Revenue Controller - London, United Kingdom - Dentons

Dentons

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Location:
UK

Duration:
Full time - Permanent

Reports to:
UK Revenue Manager

Direct reports:
N/A

Reference no:5284

Role

Working within a team, this role provides support to specific departments in the control and management of Work In Progress (WIP), including regular communication with Partners and fee earners.

Revenue Controllers also liaise closely with the billing team in Warsaw ensuring all invoices are raised as per Partner instructions in a timely manner.

Responsibilities
Work In Progress (WIP) Control

Conduct regular meetings with Partners to ascertain when transactions will complete, the levels of fees expected, and the anticipated bill date and client billing requirements taking any action required facilitating the billing process. Updating a central billing forecast that is reviewed by the FD and UK Revenue Manager.
Establish strong working relationships with partners, feeearner and secretaries.
Monitor and reduce aged WIP, in line with the lock up day budget.
Action requests from Partners for information e.g. reporting on fee levels to specific clients over a period of time.
Ensure all possible steps are taken to assist the Department in achieving their monthly and annual billing targets.
Constant monitoring of WIP, billing and activity levels, to include arranging and attending meetings with the Departmental Managers/ Practice Managers to discuss.

Billing

Liaise closely with the billing team in Warsaw ensuring that all details correspond with Partners' and client instructions.
Assist the front office users with the billing workflow including training new users.
Liaise with Partners and the Revenue Control Manager with regard to special billing arrangements.
Where required, prepare detailed schedules of hours recorded or outside counsel, disbursements for reporting or to submit with bills.
Monitor clients who require ebilling. Ensure correct procedures are followed so that invoices are accepted via ebilling.

General

Chase Departmental missing time, and deal with time recording queries from fee earners and secretaries.
Meet with the Revenue Control Manager to discuss the current position and anticipated progress within the relevant Department, as and when required.
Liaise with the relevant Credit Controller for each Department.
Provide general assistance to the Revenue Control Manager with ad hoc project work, as and when required.
Comply with the firm's policies and any other legal obligations, and effectively manage risks to the firm where those risks relate to this role.

Experience, Skills & Knowledge
Technical Skills

Confident using MS Office, including Word and Excel.
Knowledge of the Elite accounts system, and of ebilling systems, would be an advantage.
Basic knowledge of Solicitors' Accounts Rules, and VAT.

Personal attributes

Good knowledge and understanding of Work in Progress management, obtained through work experience in a similar environment. Experience of working in a law firm (or similar) is not essential for this role.
Possesses the confidence to deal effectively with Partners, and to discuss their files.
Good interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
Able to prioritise and multitask particularly when working under pressure and to tight deadlines.
Able to interact positively at all levels and a good team player.
Methodical approach to work with a strong focus on accuracy.
Hardworking and enthusiastic approach to work; professional in outlook, attitude and appearance.
Flexible and prepared to work additional hours at month, quarter and year ends.

Language Capabilities
We are a truly global law firm and as such, always welcome hearing from those with foreign language capabilities.

Firm Profile

We undertake and support a number of internal and external initiatives aimed at increasing diversity within the profession and we encourage all our partners and staff to get involved.

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Please note that we will not accept unsolicited CVs sent to the business, nor will we accept any associated terms of business.