Credit Controller - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - Gibson Kerr

Description

We are looking for an experienced credit controller for our busy legal practice. The role can be worked either from home or from our office in the West End of Edinburgh.


Key responsibilities include:

• Monitoring accounts receivable and contacting clients who have not settled their bills on time.
• Making arrangements for clients to pay by instalments where required based on financial situation and level of debt.
• Tracking incoming instalments and contacting clients if they miss a payment.
• Reporting monthly to the Partners on the status of all outstanding fees.
• Pursuing outstanding fees, including through the simple procedure and ordinary cause procedure in the Scottish Courts.
• Making recommendations on how debt recovery processes could be improved
• Working alongside our outsourced cash room, ensure all financial matters are dealt with effectively and efficiently. This includes reconciling ledgers, resolving queries, issuing fee notifications and invoices to clients and processing supplier invoices.

Gibson Kerr is a long established, central Edinburgh legal practice with a good client base, specialising in personal law, family law, and residential conveyancing and estate agency.

We aim to provide a high quality, personalised service to our clients. We are a four-partner firm, with eight other fee earners and 17 support staff at present.

We are a small, busy firm and there may be opportunities to become involved in other areas of work, particularly in terms of providing cover for colleagues.

If you have previous experience in credit control, strong organisational and numeracy skills, and enjoy working with clients and as part of a small busy team, we'd love to hear from you.

Qualifications and Skills

• Required: _
• Qualified accountant or other relevant qualification.
• Relevant experience in credit control.
• Demonstrable previous success in reducing aged debt.
• Good working knowledge of accountancy software.
• Highly numerate and accurate when working with figures.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Organised, methodical approach to work.
• Desirable: _
• Experience of Intuit Quickbooks.
• Experience of dealing with the simple procedure and ordinary cause procedure for debt recovery in Scotland.

Applicant Profile

• Able to create good rapport with clients and colleagues.
• Team player.
• Numerate.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Willing to learn new tasks and firm procedures.
• Proactive and prepared to take responsibility for actions.
• Good at handling a varied workload, working to tight deadlines, and prioritising tasks as appropriate.

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent


Salary:
£29,250.00-£39,000.00 per year


Benefits:

• Company pension
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus scheme

Experience:

- credit control: 1 year (required)