Revenue Controller (US market)

For Linklaters Office in Warsaw, we are currently recruiting for the Revenue Controller LGS role to support US market.

Working model

• Hybrid work with occasional attendance at the Warsaw office (training, regular team meetings)
• Working hours: 15:00-23:15 (CET)
• Employment contract: permanent with 3 month probation period

Your role

Revenue Controller will be involved in Revenue activities for the teams located in the United States. Billing and credit control process are key responsibilities for this role.

Knowledge transfer and transition of the processes:

• Participate in knowledge transfer
• Ensure that service quality is maintained during transition
• Ensure high quality process documentation

Billing process:

• Create / monitor segments as required
• Monitor WIP against budget, create and review WIP/debt reports
• Identify opportunities to bill
• Prepare and review fee updates
• Perform matter level checks and amendments (apply discounts, rates)
• Review narratives, manage transfers and narrative changes
• Execute e-invoicing uploads through clients’ brokerage platforms.
• Perform the billing process (draft bills/ final bills / bill reversals/ issuing partial CNs)

Credit control process:

• Contribute to defining Cash Collections policy and treatment strategies
• Execute Client Specific Cash Collection Process
• Ensure that Collect is updated with relevant comments and details of chasers, payments promises, updates
• Analyse Client Account Balances
• Work Closely with Local Revenue Teams
• Prepare statement of accounts and sending to matter managers
• Send Reminder Letters and Emails
• Correspond and Negotiate with Clients
• Investigate and Resolve Client Issues
• Write-Off Uncollectible Balances
• Prepare Cash Collections Reporting
• Monitor Bad Debt Provisions

Other:

• Be responsible for assigned KPI’s to meet customer needs
• Perform quality control checks to ensure consistent quality of work
• Participate in regular process reviews with clients and key stakeholders, as needed
• Escalate issues and risks to the Revenue Team Leader and Revenue Manager
• Organise and maintain adequate electronic filing.
• Ensure adherence to policies and procedures and compliance with the Solicitors Accounting Rules.
• Participation in process improvements initiatives

Your experience

• Have 3 to 4 years of professional experience in Order-to-Cash / AR processes: especially in billing & credit control, gained in SSC company,
• Show excellent written & spoken English, with strong communication and networking skills,
• Bring technical, numeric, and analytical expertise - Excel has no secrets from you,
• Demonstrate strong competency in data entry, data management, and Microsoft Office tools,
• Are quality-oriented, organized, and attentive to detail,
• Are customer-focused and comfortable working under pressure,
• Have knowledge of SAP or any other ERP system,
• Possess a finance and accounting degree as an asset,
• Well organised, attention to detail and accuracy
• Able to work efficiently under pressure
• Technical, numeric and analytical skills

Linklaters and the Team

Linklaters are a people business. Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional.

We look not only for brilliant minds, but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative, efficient, agile, entrepreneurial and responsible mind-set we aim to bring to every interaction.

Ours is an environment of outperformance. We achieve this not with targets and incentives, but by fostering a positive, supportive, fair and open atmosphere.

We respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias, because we want everyone to feel that they belong. This is vital to our ability to work as one team, with a common mind-set.

We recognise that one size does not fit all. Our goal is to embed flexibility across our firm by giving everyone the opportunity to work in an agile way, whether as a regular pattern or on an ad hoc basis, and we will be happy to discuss this further.

Key relationships

• Revenue Finance teams
• Regional and local Finance Teams
• LGS teams
• Global Finance Leadership Team
• Finance Centres of Excellence
• Practice Representatives
• Clients of Linklaters

Key Benefits

Joining Team Linklaters will see you qualify for a range of benefits designed to reward the vital contribution you'll be making to our success. These include:

• Private medical insurance
• On-site gym and bike facilities
• Group Life insurance
• Firm funded worldwide personal travel insurance, for you and your family
• Subsidised sport card or public transportation card
• Wide range of training opportunities

What sets us apart

At Linklaters

• We offer a truly global work experience and the opportunity to be involved in strategic projects that drive innovation and shape the future of our business
• We belong to a firm that embodies its corporate social, environment and governance responsibility commitments
• We celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion so our people can bring themselves to work
• We advocate speak-up culture to empower our people in sharing their voices and an open-door policy to ensure they are listened to
• We invest in custom-fit career paths for our people in line with their talents and aspirations
• We provide agile working solutions to meet the changing needs of our people and our business
• We are committed to people first relationships based on mutual trust, respect and appreciation
• We support the health and wellbeing of our people, providing a safe space to talk about emotions and mental health with access to expert advice as needed
• We invest in developing leaders of the future who demonstrate emotional intelligence and a passion to discover, coach and develop the talents of others

Technical Skills:

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.