Part - Time Fees Credit Controller (1926)

Part - Time Fees Credit Controller (1926)
3RB Chambers
£Competitive

Three Raymond Buildings is a leading barristers' chambers based in London, renowned for its expertise in criminal law, administrative and public law, licensing, regulatory enforcement and professional discipline. Established in 1926, the set has built a distinguished reputation, handling some of the most high-profile and complex cases both domestically and internationally.

PURPOSE OF THE JOB: To organise and manage an effective fee collection/credit control system

REPORTING TO: Eddie Holland, Senior Clerk (Line Manager)

This part time role is 3 days a week with hybrid potential

Activities Involved

Under the supervision of the Financial Controller:

Fee Collection

• Timely collection of barristers professional fees by maintenance of an efficient and effective credit control system
• Maintaining relationships with professional clients to ensure that the chasing of fees has no negative impact on our client relationships generally
• Managing the collection of publicly funded fees
• In conjunction with the Team Leaders, managing the collection of privately-funded fees
• Notifying barristers of payments
• Maintaining separate spreadsheets of payments for reconciliation purposes
• Managing a monthly aged debt reporting process for approx 12 members each month
• Monitoring/maintaining of Lex workflows to ensure that reminder fee notes and letters are issued regularly and that fees are collected within our Standard Contractual Terms
• Dealing with fee queries

Banking

As backup to the Financial Controller during holiday and other absences:

Managing the Chambers Professional Fee Account via online banking facilities:

• Daily monitoring of payments in
• Reconciling payments with Lex payment reports
• Creating payment runs for authorisation and subsequent processing
• Notifying Barristers of payments processed

Person Specification



Knowledge and Experience

• Previous experience in fee collection within a barristers chambers - Essential

• Knowledge of Lex - Desirable

• Knowledge of core office management applications (Outlook, Excel, Adobe etc.) - Essential

Skills and Abilities

All essential:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills

• Ability to work under pressure, to deal with several tasks at the same time and to prioritise appropriately

• Flexibility, adapting to changing needs, the ability to cover for the Financial Controller in their absence; willingness to undertake duties not specified in the job description

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, able to operate at all levels

Personal Qualities

All essential:

• A professional approach at all times

• A positive can-do approach to challenges and teamwork

• Commitment to equality & diversity

• Patience and sense of humour

• Dynamism, a desire to seek out and make improvements wherever possible

For all enquiries please contact:

ABC Chambers Solutions LLP - 0203 890 8190 enquiries@abcllp.com

To apply for this role please e-mail a comprehensive CV and covering letter to one of the team or contact them directly for a confidential discussion:

Hudson Brewer Hudson@abcllp.com | Sam Biggerstaff Sam@abcllp.com

All third-party applications will be forwarded to ABC Chambers Solutions.

All applicants are requested to complete an Equality, Diversity & Inclusion form, available here.

ABC are committed to equality and to fostering diversity in our profession.

We will treat everyone equally and irrespective of their age, background, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity status, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Please advise us in advance of the interview if you have any access needs (including those arising from neurodiversity) and/or require reasonable adjustments for the interview so that we can make appropriate arrangements.