Senior Fees Clerk (1890)

Senior Fees Clerk

(Ref: 1890)
Leading Chambers, London
£Competitive

Our client, a leading set with an outstanding reputation for excellence in personal injury, clinical negligence, costs, employment, industrial disease and international travel claims, are looking for a Senior Fees Clerk to join their award-winning team.

The successful individual will be responsible for helping to reshape the team and create a more productive and efficient environment.

This is a full-time hybrid role

Key Responsibilities



Leadership and Team Management

• Lead and manage the fees team, providing guidance, mentorship, and support to junior fee clerks.
• Foster a collaborative and high-performance culture within the team.
• Create a professional and effective department that will provide a more commercial service to our barristers.
• Conduct regular team meetings to discuss progress, challenges, and strategies for improvement.
• Identify training and development needs within the team and implement appropriate training programs.
• Set clear performance goals and conduct performance appraisals for team members.
• Design and implement processes and procedures for the department.
• Assist with the recruitment and training of new team members.
• Collaborate with other departments to ensure seamless integration and alignment with overall business goals.
• Monitor the department's performance and make adjustments as necessary to achieve targets.

Reporting and Analysis

• Assist the barrister working group to develop and implement robust reporting systems to track team performance and financial metrics.
• Produce detailed monthly and ad hoc reports on debt recovery, aged debts, and payment trends.
• Analyse data to identify areas for improvement and implement strategies to enhance efficiency.
• Present findings and recommendations to senior management.

Credit Control and Client Relations:.

• Pursue specific debts, record outcomes, and diarise follow-up actions.
• Liaise with our clients and build relationships with members of their finance and credit control departments.
• Chase aged debts for barristers as agreed.
• Keep barristers up to date as to their respective aged debts.
• Run BACS payments to individual barristers and maintain accurate records.
• Monitor large firms and comply with agreed procedures to control/reduce aged debts.
• Ensure reminder fee notes and reports are run and issue reminders where appropriate.
• Liaise with solicitors regarding non, over, and under payments on cases.
• Liaise with clerking team where required.

All applicants are requested to complete an Equality, Diversity & Inclusion form, available here.

For all enquiries please contact:

ABC Chambers Solutions LLP - 0203 890 8190 enquiries@abcllp.com

To apply for this role please e-mail a comprehensive CV and covering letter to one of the team or contact them directly for a confidential discussion:

Hudson Brewer Hudson@abcllp.com | Sarah Willshee - sarah@abcllp.com

All third-party applications will be forwarded to ABC Chambers Solutions.

ABC are committed to equality and to fostering diversity in our profession.

We will treat everyone equally and irrespective of their age, background, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity status, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Please advise us in advance of the interview if you have any access needs (including those arising from neurodiversity) and/or require reasonable adjustments for the interview so that we can make appropriate arrangements.