Senior Fees Clerk (1948)

Senior Fees Clerk (Ref: 1948) 

12 Kings Bench Walk 

£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.

Role Overview: This is a full-time role. The senior fees clerk will be responsible for helping to reshape the department, creating a productive and efficient team with a strong focus on providing a service to our members.

Key Responsibilities:

· Leadership and Team Management:

· Lead and manage the fees team, providing guidance, mentorship, and support.

· Foster a collaborative and high-performance culture within the team.

· Create a professional and effective department that will provide a commercial service to our barristers.

· Design and implement processes and procedures for the department.

· 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.

· 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, Billing and Client Relations:

· Pursue aged debts on behalf of members, record outcomes, and diarise follow-up actions.

· Be responsible for overseeing the accurate preparation and timely submission of fee notes and related documentation, ensuring compliance with client agreements and internal procedures.

· Liaise with our clients and build relationships with their finance and credit control departments.

· Provide regular update to barristers as to their respective aged debts.

· Be responsible for the 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:

Georgina Sundown Georgina@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.