Credit Control Assistant

Join Mills & Reeve as a Credit Control Assistant in Norwich. Support finance, manage invoices, build client relationships. Apply now!

Reporting to the firm's Collections Manager, this role is provides comprehensive administrative support to the Credit Control Team and wider Firm, supporting our key business objective of being a leader in client experience whilst driving profitable growth. This is a great opportunity to join a high performing finance team and further your career in an ambitious and growing top 50 national law firm.

This role requires someone with previous administration experience who can thrive in a busy environment where they are required to use their own initiative to solve problems and see work through to its conclusion. You will be a natural organizer and are likely to have some experience within a Finance department or within a role which involved elements of finance.

Given the responsibilities of this role, it's likely that your background and experience will include:

• a role with a level of independence and responsibility
• a good working knowledge of Excel , Word, Outlook and Teams
• an education to A-Level or the equivalent with strong results in English and Maths GCSEs (or their equivalent)

Therole also requires someone who :

• is self-managed and confident in setting and prioritising their own work agenda.
• has excellent written as well as verbal communication skills and can demonstrate that they can convey complex matters in a way that different audiences can understand.
• is confident and able to build sustainable relationships with clients, lawyers and internal colleagues , and works well within a team.
• is organised and methodical in how they approach their work and has excellent attention to detail.
• is willing to take on new responsibilities and challenges

Reporting & Monitoring

• Produce weekly aged debt reports and ensure these are sent to Matter Managers and Matter Partners.
• Update our Credit Control system with promises of payment from emails and remittances.
• Update portal status changes for eBilled invoices.

Inbox and System Administration

• Manage the Credit Control inbox, including, but not limited to:
  • Completing supplier forms
  • Adding PO numbers to invoices and resubmitting them for processing
  • Sending out copy invoices
• Adding/updating contact details to our Credit Control system.
• Support the team to ensure all general administration tasks are completed in a timely manner.

Systems & Process Knowledge

• Develop a sound understanding of key finance systems that are relevant to the role.
• Develop a sound understanding of our cash collection policies and processes.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

As you'd expect, we offer a competitive salary and a wide range of benefits.  to find out more about our core benefit offering.

If we offer you a role, we will conduct comprehensive pre-employment screening. This screening will include, but is not limited to, a basic DBS, verification of your right to work, a three year employment history and a self-declaration to assess your character and suitability for the role. Full details of our pre-screening employment process are available upon request.

Mills & Reeve is centred on achieving more for clients, their businesses and the wider communities we serve. Our clients and their industries benefit from our knowledge and learning, and receive consistent experiences with no surprises. We tell them what they need to know when they need to know it.

We build personal relationships, with advice individually tailored to individual need. And if clients need things we don't offer, we draw on our network to give recommendations. Our 1,450 plus people and over 850 lawyers share one vision – achieving more for clients.

By joining Mills & Reeve, you'll have the chance to build your skills and experience within a firm that's not only ranked in the top 50 UK law firms, but also one that truly values their people. We're also ranked in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work list,…