Operational Finance Administrator

Job Introduction

The Operational Finance Administrator is principally responsible for assisting with operational billing, operational Finance report follow up and financial queries.  It sits within a team supporting the Claims Solutions Group section of our business. 

Role Responsibility

• Support Claims Solutions Group fee earners in relation to financial issues arising on  individual matters, forming a link between Finance and the fee earners
• Support Operations Managers with the follow up required on the following reports:
  • Trust Balance report – providing detailed explanations of reasons balances have arisen and advising on action required to clear
  • Unbilled Disbursement- ensuring supplier costs are promptly billed to client
  • Inactive Reports – ensuring reconciliation of outstanding balances and prompt closure when applicable; and
  • Matter set-up Exception reports- ensuring key fields on matter set up are completed

• Collating missing data relevant to the payment of our bills – including cleansing existing data
• Assisting the Operational Finance Supervisor with task / projects as required. These may include projects relating to continuous process improvement and/ or root cause analysis etc
• Assisting the fee earners with queries on financial matters such as WIP, disbursements, billing and client account balances
• Maintaining bordereaux bills , enabling efficient billing

The Ideal Candidate

• Able to work to deadlines, prioritise own workload and meet conflicting demands and seek guidance and input from others where appropriate.
• High standard of written and oral communication skills
• High standard of data accuracy and IT skills including ability to create and maintain spreadsheets – intermediate Excel skills essential
• Team oriented and collegiate with a willingness to share knowledge with and support other members of the team
• Excellent relationship and client handling skills. Able to deal confidently and professionally with clients on day to day issues
• A high level of personal compliance with DAC Beachcroft Group protocols and procedures
• Experience of using a case management system preferred
• Experience of finance systems preferred
• Confident in own ability and able to look for a resolution prior to escalating
• Flexibility to travel to other offices

About the Company

We are a leading international legal business with over 2,400 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We have 12 offices in the UK as well as offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Singapore, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Miami. We also have associations/alliances with firms in Malaysia, Hong Kong, Brazil, Peru, Central America, Argentina, the USA, Australia and Germany.

We are known for our market-leading presence in sectors such as Insurance, Health and Real Estate. This is complemented by a fast-growing Business Advisory capability. We represent a wide range of clients, ranging from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for the majority of the top 30 insurance and financial services companies operating in the UK. We are the asset management lawyers for the UK’s largest shopping centres and act for 9 of the UK’s top 10 housebuilders.

We have an impressive legal pedigree, with 155 Chambers UK 2019 practice area and individual lawyer rankings, including 30 rankings at 'Band 1' level. In Legal 500 UK, 2018, the firm received top tier ranking for 32 of its practice areas and 59 practice areas in the top two tiers. In March 2018, we were named as one of Legal Week's Best Legal Advisors for the third year running, achieving category-leading satisfaction scores for our commercial approach, service delivery, quality of legal advice, communication & responsiveness and overall relationships.

Our vision is to be leading business advisers, recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work. For further details on our work and our culture, please visit www.dacbeachcroft.com.

DAC Beachcroft is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from every sector of the community. We also welcome direct applications. If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV. Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.

DAC Beachcroft