Ryder Reid Legal Ltd
Senior Revenue Controller
Hybrid (3:2) | Elite 3E | Reports to Revenue Manager
The firm is seeking an experienced Senior Revenue Controller to take ownership of the full working-capital cycle for assigned partners and practice groups. This is a partner-facing role requiring strong commercial awareness and the confidence to manage WIP, AR, billing and revenue processes end-to-end, also supporting junior team members and contributing to process improvements.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
- Monthly partner meetings – Arrange monthly meetings with Partners to review WIP and AR, agree billing timelines, discuss billing types and address any collections issues.
- Reporting – Prepare inventory reports and other statistical analysis for fee-earners.
- Matter setup – Conduct weekly reviews of new matters and work with Lawyers and Compliance to ensure correct setup ahead of billing.
- Prospective time – Review Prospective Time and ensure accuracy.
- Time adjustments – Process time transfers, edits and write-offs of irrecoverable time and disbursements.
- Billing queries – Respond promptly to high-volume billing enquiries, liaising with attorneys on all billing-related issues.
- Invoice processing – Process invoices, ensuring numerical accuracy and compliance with VAT, SRA and AML requirements.
- E-billing – Process e-bills and manage rejections or disputes.
- Cash collection – Chase outstanding payments, resolve issues with Partners/Lawyers and support timely cash collection.
- Cash reconciliation – Assist Cashiers with reconciling cash receipts.
- Team oversight – Troubleshoot and oversee work of junior Revenue team members.
Skills, Qualifications & Attributes
- Revenue Control experience – Solid experience in Revenue Control within a law firm.
- 3E proficiency – Strong working knowledge of 3E.
- E-billing capability – Experience handling e-billing and resolving rejections/disputes.
- Excel skills – Intermediate to advanced Excel skills.
- Initiative – Proactive, customer-focused and confident using initiative.
- Communication – Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Due to the high volume of applications, we are not able to respond to all enquiries. If you have not received a response within 72 hours, please assume you have not been shortlisted at this stage, however thank you for taking the time to apply.
Ryder Reid Legal is a recruitment specialist. For over thirty years we've been connecting legal talent with many of the leading law firms in London and internationally. Follow our LinkedIn page for the latest vacancies.
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