Senior Billing Assistant in Manchester

Overview

• Type: Full Time
• Duration: 12 month fixed term contract
• Location / Working Pattern: Manchester – 2 days office / 3 days remote
• Department: Finance

The Role

This role is a key position within a fast‑paced Working Capital Team responsible for managing the lock‑up of the Casualty Practice across several teams with varied requirements and processes. The Senior Billing Administrator will manage the flow of billings in line with agreed targets, ensuring fee billing is maximised. The work is predominantly high‑volume and low‑margin, requiring strong organisation, attention to detail and regular collaboration with the firm’s key clients and Senior Partners.

The Team

The Working Capital Team supports Partners and fee earners with the efficient management of billing processes, financial controls, and lock‑up performance. The team operates in a high‑pressure, fast‑paced environment and plays a critical role in ensuring timely billing and revenue recognition across the Casualty Practice.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Billing Operations & Working Capital Expertise
  • Experience supporting billing processes in a high‑volume, professional services environment.
  • Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
  • Ability to create accurate, easy‑to‑read month‑end reports for Partners.
• Stakeholder Management & Communication
  • Confident communicator with experience holding meetings with Partners to discuss, progress and resolve billing issues.
  • Able to document actions, track activity, and arrange follow‑up sessions with clear communication.
  • Experience escalating issues appropriately to team leaders.
• Technical & Process Management
  • Ability to produce daily billing positions and advise fee earners on deadlines.
  • Experience overseeing training and onboarding of new starters.
  • Ability to create and maintain a library of process guides ("How to" manuals).
  • Experience with ebilling systems and acting as a subject matter expert.

What Sets This Role Apart

• The opportunity to play a central role in the Working Capital function supporting one of the firm’s largest practice areas.
• Close collaboration with Senior Partners, gaining exposure to strategic financial processes.
• A varied workload combining reporting, stakeholder engagement, training, and problem solving in a dynamic environment.

What’s In It For You

• Modern, flexible working – minimum 2 office days, 3 from home.
• Join an award‑winning global firm with strong rankings across Chambers and Legal 500.
• Career progression and development through structured learning programmes, secondments and internal mobility.
• Inclusive culture with global DEI initiatives, leadership programmes and community involvement.
• Perks include life assurance from day one, season ticket loans, lifestyle discounts, an annual Wellbeing Day, 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and more.

Please note: benefit eligibility varies based on location and length of service.

The Firm

When you work at Clyde & Co, you join a team of 500 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals and 5,500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment, including through our commitment to the SBTi Net‑Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.

Our Commitment

Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our values encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore, we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity.

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This is the job description as constituted at present; however, Clyde & Co reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.