Credit Controller - Johannesburg, South Africa - Clyde&Co
Description
Job Title- Credit Controller
- Job Location
- Johannesburg
- Job Type
- Business/Professional Services & Support
- Expertise
- Finance
- Description
Clyde & Co is a global law firm providing a complete service to clients in its core sectors of insurance, transport, energy, infrastructure and trade & commodities.
With over 2,500 legal professionals operating from over 50 offices and associated offices across six continents, we offer a comprehensive range of legal services and advice to businesses operating at the heart of global trade and commerce.
The role
- Reporting to Regional Finance Manager
- Meet collection targets for a predefined batch of aged debts
- Provision of credit control support to the credit control team
- Provision of debtor/account related information to internal and external clients
- Review and reconciliation of client account balances
- Maintain sound working relationships with internal and external clients and with finance team colleagues
Key responsibilities
- Hold regular meetings with finance manager and partners to ensure all relevant debts are chased as necessary.
- Ensure accurate allocation of cash receipts and transfer of client funds to outstanding invoices
- Deal with invoice and payment related queries from partners, clients, case handlers and other members of the finance department
- Prepare statements of account as required
- Provide detailed account reconciliations and adhoc debtor reports as required
- Review of the client fund balances on an ongoing basis in conjunction with the partners and casehandlers to ensure they are handled in a compliant manner
- Work closely with the billing team and credit control colleagues to provide a high level of service to internal and external clients
- Provide regular progress reports on targeted debts and client fund balances
- Experience within a legal, partnership or professional services environment
- A minimum of 5+ years credit/revenue control experience.
- Ideally possess a Credit Control or relevant Finance qualification
- The ability to formulate and evaluate alternative options for recovery of problem debts
- Strong numeracy skills and a strong level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Strong excel skills
- Strong time management and organisational skills
- Good computer skills and experience using 3E or similar practice management systems
- The ability to problem solve, analyse situations and identify key issues
- Excellent team player, with a willingness to get involved across a range of activities
- Have excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to deal with all levels of staff and work effectively with individuals and teams based in different locations
- Be highly organised, able to work under pressure and prioritise workloads effectively
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