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Our client is seeking a Revenue Controller to join their business in a permanent position, this is a legal firm and ideally you will have legal industry experience of professional Services experience to be considered for this role. The salary is between £45-55k depending on relevant experience and you can be based in either their Leicester or Northampton office, this is a hybrid role. For more details please apply.
Revenue Controller:
In this role you will act as a business partner and advisor to partners and other leaders within the firm with the aim of maximising the working capital process for all practice areas. The role will also be responsible for the general housekeeping of WIP and the production of various reports for internal teams to aid decision making.
Some of your duties will include:
- Overall control and responsibility for driving the Lock-up management for all practice areas to ensure Lock-up is actively managed by partners and and lock up is kept under control.
- Providing analysis and insight to the Practice Group Leaders, Partners and Finance team regarding Lock up (WiP and Debtors).
- Providing guidance to fee earners and secretaries on billing best practices, whilst resolving queries and identify and assist areas that would benefit from extra training. Review billing profile for practice area with a view to improve bill generation timing where possible.
- Hold regular meetings with Partners to review WIP/disbursements and debtors and follow up on action points.
- Timely preparation and distribution of client WIP/Debtor statements and exposure/accrual reports as and when required by the client/fee earner.
- Reviewing client account monies held monthly and liaising with partners regarding whether these can be used for future/existing bills or needs to be returned.
- Detailed analysis when dealing with queries on unpaid debts to resolve client and fee earner issues and ultimately ensure this is resolved and payment is received.
- Constant monitoring of WIP, billing and activity levels, to include arranging and attending meetings with the Departmental Managers/ Practice Managers to discuss.
- Completing monthly billing reports for specific clients.
A little about you:
- Ideally the candidate will have experience of working in a revenue/billing/credit control environment within the legal sector.
- Or, at least 2 years of professional experience in the accountancy area and or experienced in WIP management
- Ability to build effective relationships and influence senior stakeholders
- High attention to detail and confident in working with excel in order to provide data
- Experience of working within a Partnership
