Credit Officer

CREDIT OFFICER
- 492793
- Sydney
- Brisbane
- Melbourne
- Finance
- Full time

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

We are looking for an experienced credit or collection professional, with drive, motivation and strong customer service skills to join our Finance Operations team. This role has flexibility to be based from either our Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne offices.

Working closely with the Team Leader, the Credit Offer is responsible for improving collection results, maximising cash flow and reducing debtor balances and debtors days to an acceptable level.

**Key responsibilities**
- Undertake appropriate collection activity direct with clients nationally and internationally in accordance with the firm's policy
- Reduce and maintain debtor days and balances
- Provide efficient and timely service and support to internal and external clients, including in the management of dispute resolution
- Reconciliation of client accounts
- Assisting internal clients to enhance the timely collection of debt
- Assessment of clients credit risk when reviewing new and existing clients
- Ensure compliance and enforcement of firm's Credit Procedures
- Assist National Finance Operations Manager with on-going revision of credit policy, practice and procedures to meet changing business needs

**Required qualifications and preferred experience**
- Minimum of three 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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