Key Accounts Administrator

Job Introduction

Our finance team provides support to the firm in management accounting, billing, credit control, purchase and payments management and budgeting as well as providing financial compliance input to support the firm's strategic decision-making processes. The finance team plays a vital role in managing risk and financial performance for the firm.

The Credit Control team structure is as follows: Credit Control Manager, Credit Control Supervisor, 20 Credit Controllers and one Administrator.

Role Responsibility

• Assisting with Key client's general administration.
• Managing personal email boxes; ensuring queries are dealt with in a timely manner.
• Copy bills and supporting documents (internally & externally – where requested).
• Dealing with incoming calls and subsequent queries where appropriate.
• Working closely with the key client credit controllers.
• Help manage data amendments from the clients perspective and internally.
• Assisting with project work being completed on Key accounts.
• Client chasing to assist with Credit Controller.
• Confident in own ability and able to look for a resolution prior to escalating.

The Ideal Candidate

• Experience in dealing with high work volumes at a fast pace.
• Able to build good working relationships quickly externally and internally.
• An effective communicator, both written and verbal.
• Works well under pressure.
• Experience in accounting/financial concepts is required and credit control experience would be preferred.
• Good Excel, Word and PDF skills.
• Self-motivated and focused with attention to detail.
• A team player but able to use own initiative.

About the Company

We are a leading international legal business with over 2,400 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We have 11 offices in the UK as well as offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Singapore, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Miami. We also have associations/alliances with firms in Northern Ireland, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Brazil, Peru, Central America, Argentina, the USA, Australia and Germany.

We are known for our market-leading presence in sectors such as Insurance, Health and Real Estate. This is complemented by a fast-growing Business Advisory capability. We represent a wide range of clients, ranging from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for the majority of the top 30 insurance and financial services companies operating in the UK. We are the asset management lawyers for the UK’s largest shopping centres and act for 9 of the UK’s top 10 housebuilders.

We have an impressive legal pedigree, with 155 Chambers UK 2019 practice area and individual lawyer rankings, including 30 rankings at 'Band 1' level. In Legal 500 UK, 2018, the firm received top tier ranking for 32 of its practice areas and 59 practice areas in the top two tiers. In March 2018, we were named as one of Legal Week's Best Legal Advisors for the third year running, achieving category-leading satisfaction scores for our commercial approach, service delivery, quality of legal advice, communication & responsiveness and overall relationships.

Our vision is to be leading business advisers, recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work. For further details on our work and our culture, please visit www.dacbeachcroft.com.

DAC Beachcroft is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from every sector of the community. We also welcome direct applications. If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV. Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.

DAC Beachcroft