Senior Revenue Controller

LJ Recruitment; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

LJ Recruitment is assisting a leading international law firm in recruiting an experienced Senior Revenue Controller. The role centers on ownership of revenue performance across a key division, including billing, WIP, cash collection and financial metrics.

It also involves leading a small team and partnering with Partners and Department Heads. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in revenue control within professional services, excellent analytical skills, and the ability to

Qualifications

• Experience in revenue control, billing and credit control within professional services or legal environments.
• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail and ability to challenge constructively.
• Experience supervising or mentoring a small team is important.

Responsibilities

• Take divisional ownership of revenue, WIP, billing and credit control performance.
• Oversee a small Revenue team, providing guidance, coaching and support.
• Act as senior finance contact for Partners, Department Heads and fee earners.
• Lead monthly billing forecasts, WIP reviews and revenue analysis.
• Drive resolution of aged WIP, outstanding debt and problem accounts.
• Oversee end-to-end billing processes including write-offs, credit notes and VAT/Solicitor Account Rule compliance.
• Provide commercial insight and reporting to senior Finance leadership.
• Challenge and influence stakeholders to improve billing and cash collection.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, controls and revenue performance.
• Support development and performance of team members across Revenue and Pricing.

Skills

Revenue control

Billing

Credit control

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Team supervision

Elite

Aderant

Tools

Elite

Aderant

Job description

Our client is a leading international law firm seeking an experienced Senior Revenue Controller to take ownership of revenue performance across a key business division.

This is a high-profile role partnering closely with senior stakeholders, including Partners and Department Heads, with responsibility for driving billing, WIP, cash collection and overall financial performance across the division. The role will also oversee and support a small team, providing day-to-day direction, coaching, and leadership.

Key responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:

• Taking divisional ownership of revenue, WIP, billing and credit control performance.
• Overseeing and managing a small Revenue team, providing guidance, coaching and support.
• Acting as the senior finance contact for Partners, Department Heads and fee earners.
• Leading monthly billing forecasts, WIP reviews and revenue analysis.
• Driving the resolution of aged WIP, outstanding debt and potential problem accounts.
• Overseeing the end-to-end billing process, including write-offs, credit notes and VAT/Solicitor Account Rule compliance.
• Providing commercial insight and reporting to senior Finance leadership.
• Challenging and influencing stakeholders to improve billing and cash collection performance.
• Identifying opportunities to improve processes, controls and revenue performance.
• Supporting the development and performance of team members across the wider Revenue and Pricing function.

About you

We are looking for an experienced revenue professional with a strong background in revenue control, billing, and credit control, ideally gained within a professional services or legal environment.

You will be commercially minded, confident dealing with senior stakeholders and comfortable taking ownership of a business area. Previous experience of managing, supervising, or mentoring a small team is important, alongside strong analytical skills, attention to detail and the ability to challenge constructively.

Experience with Elite, Aderant or similar legal finance systems would be advantageous.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Revenue Controller, Senior Revenue Controller or Revenue Manager looking to take the next step into a divisional leadership role, combining team management, senior stakeholder engagement and significant commercial responsibility