Manager - Finance and Costing

Identifying unapproved invoices in Legal Tracker and liaising with internal lawyers for approval. Acting as single point of contact for credit controllers at the law firms, Accounts Payable and all Legal colleagues around unpaid or unapproved invoices. Reviewing all invoices approved, confirming payments status, and engaging with Accounts Payabale for any unpaid invoices. Identifying, gathering, and challenging any Purchase Order and invoices not submitted through the Legal Tracker system to understand why the matter is not set up in Tracker and whether this is valid. Ensuring compliance and full adherence to billing guidance. Providing support, guidance, communications, and training to the function on invoice management and billing best practices. Ensuring management information and ad-hoc reports are produced in a timely manner, as we'll as data cleansing and reporting. Responsible for evolving / maintaining the invoice management framework and MI financial reporting for Legal function in the Legal. Escalating billing issues as appropriate. Requirements bachelors degree in finance, or equivalent with minimum of 6+ years of experience in Finance / Procurement / Accounts Payable. Strong financial and administrative background. Ability to accurately analyze large amounts of information and is experienced in the production of reports. Should be highly proficient in Advance Excel and excellent working knowledge of MS PowerPoint. Ability to produce Dashboards using spreadsheets efficiently, perform calculations to process large volumes of data. Contribute productively to team objectives, sometimes supporting and sometimes leading activities to achieve shared goals. Develop and maintain a strong and professional working relationship within Function at local, regional, and global levels. Strong spoken and written communication skills with experience of adapting your style and approach to the audience.