We are recruiting for a Credit Control Assistant to join our Finance team in Bristol.

The current team is made up of 8 credit controllers, working together on different clients. The team work specifically on Credit Control, cash collection and controlling aged debt.

Your Role

As an Credit Control Assistant your day to day remit includes:

Managing own workload which will cross legal groups and clients.

Managing Credit Control mailbox being the first point of call for general enquiries

Use email, letters, and telephone to contact debtors and ensure payment of outstanding invoices to reduce debtor days.

Keep a record of all communication with the client on the credit control software, this is important when there are payment problems and the account become legal, these records are needed for court proceedings.

Investigate and resolve all queries relating to non-payment of invoices.

Send copy invoices, credit notes, and liaise internally to progress any problems that are being handled in any other department.

Reconcile accounts if requested.

Report to management on outstanding issues and inform them early of potential debtor's problems.

Manage relationships with clients to reduce exposure and potential bad debt.

You will have previous experience of working in credit control.

Have regular meetings with the solicitors/teams assigned.

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual with a minimum of 1 years' experience within credit control / AR and someone who is looking for an opportunity within a company who have a focus on personal development.

We are looking for someone who is self-driven, organised and who is an excellent communicator. The post holder will need the ability to build strong relationships with both our clients as well as the internal team.

This position would suit an individual who is driven by results and is target driven.

A polite but tenacious telephone manner along with a calm, confident manner to handle potentially uncomfortable conversations.

Excellent communication, negotiation, influencing skills and eye for detail.

Ability to multitask and prioritise your workload.

Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people.