The Role
Senior Revenue Advisor on a 12 month fixed‑term contract to manage the Work‑in‑Progress and debt profiles across designated practice groups, ensuring timely billing to optimise recovery and minimise financial exposure.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage WIP and debt portfolios across designated practice groups, driving timely billing to optimise recovery.
- Partner with Partners, Matter Managers and stakeholders to review WIP, agree billing timelines, and resolve queries to improve billing efficiency.
- Monitor WIP levels against agreed budgets/estimates, highlighting risks and ensuring clients are informed of any additional costs in advance.
- Take ownership of the end‑to‑end billing process, including client requirements and eBilling, ensuring accuracy and minimising delays or rejections.
- Provide clear, timely reporting on WIP and debt positions, highlighting risks, opportunities and recommended actions to key stakeholders.
- Work closely with Credit Control to progress aged debt, support client negotiations and drive improved cash collection in line with payment terms.
- Build strong relationships with Partners and clients to promote good financial hygiene, resolve issues proactively, and support effective matter management.
- Identify and Escalate issues where required, contributing to process improvements and effective use of financial tools and reporting.
Qualifications
- Proven experience within a professional services environment, with a strong focus on managing the working capital cycle.
- Solid understanding of billing processes within a law firm or similar professional services setting.
- Good working knowledge of VAT and awareness of compliance risks, including CCO requirements.
- Familiarity with the Solicitors Accounts Rules and their practical application.
- Experience gained within a legal practice, ideally within a top‑tier or leading firm.
- Strong attention to detail, with the ability to manage financial data accurately and support effective decision‑making.
What We’re Offering
- Health & Wellbeing: Private medical insurance, free in‑house fitness centre and subsidised health club memberships, free onsite GP service and periodic health assessments.
- Finance: Pension and flexible savings options, income protection and life assurance, mortgage advice and will‑writing services.
- Family & Lifestyle: Electric car and cycle to work schemes, emergency family care, additional holiday/birthday leave, maternity/paternity/shared parental leave.
- Travel: Travel insurance and season ticket loan.
- Social: Option to join sports and social clubs, and employee networks such as Gender Equality, With Pride or Social Mobility Networks.
Equal Opportunity
We recruit on the basis of merit, irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity, race or ethnicity, marital status, religion, sex, sexual orientation or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Selection decisions are recorded at each stage of the process and are guided by diversity issues.
Additional Information
This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.
