At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage and monitor Partner WIP review activities to ensure timely billing.
- Company: Join Ashurst Perkins Coie, a global leader in legal services with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible work options, health benefits, and career advancement opportunities.
- Other info: Hybrid working model available in a supportive and collaborative environment.
- Why this job: Be part of a dynamic team driving growth and transformation in the legal industry.
- Qualifications: Experience in a similar role with strong attention to detail and relationship-building skills.
The predicted salary is between 40500 - 49500 £ per year.
At Ashurst Perkins Coie, we're helping shape the future economy. With a global team of more than 3,500 legal professionals across 52 offices, we partner with leading organisations to solve complex challenges across a diverse range of industries, with a distinct strength in technology, energy & infrastructure, and financial services. Our people work on market-leading matters that drive innovation, growth, and transformation around the world. For Ashurst Perkins Coie, innovation is our tradition.
What makes Ashurst Perkins Coie a great place to work?
- Flexible work options - part-time, working from home and additional leave
- Health and wellbeing benefits, gym membership, and discounted corporate health plans
- Career advancement - client secondment opportunities, global opportunities, and award-winning Learning & Development programs
The Opportunity:
WIP Management is part of the firm's global Working Capital team based in Australia and the UK. The WIP Analyst role involves managing and monitoring Partner WIP review activity for a selection of practice groups. The successful candidate will monitor and support timely billing of WIP for the supply of legal services, with a view to reducing unbilled WIP levels, aged WIP and potential losses.
Key responsibilities of the role include:
- A key focus of the role will be to identify key roadblocks through regular WIP reviews, ensuring root causes are resolved, completing billing forecasts and driving quality billing against target. The WIP Analyst will regularly liaise with relevant Partners, business managers and finance managers to discuss progress.
- Establish and maintain relationships across the business with Partners, PE's, Finance/Business Managers and the wider BSC Working Capital teams.
- Conduct regular, proactive WIP balance follow-ups on a monthly cycle, ensuring comments, RAG statuses, and values accurately reflect current activity.
- Ask "tailored questions" based on matter information to ensure the right data is obtained.
- Reduce aged WIP by identifying and resolving billing blockages; review smaller aged balances with a view to billing or writing off.
- Encourage earlier submission of bills throughout the month. Promote interim billing on longer-running matters to maintain healthy WIP levels.
This is a full-time role on a Permanent basis, based in our Glasgow office with hybrid working.
About you:
- Previous experience working in a similar Working Capital role, preferably in a legal or professional services environment.
- Experience of working in a law firm advantageous but not essential.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Working knowledge of 3E practice management system or similar practice management system.
- Ability to liaise at all levels and build strong relations with internal clients.
- Ability to negotiate suitable outcomes and possess practical problem-solving skills.
WIP Analyst in Glasgow employer: Ashurst Perkins Coie
Ashurst Perkins Coie is an exceptional employer located in the heart of London, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters collaboration and innovation within the Global Markets team. Employees benefit from comprehensive training and development opportunities, ensuring continuous professional growth while working on high-profile structured finance transactions. The firm values diversity and inclusion, creating a supportive environment where every team member can thrive and contribute meaningfully to client success.
