Credit Officer

CREDIT OFFICER
- 492927
- Melbourne
- Finance
- Contract
- Full time

**Join Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Australia's leading independent law firm.**

We’re seeking a passionate and experienced credit or collections professional to join our Finance Operations team in Melbourne on a parental leave coverage contract through the end of 2026. If you’re driven, motivated, and thrive on delivering exceptional customer service, this is your chance to make a real impact.

In this role as Credit Officer, you’ll work closely with the Team Leader to enhance collection performance, optimise cash flow, and strategically reduce debtor balances and days outstanding to meet key financial targets. It’s a high-impact opportunity in a collaborative environment where your expertise will be valued and your contributions will help shape our financial success.

**Key responsibilities**
- Lead proactive collection activities with clients across Australia and internationally, always aligned with the firm’s credit policy
- Drive down debtor days and balances to optimise financial performance
- Deliver fast, effective support to internal and external clients, especially in resolving disputes with professionalism
- Perform accurate reconciliation of client accounts to maintain financial clarity
- Empower internal teams with guidance and support to accelerate debt recovery
- Assess credit risk for new and existing clients to ensure sound financial decisions
- Uphold and enforce compliance with the firm’s Credit Procedures
- Collaborate with the National Finance Operations Manager to refine and evolve credit policies and practices in line with business growth

**Required qualifications and preferred experience**
- Minimum of two years credit/collection experience gained within a professional services environment
- Highly competent with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel
- Experience with CMS or similar Finance software

**Required skills and personal attributes**
- Positive and proactive approach to customer and client service
- Ability to work both autonomously and within a team environment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Highly organised with the ability to prioritise competing tasks
- Well-developed problem solving skills

**At Corrs, we help you achieve your ambition - at every stage of your career.**

**About us**:
Corrs Chambers Westgarth is Australia’s leading independent law firm. We provide exceptional legal services across the full spectrum of matters, including major transactions, projects and significant disputes, offering strategic advice on our clients’ most challenging issues.

**Why Corrs?**

We pride ourselves on meeting our clients needs in a culture characterised by excellence, commitment, collaboration and respect. Our policies, practices and behaviours foster a safe and inclusive workplace, and we focus on creating opportunities and supporting a diverse workforce.
- **Flexible working as standard -**we’ve established flexibility as standard business practice and an option for all our people.
- **Bonus leave -**an additional week of leave each year (5 weeks annual leave in total).
- **Generous parental leave entitlements**- we offer up to 26 weeks paid leave and pay superannuation on both paid and unpaid leave (up to 12 months).
- **Wellbeing program** - we support the wellbeing of our people across areas including resilience, mental health, mindfulness, personal development, physical health and self-care.
- **Diversity and Inclusion**- this is a key area of focus for the firm. We set meaningful goals to improve diversity and an inclusive culture in which all employees feel supported and valued.
- **Responsible business approach** - we are a member of the United Nations Global Compact, and are committed to promoting and respecting human rights, supporting the Compact’s Ten Principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
- **Learning and development opportunities**- including our Australian-first international study scholarship, our national training program and our mentoring program.

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