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Job Purpose:
To lead and manage the Credit Control, E-Billing, and Receipting functions within a large law firm, ensuring optimal cash flow, compliance with legal and financial regulations, and high-quality service delivery to internal and external stakeholders.
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KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS
Debtors Management
- Drive collection strategies to achieve monthly cash flow and DSO (Days Sales Outstanding) targets.
- Ensure all client accounts are managed by internal policies.
- Maintain accurate debtor records and enforce audit trails for all activities.
- Resolve escalated client and Partner queries promptly.
- Forecast cash collections and drive initiatives to maximise cash flow.
- Maintain and improve Accounts Receivable policies, procedures, and systems.
- Manage client account suspensions, closures, and standing instruction updates
- Recommend and process doubtful debt provisions and legal handovers
Compliance and Financial Integrity
- Ensure compliance with the Legal Practice Act, trust account rules, and firm policies.
- Oversee the correct processing of credit notes, refunds, write-offs, and interest.
- Maintain clean reconciliations between the debtor's book and the general ledger.
- Minimise unapplied and unidentified receipts.
- Perform validation checks to ensure data integrity in the debtor system
E-Billing and Receipting Oversight
- Ensure accurate and timely upload of invoices to client portals.
- Maintain e-billing tariff updates and spend tracking.
- Oversee accurate receipting and timely resolution of unidentified deposits.
- Ensure adherence to the 7-day escalation policy on unallocated receipts.
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Leadership and Team Development
- Lead and develop a team of 20+ across Credit Control, E-Billing, and Receipting.
- Conduct regular team check-ins, training, and performance reviews.
- Manage team leave, discipline, recruitment, and performance alignment with EE goals.
Reporting and Stakeholder Communication
- Deliver monthly and ad hoc financial reports to the CFO and Executive.
- Analyse WIP, billing, and debt trends; identify risks and improvement areas.
- Maintain professional communication with internal and external stakeholders.
- Conduct regular reviews with Partners on outstanding debts and unbilled WIP.
REQUIREMENTS
Minimum education (essential):
- BCom Accounting or Credit Management Diploma (required).
Minimum applicable experience (years):
- Minimum 10 years’ experience managing a large Accounts Receivable team.
Required nature of experience:
- Managing large Accounts Receivable teams across multiple functions (Credit Control, E-Billing, Receipting)
- Process improvement and strategies to reduce debtors’ days
- Experience in a legal or professional services environment (essential)
- Exposure to multi-currency debtors' books and decentralised billing structures
- Strong knowledge of WIP and trust accounting within regulatory frameworks (e.g. Legal Practice Act)
- Oversight of complex client accounts, including suspensions, closures, refunds, and reconciliations
- Leading strategic debt reviews and regular reporting to senior stakeholders (e.g. CFO, Partners)
- Implementing and maintaining debtor systems, policies, and internal controls
- Managing doubtful debts, provisions, and legal handovers
- Preparing and presenting detailed debtors and billing trend reports
- Mentoring, training, and performance management of large finance teams
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Skills and Knowledge (essential):
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills
- WIP and trust accounting knowledge
- Advanced Excel and financial reporting capabilities
- Multi-currency and complex account handling
- Deep understanding of debt collection and billing systems
- Legal compliance (Legal Practice Act) and internal control processes
- Analytical thinking and attention to detail
- Experience working with client portals and e-billing platforms
- Ability to lead and develop high-performing teams
Other:
- Clear criminal and credit record
- Based in Pretoria
- Own transport and a license
Remuneration Offered
- Market related
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