Credit Controller - London, United Kingdom - Saffery Champness

Saffery Champness

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The Finance department consists of 25 Finance professionals, operating across three specialist areas - Financial Control, Financial Operations and Financial Reporting, offering a friendly and supportive working environment.

Working within the Finance department's Financial Operations function, you will be a key member of the Credit Control team.

Under the day-to-day leadership and supervision of the Financial Operations Manager you will be responsible for providing credit control services to assigned partners and teams, across all UK offices to proactively manage their clients' debt in accordance with the firm's credit control policy and procedures.

Duties and responsibilities

Reduce 90+ days debt and manage risk, to minimise exposure to bad and doubtful debt
Be an ambassador for the firm's credit control policy and procedures, keeping line managers informed of any barriers or contentious issues
Develop your professional relationship with partners and clients, to become a trusted advisor/intermediary
Work closely with the Financial Operations Cashiers, to resolve unallocated cash and return overpayments, to maintain an accurate debtors' ledger
Maintain high quality collections notes to enhance the value of information held within the credit control system
Deal with queries in a timely manner, escalating to partners or managers as appropriate and tracking through to timely resolution
Hold regular meetings with partners and managers, to help provide a proactive credit control service
Timely completion of administrative tasks related to the firm's credit control policy and procedures
Assist with improving credit control systems, processes, and procedures, to enhance the service provided to clients and partners
Assist with credit control initiatives and projects, as requested by line managers
Providing Cashiers team cover for drawing and banking of cheques during office attendances.

You

Strong organisation and prioritisation skills
Excellent written skills and an articulate telephone manner for communicating with client and partners
A confident, professional, diplomatic, and friendly approach

A good understanding of credit control/collection systems

Motivated, committed and flexible
A natural team player, with a positive and enthusiastic attitude
Good educational background and a high level of computer literacy (Word and Excel, or equivalent)
Experience using a modern practice management system is desirable, such as Thomson Reuters Elite 3E.

Reward & Benefits

A 35hour working week with flexibility around the core hours of 10am4pm
Agile working policy giving you the option to work from home for up to 3 days per week.
Paid overtime or time off in lieu.
25 days annual leave. After 5 years' service, the entitlement will be increased by 1 day.
In addition, employees are entitled to buy or sell up to 5 days holiday a year
Contributory pension scheme (The firm will contribute 5% of salary on a matched basis with employee from their date of joining)
Life assurance cover of 4 x annual salary,
Working from home allowance of £25 a month.
Eligibility for the firm's Profit-Sharing Plan that runs from October to September each year. The scheme enables staff to share in the profits of the firm. Payment is usually c£1,000. Paid in December.
New client referral scheme. Members of staff introducing a new client to the firm, have the potential to receive a referral payment of up to 10% of the first year's total fees.
Staff have access to health assessments, cancer screenings and health cash plans through the flexible benefits programme.
Access to a number of additional benefits with preferential rates under the flexible benefit programme, health cash plans, health screening/GP support, critical illness cover, dental and travel insurance, Techscheme, Cyclescheme, Gymflex and a Workplace ISA.