Revenue Assistant

Roxwell Talent, a specialist legal sector recruitment agency, is working with a prestigious UK law firm in recruiting for a Revenue Assistant. We are seeking an ambitious individual with up to 3 years of experience working in a finance department, ideally with some experience of invoicing – e.g. in revenue, billing, credit control roles.

The revenue team sits within the wider financial department and consists of one Senior Revenue Controller, six Revenue Controllers, three Revenue Executives and three Revenue Assistants, two Credit Controllers and two e-billers all reporting to the Senior Revenue Manager.

The role

The firm raises circa 20,000+ invoices a year. It is the responsibility of the revenue assistant to:

• Accurately convert the work in progress (WIP) into a compliant invoice.
• Secure timely payment of invoices.
• Resolve and escalate payment queries.
• Assist their revenue controllers.

Responsibilities

• Process a high number of invoices each month according to established procedures and judiciously send the invoices to our clients.
• Ensure that the debt collection of invoices is undertaken in accordance with the credit control procedure.
• Ensure that queries raised by a client are resolved in the appropriate timeframe and escalated to fee earners, revenue controllers or management.
• Ensure that requests from the practice teams are actioned efficiently, professionally and to a high standard.
• Attentively ensure that all relevant information relating to unpaid invoices is recorded in the firm’s debt collection program to be fed back to partners and fee-earners.
• Provide the necessary support to revenue controllers and keep the revenue coordinator and head of revenue team informed of all issues and concerns.

This job description encompasses the main duties of the role and is by no means exhaustive. It is anticipated that duties may vary from time to time according to the needs of the department.

Experience sought

• The successful candidate will ideally have one to two years of previous experience as a revenue assistant, biller or credit controller in a professional services environment.
• They will be of A-Level standard or equivalent and will be interested in furthering their education, for example studying AAT.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills (both written and verbal), demonstrating experience of liaising with clients, partners, fee-earners, secretaries and finance colleagues.
• Team player who supports and motivates their colleagues. Follows instructions, but is confident to query instructions when unsure.
• Demonstrate a clear track record of commitment to the highest level of customer service.
• A high level of numeracy is required together with a good understanding of financial workings.
• Experience of legal systems are desirable but not essential.
• Good keyboard skills and competence in Word, Excel and Outlook are required.
• It is essential that the candidate will have an eye for detail and the ability to act positively, creatively and intuitively when presented with challenges.

The job holder is expected to work within the established billing and debt collection procedures. There is a high volume of work to process and the job holder will be expected to prioritise and use their initiative and commercial sense to ensure that queries are resolved efficiently and effectively.

If the role is of interest, please don’t hesitate to apply.

A £300 cash referral incentive is on offer for anyone who recommends someone from their network who successfully secures the role and is in the role for at least 6 months.

Location: London, England, United Kingdom