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I am delighted to be partnered with an established global Law firm in their search for a Working Capital Controller to join their London office. Joining an innovative and global law firm, this is an excellent opportunity in legal finance.
Day duties of the role:
- Prepare and process bills to ensure time and disbursements are accurately charged and allocated.
- Prepare and process e-bills, ensuring accurate charges and allocation, and clear rejected e-bills.
- Thoroughly check bills before sending them to partners and clients.
- Draft narrative in support of bills and prepare monthly and quarterly bills for clients.
- Maintain billing profiles with regular updates to provide accurate estimates.
- Comprehensive follow-up of action items, including time transfer, time write-off, dispatch of billing guides, disbursements, and queries.
- Meet with partners at least monthly to review current matters, ensure pledged bills materialize, and address credit control issues.
- Keep partners and clients informed on a daily/weekly basis about fee accruals.
- Promote and create the use of the Pricing Model, providing support and assistance to partners and associates.
- Provide technical 3E support to Legal PAs if required.
- Liaise with SSC Teams in Belfast (Revenue, eBilling, and Credit Control) and participate in relevant meetings.
- Manage Working Capital Lock Up Days by regularly reviewing WIP and debtor lock-up days, monitoring billing/write-off trigger points, and flagging debtor issues to partners.
- Work closely with partners on credit control issues to unlock debts quickly, influence partners to allow normal debt-chasing processes, and highlight queries or disputes requiring partner intervention.
- Ensure all financial aspects of new matter set-ups are correctly completed.
The right candidate will have:
- Essential experience in a Finance function; working capital experience beneficial.
- Quickly assimilates information and applies key compliance functions (SRA Accounts Rules, sales taxes, VAT).
- Professional, responsive, and effective in building relationships.
- Active team player who supports and engages with others.
- Shares knowledge, provides, and accepts feedback.
- Excellent communicator, listens, and values other opinions.
- Delivers tasks professionally and organized with minimal supervision.
- Able to work under pressure and multitask to meet deadlines.
- Committed to maintaining established processes and systems.
- Experience with legal practice management systems is beneficial.
If you are working in Legal finance and looking for a new role in working capital control, please apply above or email
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