Controller/CFO Consultant delivering consulting, accounting, and tax services for startups and nonprofits. Overseeing financial reporting, budgeting, and cash flow analysis with a focus on operational efficiency.
About the role
- Revenue Controller in the Finance team at Stone King handling billing and WIP management. Offering support to the team and ensuring adherence to financial processes and procedures.
Responsibilities
- **Key Responsibilities**
- General duties include, but are not limited to:
- Action all billing instructions received in required timeframe
- Review WIP balances, focusing on aged WIP
- Proactively manage own teams WIP and undertake monthly reviews. Identify aged WIP and ascertain why it is not being billed. Identify write-offs, ensuring that all policies and procedures are adhered to.
- Capture details such as Arrangements (e.g. Fixed Fee, Contingent WIP/ matters or alternative funding arrangements) in line with our Pricing Champion initiatives
- Ensure accurate data capture, reduced income leakage and improved FE engagement
- Management of HR Retainers/Bank of Hours
- Be a focal point within the team for support both in team and to the wider business
- Keep WCM appraised of any issues relating to workload of team
- Process Improvements
- Undertake ad hoc responsibilities and projects as required by the Working Capital Manager or Finance Director
- Facilitate requests from fee-earners for information e.g. reporting on fee levels to specific clients over a • period of time, and loss on billing reports
- Establish strong working relationships with all Matter Partners through regular review meetings
- Ensure that focus is maintained on timely billing in order to meet agreed targets and billing
- timetables.
Requirements
- **Essential**
- Solid, proven experience in a similar role preferably in a legal or professional services environment
- Excellent knowledge and understanding of Billing & WIP management essential
- Excellent communication both written and verbal
- Confident individual with a proactive attitude who can deal effectively with partners and discuss their files
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, demonstrating professionalism in all dealings
- Able to prioritise and multi-task particularly when working to tight deadlines
- A self-starter, able to demonstrate high levels of initiative and motivation, but also work closely with other team members
- High level of proficiency in Microsoft packages Word, Excel and Outlook, and general familiarity with IT systems
- Excellent attention to detail
- Proven ability to provide a customer focused service
- Excellent, proven organisational skills
- Adaptable and able to complete tasks without close supervision
- Able to keep calm under pressure
- Good team player
- The flexibility to work outside normal office hours as may be required from time-to-time
- **Desirable**
- Previous experience working in a law firm would be desirable
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Profit Share Scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Private Medical Insurance
- Life assurance (4 x salary)
- Pension scheme
- 28 days holiday (in addition to statutory UK holidays)
- Additional day allocated for CSR activities per annum
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No Education Requirement
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