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Senior Credit Controller

Employer
DLA Piper
Location
Manchester, Greater Manchester
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
23 Dec 2020

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Our commitment, your career.

No two careers - or two people - are the same at DLA Piper. You can be yourself in a diverse team where every voice is heard and your success is recognised. So find out more about being valued for who you are as well as what you do, in a global law firm that commits to you and your career.

DLA Piper, an international leading law firm, transitioning and stepping away from the traditional corporate visions, embracing change, investing in and driving modern initiatives, while maintaining a “best in class” service and support both externally and internally, is looking forward to collaborate with an experienced Senior Credit Controller to join our office in Manchester.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

As a Senior Credit Controller you will enjoy a great deal of interaction with other areas of the business as well as external clients. Working with the Credit Control Manager and Key Personnel driving collections on the UK ledger ensuring Partner KPI’s are achieved and pro-actively reducing aged debt whilst continuing a positive relationship with both our internal and external clients.

Specifically, you’ll be working within our Firm’s International Credit Policy to ensure cash collection targets are achieved and ensuring Partners compliance to the policy.

  • Collection driven in line with the Firm's Credit Policy to ensure UK collection target is achieved and bad debt is reduced

  • Potential management of collections for some of the Firm’s Key International Clients

  • Ensure accurate and concise collection notes are maintained within the Firm's collection system to reflect the current debt position for internal reporting purposes

  • Liaise and assist Partners in all aspects of credit control to ensure Firm and personal KPI's are achieved by way of telephone and face to face meetings when required

  • Provide weekly detailed ledger analysis against objectives and targets to UK Credit Manager

  • Assist with Credit Checking new clients

  • Providing support and guidance to other team members including training of new team members

  • Support the Firm's personal development initiatives and any departmental projects

  • Provide timely and accurate reports to the business

ABOUT YOU

  • Minimum of 5 years current Credit Control experience in a legal or professional service environment

  • A proven track record of working towards and achieving monthly cash targets

  • Experience in dealing with and reducing aged debt (6 months+)

  • ICM, CIMA or AAT qualification (Desirable) or Currently studying towards obtaining further qualifications to enhance career development

  • Able to handle multiple priorities, working to sometimes conflicting timescales in a fast-paced and challenging environment whilst maintaining a high level of accuracy and attention to detail

  • Strong communication and negotiating skills demonstrating an ability to communicate key information accurately and concisely at all levels

  • Experience in holding and attending internal and external meetings and being confident to drive lead and drive an agenda

  • Ability to identify areas of process improvement and suggest potential solutions

  • Proficient in using all Microsoft programmes in particular Excel to assist with reporting requirements

  • Knowledge of ARCS 2G would be an advantage but not essential

ABOUT US

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Our global reach ensures that we can help businesses with their legal needs anywhere in the world. We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality, service excellence and value to our clients and offering practical and innovative legal solutions to help them succeed. Our clients range from multinational, Global 1000, and Fortune 500 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies, as well as government and public sector bodies.

OUR VALUES

In everything we do connected with our People, our Clients and our Communities, we live by these values:

  • Be Supportive - we care about others, value diversity and act thoughtfully

  • Be Collaborative - we give, we share and we join in

  • Be Bold - we stand tall and challenge ourselves to think big

  • Be Exceptional - we exceed standards and expectations

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

At DLA Piper, diversity and inclusion underpins how we live our values and everything we do.  We believe that everyone has a voice, and that everyone’s voice counts. We know that the rich diversity across our firm makes us stronger, more innovative and creative, which helps us to better serve our clients and communities. We are committed to providing an inclusive working environment and culture across our global firm, where everyone can bring their authentic self to work.

Diversity of perspective, thought, background and culture combine to make us the leading global law firm; that’s why we actively seek to build balanced teams. We welcome the unique contribution that you will bring to our firm and actively encourage applications from all talented people – however your talent is packaged, whatever your background or circumstance and regardless of how you identify.

We support anyone with a disability or long term health condition to ensure they have the opportunity to perform at their best. If you have not done so already, please let us know if you require any support so we can make the right adjustments and considerations should they be required.

AGILE WORKING

We know that people have responsibilities and interests outside of their career and that as a business, we all benefit from working flexibly.  That's why we are open to discussing with candidates the different ways in which we are able to support requests for agile working arrangements.

PRE-ENGAGEMENT SCREENING

In the event that we make an offer to you, and where local legislation permits, we will conduct pre-engagement screening checks that may include but are not limited to your professional and academic qualifications, your eligibility to work in the relevant jurisdiction, any criminal records, your financial stability and references from previous employers.

Company

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, positioning us to help clients with their legal needs around the world.

We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality and value to our clients, and we achieve this through practical and innovative legal solutions that help our clients succeed.

We’re proud to serve an international client base that includes more than half of the Fortune 250 and nearly half of the FTSE 350 companies. We help the world's top companies with their business-critical issues. Many of the deals we work on are complex and challenging – transcending not just practice areas, but borders, languages and legal systems. With offices throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, we represent more clients in a broader range of geographies and practice disciplines than virtually any other law firm in the world. Our lawyers have wide experience in arbitration, banking, competition and trade, as well as corporate crime and corporate finance. We have strong practices in employment, energy, hospitality and leisure, insurance, intellectual property, litigation, mergers and acquisitions and have developed key teams in pensions, private equity, real estate, tax, and technology

As a firm we are committed to diversity and to building an inclusive culture for all of our people, where differences are genuinely valued. For us, diversity isn't just about visible differences, it's the unique blend of talents, skills, experiences and perspectives that makes each of us an individual and we know it's crucial to have a culture and environment where those differences are genuinely valued.

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+44 (0)20 7349 0296
Location
160 Aldersgate Street
London
EC1A 4HT
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