Credit Controller

Schillings is a multidisciplinary advisory firm with expertise in reputation, privacy and security.

We work with UK and international clients to successfully manage high-stakes opportunities and threats, using a unique combination of capabilities: legal; intelligence; communications; security and diplomacy.

We believe everyone has a right to fair treatment of their reputation, to a reasonable expectation of privacy and to feel safe.

Our experts sit within their specialist team but day-to-day work in multidisciplinary teams solving client problems. They are supported by our business services teams: Clients and Markets, HR, Finance, Risk and Compliance, IT and Client Services. 

Because we are a growth business, opportunities appear in all areas and at all levels.   We have the largest team of specialist media lawyers in the world, an expanding Intelligence & Investigations team, a growing Critical Risks unit, an evolving Digital Resilience practice, and a new communications agency – Schillings Communications – that will grow significantly in the next three years. 

Schillings is a collaborative, fun and welcoming place to work, with a positive culture, strong values and a developed service ethic.  We require commitment, diligence, agility and professionalism, and in return provide competitive packages and incredibly stimulating and interesting work.  We are committed to sharing learning and creating development opportunities so you can progress your career with us. Our people’s career trajectory and longevity at Schillings is a good example of this: a third of our people have been at the business for over five years. Join us and become part of our story.

Job Title: Credit Controller

Reporting to: Senior Finance Specialist – Revenue Control

Contracted Hours: 09:30-17:30 (Full time)

Salary: 30k

Job Purpose: To provide a professional and timely accounting service in respect to controlling revenue and working capital within the firm. The Credit Controller is responsible for managing the debts of a business.  A Credit Controller oversees all debts owed to a company from existing creditors and manages new requests for credit.

In most instances, the Credit Controller reports into the company accountant and liaises closely with them to deliver an accurate and efficient credit control service.  This role requires building and maintaining strong relationships with clients to ensure the smooth running of accounts.

The day-to-day duties of the Credit Controller are varied and include managing the debts of creditors, ensuring timely payments are made, processing incoming funds, reconciling invoices, resolving account queries and managing debt recovery.

Scope of Job:

• Taking a proactive role in managing and collecting debts of company debtors
• Ensuring timely payment of debts
• Following up payments as needed
• Responding to relevant client enquiries
• Processing and reconciliation of invoices
• Checking and posting of receipts to accounting systems
• Preparation of statements, client status reports and all relevant information as required
• Providing back up support for the billing team

Knowledge/Experience:

• 1 year of finance or credit control experience nice to have in a professional services environment
• Have a logical, and organised mind-set and are good with numbers
• Great interpersonal and communications skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Self-disciplined time management
• Good team working skills, ability to collaborate with others easily
• The ability to work to strict deadlines
• An aptitude for IT (especially Excel and other accounting software)
• comfortable in Excel, use of PIVOT tables and data analysis
• Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) qualification, equivalent or an interest in completing this. Opportunity for sponsorship for the right candidate.

Specific Accountabilities of the Role:

• Credit Control – chasing down and allocating receipts for outstanding bills raised. Keeping comprehensive notes on progress made to date.
• Help the business to embrace the new workflow within Peppermint
• Responsible for posting client/office receipts daily and notifying relevant people
• File closure – closing down files after clearing all balances to ensure we remain compliant. Work alongside the Compliance team to achieve this.
• Filing – regular filing of all paperwork.

Life at Schillings

Given our audacious (and successful) business strategy, it is not surprising that Schillings has a very strong culture. The atmosphere is highly collaborative and focused on excellence. We have worked hard over the years to develop a coaching culture and are remarkably non-hierarchical, especially given our roots as a law firm. Schillings has adopted a set of values to put at the heart of this change and they reflect the intention and tenor of our ambitious plans. They are: ‘Innovative; Bold; United; and Excellent’. Our client list speaks for the outstanding results that have been delivered over many years and the task now is to grow without losing any of the commitment to delivering for clients or the service ethos. Finding people who share our values and can thrive in this environment is key to our success.

It takes a unique mix of people to create something truly great. We appreciate that diversity of thought, background and culture creates the best environment to truly innovate, solve problems and achieve our goals. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds – if you are driven and want to achieve your best then we will give you the platform and support to succeed.

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