Manager, Client Receivables

King & Spalding; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness plan

Life and disability insurance

Flexible spending accounts and health

Health savings account

401(k) plan

Profit sharing plan

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Job summary

King & Spalding is seeking an experienced Manager, Client Receivables in Atlanta to lead the Firm’s Inventory Management and receivables teams. You will oversee billing, collections, and regional portfolios while partnering with key stakeholders to drive the firm’s inventory management strategy and operational excellence.

The role emphasizes strategic oversight, data-driven reporting, and the adoption of new processes and technologies to improve efficiency and service delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or related field.
• 7–10 years of experience in law firm finance, revenue management, inventory management, or related operational leadership.
• Leadership and people management experience.
• Experience developing reporting, analytics, and performance metrics.
• Experience with process improvement initiatives and organizational change.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and mentor Client Receivables team leadership and foster accountability and growth.
• Provide strategic and operational oversight of Client Receivables, Billing-Managed, and Regional collections.
• Develop reporting, dashboards, KPIs, and scorecards to monitor performance and risk.
• Drive process improvements to increase efficiency and scalability across teams.
• Coordinate with Financial Systems and stakeholders to implement tools and projects.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Analytics

Reporting

Process improvement

Aderant

Financial systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance/accounting or related field

Tools

Aderant

Job description

King & Spalding is a leading global law firm with a commitment to excellence, innovation, and the seamless delivery of legal services. We harness innovative technology and exceptional talent to meet the complex needs of our clients in a fast-paced and dynamic legal landscape.

The Manager, Client Receivables provides operational leadership for the Firm's Inventory Management Department and serves as the primary operational leader for the Client Receivables organization. This role is responsible for the overall effectiveness and inventory performance of the Client Receivables, Billing-Managed, and Regional collections teams and partners with key stakeholders to support the Firm's inventory management strategy and objectives.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead, develop, and mentor Client Receivables team leadership, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and professional growth while supporting succession planning, employee engagement, and workforce development.
• Provide strategic and operational oversight of the Client Receivables function, ensuring effective inventory management, consistent execution of departmental standards, workload optimization, risk mitigation, and timely resolution of billing, collections, and attorney-related issues.
• Develop and oversee reporting, dashboards, KPIs, scorecards, and performance metrics to monitor operational effectiveness, inventory trends, collection performance, and portfolio risk, providing actionable insights and recommendations to firm leadership.
• Lead process improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, scalability, service delivery, and operational effectiveness, while governing departmental procedures, promoting adoption of new processes and technologies, and driving sustainable organizational change.
• Partner with Financial Systems and other stakeholders to evaluate, prioritize, and implement systems, reporting tools, workflow solutions, and strategic projects that support departmental objectives and future-state operational capabilities.
• Serve as the primary liaison between Inventory Management, Billing, Finance, Financial Systems, Practice Management, and regional stakeholders, driving alignment, governance, communication, and execution of firmwide inventory management initiatives.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree strongly preferred 7–10 years of experience in law firm finance, revenue management, inventory management, collections, or related operational leadership roles.
• Prior leadership and people management experience required.
• Experience developing reporting, analytics, and operational metrics.
• Experience leading projects, process improvement initiatives, and organizational change efforts.
• Experience with Aderant and related financial systems preferred.
• Must be available to support critical operational issues outside normal business hours when necessary.

The firm offers a generous total compensation package with bonuses and raises awarded in recognition of individual merit-based performance.

• health and wellness plan
• life and disability insurance
• flexible spending accounts and a health savings account
• a 401(k) plan
• profit sharing plan
• a substantial Paid Time Off (PTO) program

Pay Transparency Range

Atlanta, GA and Charlotte, NC - The anticipated full-time annualized salary range is - $120,000 - $170,000

Chicago, IL - The anticipated full-time annualized salary range is - $130,000 - $180,000

Washington, DC - The anticipated full-time annualized salary range is - $135,000 - $190,000

King & Spalding LLP (K&S) is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees in full compliance with all state, federal, and local laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, age, disability or any other status protected by applicable law.

We are proud of our remarkably cohesive culture, which now encompasses more than 2,500 lawyers and business professionals worldwide.

We seek to attract and develop the very best talent to work with us.

King & Spalding advances leading companies’ complex legal and business interests in more than 160 countries.

Collaborating across an integrated platform of transactional, litigation and regulatory talent in 24 offices globally, we work to understand and achieve our clients’ business objectives.

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