract (with potential to extend)

Our offer to you
In return for your efforts, you can expect considerable scope for personal as well as professional development.

We encourage people to engage with our popular and well supported coaching and mentoring programmes, which connect you to people right across the firm and at every level.

We create space for mental and physical wellbeing with our weekly Lifestyle Hour, 28 days annual leave, and a sabbatical you can take every 5 years.

You can also buy holiday managing your benefits flexibly using our sophisticated portal to configure your total reward offer according to what you value most.

As part of this, you can make ongoing or one-off donations to our charitable foundation and access our CSR programme where you can engage with community-based initiatives (as a team, or individually) twice a year, to give something back where you feel it matters.

Why Foot Anstey?

As one of the UK's fastest growing law firms, Foot Anstey believes in helping our clients and people achieve their ambitions, unlocking new and exciting opportunities.

Our team of business and legal advisors are motivated by understanding clients' goals and collaborating with them and other advisers to deliver solutions.

By becoming our clients' most trusted advisor, we are enabling them to achieve their ambitions. How we do it is just as important as what we do.

Our values define the way we act with our clients and one another every day, and because of these we think our culture and environment sets us apart.

Over our history we've grown from a high-street firm to a significant regional and national player working with leading brands and individuals predominantly across six key sectors: Private Equity, Retail & Consumer, Energy & Infrastructure, Islamic Finance, Developers and Private Wealth.

Our strategy of gaining market share through meeting clients' needs, investing in and developing high quality talent and using technology and innovation to enhance our services has led to significant growth.

We now operate from seven locations:
Truro, Plymouth, Exeter, Taunton, Bristol, Southampton, and London.

Our people are central to our success, in every part of the business. We actively support our employees to achieve their aspirations through offering meaningful careers with balanced rewards, which have been carefu