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Job Overview
Court Enforcement Services Limited is one of the largest and fastest growing High Court and Civil Enforcement companies in the UK.

Since forming in 2014, we have managed over 100,000 High Court Writs and recovered more than £187 million for our clients. We work with legal professionals and creditors including utility companies, local authorities, businesses and individuals to recover unpaid County Court Judgements (CCJ’s) sooner rather than later.

We are also specialists in property-related enforcement including Commercial Rent Arrears Recovery (CRAR), Forfeiture of Lease and dealing with squatter and trespasser related issues. Delivering an approach that differs from traditional providers or panels we have worked tirelessly to earn our reputation as a leading High Court Enforcement company. We are committed to ensuring that fair treatment is embedded in every engagement with clients, customers and staff and we are also focused on protecting our clients’ brands and reputation.

As an Accounts Assistant, you will play a key role within the finance department. You will be focused on billing and assisting all functions within the accounts department. Key tasks will include invoicing clients in a timely manner with the high standards of service our clients have come to expect. You will maintain the purchase ledgers, adhering to Company and Group SLAs (Service Level Agreements) and any other industry or financial guidelines.

You will also provide support to the Financial Controller with any ad hoc duties as may be necessary and help handle any finance-related queries to the department from the wider business.

This is fixed-term position for 12 months.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Running daily/weekly/monthly invoices
• Processing daily/weekly/monthly remittances
• Collating and sending invoices and remittances to clients
• Dealing with billing queries and issues
• Raising and issuing credit notes
• Running and sending self-bill fee notes for subcontractors
• Ensuring all invoices are approved by department heads and posted to sage in a timely manner
• Ensuring suppliers are paid in a timely manner
• Paying our enforcement agents what they are due, in a timely manner
• Answering telephone and email queries with both internal and external stakeholders
• Ensuring accounts mailbox is up to date
• Dealing with daily post
• Reconcile payments made to suppliers
• Covering cashiers during annual leave and busy periods
• Covering billing administrator during annual leave and busy periods
• Liaising with the commercial team on a daily basis

Essential Skills

• Good general education to GCSE level
• Strong numeracy skills
• IT literate - proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel. Sage 50 advantageous.
• Organisational/administrative skills
• Previous experience of working in a finance department
• Excellent communicator
• Enthusiastic
• Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise workloads
• Deliver results and meet expectations
• Ability to work in a non-discriminatory manner in accordance with the Company's Equal Opportunities Policy
• Can demonstrate integrity

Desirable skills

• Studying towards accounting qualifications
• Knowledge of debt recovery/enforcement
• Prior experience of using Nexum

This role requires meticulous attention to detail, strong organisational skills, and a proactive approach to tasks. If you are looking to kick-start your career in finance and possess the necessary skills, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity as an Accounts Assistant.

Job Type: Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Pay: Up to £30,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person