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Working Capital and Accounting Coordinator

Location: 

Dubai, AE

Department or practice area:  Finance

Taylor Wessing

 

Taylor Wessing is a global law firm that serves the world's most innovative people and businesses. Deeply embedded within our sectors, we work closely together with our clients to crack complex problems, enabling ideas and aspirations to thrive. Together we challenge expectation and create extraordinary results. By shaping the conversation in our sectors, we enable our clients to unlock growth, protect innovation and accelerate ambition. 

 

With 1200+ lawyers, 300+ partners, 28 offices and 17 jurisdictions we are looking to expand our Finance  team, with the addition of a Working Capital and Accounting Coordinator.

 

Key responsibilities

 

  • Credit control- chasing client invoices via telephone, email and actively prompting fee earners to follow up when required. Updating the credit control system with detailed notes; dealing with queries on debts and ensuring payment is received. Preparing client Debtor statements as and when required by the client/fee earner.
  • WIP reviews - assisting with monthly WIP and Debtor review meetings to ensure working capital hygiene and following up on action points from Partner meetings; chase timesheets to capture WIP and timely billing.
  •  Residual balances- reviewing client monies held and liaising with partners to ensure compliance with the SAR rules.
  • Cashiering responsibilities including posting receipts in Aderant, promptly settling disbursements upon receipt of client payment and dealing with banking transactions.
  • Assisting with posting bills and credit notes, ensuring compliance checks in line with the firm's policy and correct VAT treatment before posting. Action write-offs/transfers/matter amends/time and narrative amends.
  • Disbursements- promptly posting and billing disbursements; ensuring timely payment for regulatory compliance.
  • Ad hoc tasks assigned by Financial Controller; assisting fee earners and secretaries on any queries.
  • Flexibility to provide cover when required.

 

Knowledge, skills and experience

 

  • Experience of working in a credit control/billing environment in an International law firm.
  • Enthusiastic team player, confident, knowledgeable, proactive, and assertive attitude when dealing with fee earners. Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate at all levels. High attention to detail and confident with Excel.
  • Knowledge of the Solicitors’ Accounts Rules, VAT legislation and banking systems.
  • Aderant experience preferred.

 

Benefits

 

Here are a select few benefits that Taylor Wessing offer; 

  • Hybrid working (Offering the opportunity to work remotely, while maintaining a social boundary by working from our award-winning offices for 3 days a week) 
  • Holiday (Our basic annual holiday entitlement starts at 25 days, with a further discretionary day of paid leave in December. You may also purchase up to five extra days each year (pro rata). 
  • Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave (After one-year service, you are entitled to up to 26 weeks leave full pay if you or your partner give birth or adopt a child). 

 

Along with these there are many more benefits we offer, with the addition of a comprehensive flexible benefits package available. 

 

Our culture

 

Nurturing a diverse, inclusive culture allows all of our talent to flourish, sparks creativity and powers innovation.  We continue to build a team that exemplifies inclusivity and reflects the firm's core values: creative, excellence, integrity, responsible, respect and team.  We value and celebrate the differences in who we are, what we have experienced and how we think, so all candidates will be treated fairly regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, marital status, neurodiversity, pregnancy, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

 

The way we work

 

At Taylor Wessing, we never settle for average. We're creative thinkers, problem solvers and continuous learners who excel at what we do and believe our best work is still ahead of us. We are a firm that's large enough for you to achieve your ambitions, but connected enough to be a true community.

 

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