- London - Hybrid Working Available
- Salary: £100,000 - £115,000
- Top 10 International Law Firm
- Functional Leadership: Provide guidance and leadership to revenue teams across EMEA, embedding best practices and driving continuous improvement.
- Operational Efficiency: Oversee billing and collections processes, setting and monitoring KPIs for lock-up management, WIP reduction, and debtor days.
- Strategic Collaboration: Build strong relationships with service centres, agreeing on shared objectives and ensuring smooth collaboration.
- Process Improvement: Develop and implement initiatives to enhance working capital processes and financial reporting.
- Compliance and Realisation: Monitor time recording compliance, analyse realisation levels, and address areas of leakage to maximise profitability.
- Annual Rates Review: Support rate-setting processes, provide guidance on pricing, and ensure effective rollout across practice groups and jurisdictions.
- Project Leadership: Lead on ad hoc projects, such as reviews of payment terms and write-off policies, to ensure continuous optimisation.
- A thorough understanding of working capital in an international law firm and its impact on profitability.
- Strong managerial skills and a proven track record of functional leadership in the working capital space.
- Significant technical expertise across the full working capital management cycle.
- Exceptional communication skills, confidence, and the gravitas to influence senior stakeholders and guide teams effectively.
- Previous supervisory experience in revenue and collections is essential.
- Proficiency in legal finance systems (SAP experience is advantageous).