About the Role
We are looking for a Credit Controller to join our team in Chester.
Duties
- Primary day to day responsibility for managing the firm’s debtors (c900 live accounts) as part of the credit control team.
- Proactively progressing collections via telephone, email and letters.
- Accurately recording debt collection actions and commitments to ensure they are followed up and progressed proactively.
- Taking payments both over the phone and face to face.
- Regular internal liaison at all levels to aid the progress of debt collections.
- Resolution and recording of queries and issues as required.
- Daily upkeep of debtor reports (currently MS Excel).
- Daily updating and reconciling of payments on the Accounts system.
- Highlighting / escalating of debt concerns as appropriate.
- General ad hoc Accounts duties to support the Accounts team as required.
Key Attributes
- Previous Credit Control experience, ideally within a professional services environment.
- Positive self starter who is able to work on own initiative.
- Professional and courteous approach.
- Ordered, process led approach to ensure progression of actions through the debt cycle.
- First class communication / customer services skills in order to deal with both internal and external relationships.
- Robust character in order to deal effectively with the challenges of Credit Control.
- Excellent IT / Excel skills.
About Aaron & Partners LLP
We are a highly reputable law firm with offices in Chester and Shrewsbury and more than
20 recommendations from the two main independent legal directories, Legal 500 and
Chambers & Partners.
We pride ourselves on providing high quality, results focused legal advice through a dedicated partner-led service. Much of the work we undertake is ‘bespoke’, requiring unique solutions to unique problems and a breadth of commercial understanding and appreciation.
The firm is growing, ambitious and constantly evolving and we expect the same from our employees.
Hours of work & benefits
This is a full-time position based at our Chester office.
We offer a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package including:
- 26 days annual leave (increasing with long service)
- Enhanced pension
- Healthcare scheme
- Death in service benefit (4 x annual salary)
- Supported parking scheme
- and more…….
We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to ensuring that all job applicants are treated equally and without discrimination.
As a firm we proactively promote a positive working environment and “The A&P Way”
If you are interested in applying for this opportunity, please fill in the form below or please send your CV, along with a covering letter to Jane Dearsley by email to [email protected] or by post to 5-7 Grosvenor Court, Foregate Street, Chester, CH1 1HG.