Buzzacott is a leading independent accountancy firm, based in the City of London with more than 600 people working together under one roof, making us the largest single office accountancy firm in the UK. Were big enough to support clients with specialist knowledge across a range of specialisms and small enough to understand the power of personal connections. Team Overview The Finance team has approximately 12 people and look after the firms financial matters. It plays a huge role in supporting the business on a day-to-day basis. The team is relied upon to provide timely and accurate financial statistics, reports, and accounts. The Revenue function sits within the Finance team and is a key support function to the firm, responsible for maintaining effective revenue control to enhance cash flow into the firm and minimise bad debts. Key responsibilities include: Maintaining an accurate and current client ledger by timely allocation of receipts to accounts. Supporting portfolio holders with the timely collection of debts. Escalating to, and liaising with, third parties to recover monies from delinquent accounts. Ensuring all doubtful debts are appropriately provisioned. The objectives for the Revenue function are: Achieving and maintaining a firmwide lock up target of less than 90 days. Meeting with all portfolio holders monthly to discuss WIP, billing and debts. Resolve queries from clients and portfolio holders within 24 hours. Credit ControllerDuties and Responsibilities Distribute statements to clients. Chase clients by telephone and e-mail to follow up on any overdue invoices. Escalate details of any non-paying clients to the attention of appropriate management and propose follow up actions. Use the accounts receivable software to automatically send invoices and statements. Answer queries from clients on payments. Process debtor write offs after seeking appropriate authorisation from the Finance Partner. Post and allocate all payments to the finance system. Reconcile payments as per the received remittance and Request remittances to ensure accurate posting. Process credit card payments using an online terminal. Ensure that bank transfers from clients are made into the correct back account. Enter all cheque details onto Iris Practice Engine (PE) and deposit cheques at the bank. Ensure debtor balances reconcile between the accounting (Business Central) and practice management (PE) systems. Ensure that ICAEW Clients Account Rules are followed. Reporting & Documentation Support the Senior Revenue Controller with producing and updating debtors reports with commentary, follow up actions for review, and expected cash receipt dates for use in cash flow forecasting and other management reports Liaise where necessary with debt collection agencies and external lawyers. Assist the Senior Revenue Controller with cash flow management and reporting. Skills and Experience A-levels, or equivalent credit control qualification i.e. CICM Proven experience as a credit controller and experience liaising with senior management in a professional service environment Cash allocation and accounts processing Strong organisational, time and deadline management skills. MS Office, including intermediate Excel Experience of using accounting and practice management software Excellent interpersonal skills to communicate with people at all levels Proactive, flexible and approachable Displays ethical behaviour Please note: Our HR Team review and respond to all applications. No agencies please. ADZN1_UKTJ