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Salary Overview:
The Department: Finance - Operations
Purpose of the role: Assisting the team with the Revenue Cycle (WIP & AR) for Partners / Practice Groups. To maintain the high standard of service offered to the Firm's clients ensuring that procedures are followed. To work as part of a team that is committed to providing a professional high quality support service at all times. Responsibilities:
Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. with flexibility in accordance with the needs of the business, including occasional overtime as required.
Experience, skills and personal attributes:
The Firm:
Mayer Brown is a leading global law firm with offices in 27 key business centres across the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. With approximately 200 lawyers in each of the world’s three largest financial centres — New York, London and Hong Kong — we are uniquely positioned to advise leading companies and financial institutions on their most complex legal needs. We have deep experience in high-stakes litigation and complex transactions across industry sectors, including our signature strength, the global financial services industry.
We are a collegial, collaborative and diverse firm where highly motivated individuals with an unwavering commitment to excellence receive the opportunity, support and development they need to grow, thrive and realise their greatest potential. We also encourage all our people to use their skills to support the wider community through our pro bono and community volunteering programmes. At Mayer Brown the principles of mutual respect, dignity and understanding are central to the way we work and help to provide an environment where diversity and inclusion are embraced.
The Department: Finance - Operations
Purpose of the role: Assisting the team with the Revenue Cycle (WIP & AR) for Partners / Practice Groups. To maintain the high standard of service offered to the Firm's clients ensuring that procedures are followed. To work as part of a team that is committed to providing a professional high quality support service at all times.
- Management of the London Collections Mailbox – assigning work to the relevant Revenue Controller and referring issues to the Revenue and Collections Manager
- Assisting Cashiers with the allocation of monies received, and assisting with the queries that arise, and assigning to other Revenue Controllers as and when necessary
- Handling the phone calls confirming bank details with our clients
- Producing copy invoices and narratives as and when required by the clients and the business
- Assisting with new Vendor requests to onboard new clients
- Co-ordinating Audit Requests
- Assisting with the production, and processing of the Provision reports, managing the responses.
- Assisting with the admin of large clients that will be allocated and updating of the ebill statuses
- Providing assistance with the chasing of outstanding debts by various methods which include statements, email and telephone;
- Ensure notes are kept fully updated in the Financial Inventory Management Application – Credit Force (I4G) Keep I4G updated with any notes on E-billing issues;
- Prompt resolution of queries from Partners and clients;
- Refer any invoices of concern to the Revenue and Collections Manager
- Assist the Revenue and Collections Manager with ad hoc duties
General
- To assist with special projects as required;
The above list of tasks and responsibilities aims to provide general overview of the type of activities this role involves and is not intended to be a comprehensive list, subject to the needs of the Firm this job description may be reviewed from time to time
Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. with flexibility in accordance with the needs of the business, including occasional overtime as required.
Happy to talk flexible working.
Qualifications: Educated to GCSE standard or equivalent including Maths and English Language
Experience, skills and personal attributes:
- Previous experience of working within a law firm collections or billing function is preferred but not essential
- Personable and a good telephone manner essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to pay high level of attention to detail essential
- Can do attitude and able to work independently
- Reliable and well organised
- Ability to use initiative
- Ability to prioritise and multi task
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team
- Good IT skills, including a thorough working knowledge of Office and Excel
- Sound numeracy, literacy and accuracy skills
- Aderant experience highly desirable
At Mayer Brown, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment that offers our people the opportunity and support they need to succeed. We are therefore happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that individuals may require throughout the recruitment process and once they have joined the Firm.
In addition, one of our core values at Mayer Brown is to promote diversity and inclusion at all levels within the business which is actively supported by our diversity networks - LGBT+, Fusion (Race and Ethnicity), Women, Enable (Disability), and Work and Me (Family).
