Credit Controller - Litigation

Taylor Rose MW is a Top 60 Law firm with a national footprint across the UK. We are committed to developing our employees and to delivering outstanding service to our customers. Our vision is to continue to deliver #smart #modern #law and to embrace and develop our employees through their career.

The Litigation Credit Controller will work closely with the Revenue Manager to collect cash across the firm and to help reduce bad debts. Significant capital balances are locked up in debtors and WIP. These need to be properly managed to maximise the collection of cash, to minimise the bad debts and provide accurate monthly financial results.

Working collaboratively with busy fee earners, help drive forward improvements to existing procedures and processes. This posiiton is offered as a hybrid role, with some attendance required at either our Peterborough or London Office.

This role involves but is not limited to:

• Deliver a high-quality collections process to all fee earners within the business and monitor the effectiveness of the process.
• Be the end of the collection process for all fee earning departments by escalation from the Credit Controllers.
• Negotiate payment plans where appropriate.
• Support the billing write off process and ensure any material amounts are brought to the attention of the Revenue Manager.
• Keep detailed notes on Elite 3e of all collection activities.
• Use of MCOL to chase the most delinquent accounts.
• Completion of proof of debt and other insolvency forms. Correspondence with Insolvency Practitioners.

Requirements:

• Experience of credit control procedures preferably gain within a law firm including litigation.
• Understanding of SRA regulations and regulatory environment.
• Ability to plan and prioritise, produce high-quality work while handling multiple projects.
• High levels of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Resilience and ability to challenge appropriately.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft packages.
• Ability to work under own initiative.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines.
• Experience working in elite 3e preferred but not essential.

Taylor Rose MW will contact you by telephone or email regarding your application. We do not ask for personal details upon application and all emails will come from a legitimate email address. If you are asked to respond to an application with your personal details, then please contact the Recruitment team.

Company Core Values:

Aspire: To challenge convention, an entrepreneur with energy for change. To be the best we can be.

Innovate: To creatively evolve our working practices, use our revenue and resources in a virtuous cycle of improving our people, systems and growth.

Integrate: Bring together people and systems into a cohesive force.

Commit: To work with integrity and invest in long term relationships, creating a strong market position and delivering sustained commercial advantage.