Practice Lead/Business Manager X 2

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About the Company

At Broadfield, we strive to be your trusted advisors in navigating the complexities of law across various sectors and jurisdictions. As a transformative international law firm, we are setting new standards in the middle market with exceptional quality at our forefront. Broadfield supports mid-market private capital, corporate clients, not-for-profits and wealthy individuals. As the legal market is changing rapidly, local expertise with a global reach is in demand by our clients. We meet this need with value-driven legal services and a responsive client-centric approach delivered by our entrepreneurial experts. Our commitment to navigating the complexities of law is matched only by our dedication to building lasting relationships with our clients, grounded in trust and integrity. We strive to provide clarity without compromise, ensuring we are focused on delivering high quality solutions.

About the Role

The Practice Lead is responsible for managing and co-ordinating the financial, operational and compliance functions of the legal departments to ensure efficient workflow, effective communication, and smooth daily operations across the firm, while supporting senior leadership in growth and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Financial Management:
  Oversee accounting functions including supporting the HOD with management of unbilled WIP, lockup, billing, aged WIP and disbursements, and cashflow management. Approve expenses claims for the legal departments in compliance with the firm\’s Expenses Policy.
• Budgeting and Financial Oversight:
  Working with the HOD on monthly forecasting, monitoring revenue control, perform reviews and support annual financial planning processes. Conduct ongoing reviews of direct overheads budgets and performance against budgets.
• Compliance and Risk Management:
  Ensure the legal departments comply with the requirements of regulatory bodies (e.g., Solicitors Regulation Authority), anti-money laundering laws, professional liability insurance renewals, and internal quality standards like Lexcel, CQS and ISO 27001, and assist in audits and policy reviews.
• Operations and Administrative Oversight:
  Manage the day-to-day business operations and office procedures within the legal departments in collaboration with the appropriate Business Support teams. Work closely with the administration teams, improve performance and efficiency via centralised processes. Support the management and operations teams on strategic initiatives, meeting preparations, and governance duties and relay information between management and the legal departments. Monitor and update On Hold statuses of active matters in a timely and efficient manner. Set department and team structures, organise and chair weekly capacity meetings and weekly/monthly partner meetings. Co-ordinate data for dissemination to wider team. Approve access to various department mailboxes. Approve holiday requests.
• People and Performance Management:
  Assist the HOD with data and feedback related to performance management of the teams. Have a constant eye on relevant Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that reflect operational, financial, client-related, and employee-related goals of the firm. Provide support, discuss issues and manage complaints. Gather and analyse data for informed decision-making and continuous improvement.
• Recruitment:
  Assisting the HOD and COO in agreeing trainee, apprentice and NQ numbers for recruitment.
• Training and Guidance:
  Manage the training programme for the legal departments to ensure all staff understand the firm-specific metrics (e.g. target billable hours, realisation rates etc) to promote consistency and efficiency, and reduce errors in billing, client intake, and other financial and operational activities.
• Partner onboarding and offboarding:
  Co-ordinate the onboarding of new partners to include the completion of all relevant legal paperwork, and the onboarding of their clients and matters. Co-ordinate the offboarding of leaving partners to include agreeing lists of clients and matters that they will be taking with them, agreeing succession, and the