Debtors Manager at Hogan Lovells

Job description

The ideal incumbent is a passionate and seasoned Debtors Manager in the Finance department. The incumbent should meet the criteria listed below:

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• 5 - 8 years' experience working in a similar role
• Experience in a full-service corporate law firm (advantageous)
• Relevant tertiary qualification
• Proficient in MS Office 2007 / 2010, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook
• DM5 and AJS System experience is advantageous

JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Full debtors function and accounting to trial balance
• Daily posting of business and trust accounts
• Advocate postings and payments
• Debtors account reconciliations
• Processing and payment of consultants collection commission
• General ledger postings
• Write offs and credit notes
• Foreign payments
• Payment of advocates, sheriffs, correspondents
• Perform collecting of overdue debt on the age analysis and giving feedback to the CFO and CEO
• Communication with clients (verbal and written)
• Examine the bank statements on a daily basis and perform the daily cash allocations on the Client accounts.
• Ensure that all debtor’s invoicing, reconciliations, allocation of payments and other financial entries are accurate and up to date on all the systems
• Resolving queries from clients timeously
• General administration – filing, e-mails, faxes

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Must be proactive
• Good attention to detail
• High work Standards
• Excellent verbal and written communication