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Type: Full Time
Duration: Permanent
Location: Manchester (hybrid)
Working Pattern: +2 days working from the office, 3 days remote
Department: Finance

The Role

As a Revenue Controller, you’ll play a vital role in managing Working Capital and reducing lock‑up within our Casualty Practice. You’ll own a busy WIP portfolio, ensuring billing, write‑offs and cash targets are achieved while building trusted relationships with Partners and Case Handlers in a fast‑paced team environment.

The Team

Our Manchester Working Capital team provides specialist support across all areas of WIP management. We work closely with fee earners and the wider Finance function to drive best practice, reduce lock‑up and deliver a client-focused, efficient billing service.

Essential Skills & Experience

Legal Finance & Technical Expertise

• Experience working within a legal finance or legal environment

• Proven experience managing WIP, billing and lock‑up in a high‑volume setting

• Knowledge of apportionment (multi‑party matters), net recovery and joint billing

Systems, Data & Compliance

• Experience of Elite 3E (preferred)

• Electronic Billing experience (advantageous; training provided)

• Strong understanding of VAT regulations relating to solicitor client billing

• Understanding of foreign currency considerations

• Intermediate to advanced Excel skills with strong numeracy

What sets this role apart

• Direct exposure to senior stakeholders, including Partners, with real influence over billing outcomes and lock‑up performance

• A varied portfolio within the Casualty Practice, balancing high‑volume work with complex client and billing requirements

• The opportunity to develop deep expertise in Working Capital while contributing to ongoing improvements across Finance

What’s in it for you

• Modern, flexible working – A minimum of 2 days each week required from the office, 3 days from home.

• Join an award‑winning global firm: Clyde & Co is ranked Band 1 in multiple practice areas by Chambers and Legal 500.

• Career progression and development – Structured learning and development programmes, secondment opportunities and internal mobility across global offices.

• Purpose‑driven culture – Award‑winning pro bono work, commitment to DEI and leadership programmes, plus opportunities to contribute to sustainability and community initiatives.

• Perks – Life assurance from day one, season ticket loans, lifestyle discounts, annual Wellbeing Day, 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, and more.

Please note: eligibility for benefits may vary based on location and length of service. Full details will be confirmed upon joining.

The Firm

When you work at Clyde & Co, you join a team of 500 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals and 5,500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment, including through our commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.

Our Commitment

Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our values encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore, we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity. Learn more about our interview process.

A Note on Privacy

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If you are submitting a candidate as a Recruitment Agency Partner, it is an essential requirement and your responsibility to ensure that candidates applying to Clyde & Co are aware of this privacy notice.

This is the job description as constituted at present; however, Clyde & Co reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.