You would be joining a team providing world class financial services to our business. You’ll be someone who wants to be the best at what they do, who can handle pressure and enjoys making decisions that will have a real impact on our business. Our law firm is all about teamwork and you would be a crucial part of that team – you’ll find the work stimulating, the atmosphere dynamic and the results highly satisfying.
Your role as Credit Controller will be vital in ensuring we maximise client turnover and minimise bad debts through effective interpretation and application of the firm’s Credit Policy.
Key responsibilities:
In this role you will be responsible for providing a robust collection service within the entire Eversheds Deutschland LLP. You will report in to the Manager of the Central Billing Team. You will be responsible for ensuring your performance meets our client’s needs, whilst being target driven to meet and exceed the firm’s targets.
Working as part of a fast paced, supportive and dynamic team, your remit will encompass all aspects of the credit control function including collection, KPI performance, ledger reviews, and compliance. You will be responsible for supporting your colleagues in relation to client queries and identifying any risks and escalating accordingly. You will understand the end to end process for each of our key clients recommending improvements if necessary and ensuring the clients portfolio is updated accordingly.
You will collaborate with all levels of the Partnership, including internal and external clients as well as accountants to develop communicate and execute credit strategies. You will be required to undertaken other adhoc financial tasks such as invoicing as directed from time to time.
Skills and experience:
To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate:
- Successfully completed professional training as a trained legal assistant
- Experience in claims management, in court and out-of-court
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Very good German and English language skills
- A target driven focus
- Ability to build strong relationships within the Partnership and with our clients
- Excellent negotiation and persuasion skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Positive and can do attitude to problem solving
- Team Player – supporting colleagues
- Offer new ideas and share experience to maximise cash flow across the business.
Key competencies:
We’re looking for someone who can demonstrate:
- A clear understanding of credit control policies
- Who is passionate about service and building strong internal and external relationships
- An ability to communicate effectively with the team, the members of the Partnership, stakeholders and clients
- Who is highly organised and has strong interpersonal skills
- Good IT skills, including MS Outlook, Excel and Word, knowledge of DATEV Anwalt Pro appreciated.
We’re a modern, progressive law firm. We think differently and we’ve built a culture where individual skills and personalities can shine through. At Eversheds, we believe that innovation comes from a culture of genuine equality and diversity and we are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments individuals may require in the recruitment process, or once in post.
Eversheds is not your average law firm and we’re not looking for average people. We do things differently – in the way we treat our people and regarding the service we provide. That’s how we’ve become one of the largest law firms in the world and a great place to work and develop your career
Eversheds endeavours to recruit and fill vacancies directly. However, when we do need to engage with agencies, Eversheds operates within a preferred supplier list.
Eversheds is a global firm; we kindly ask that all application correspondence is submitted in English
Salary range: Competitive