Revenue Controller

The Role

AS&H Clifford Chance is one of Saudi Arabia's leading law firms, helping clients achieve their goals by combining the highest global standards with local expertise.  The firm has unrivalled scale and depth of legal resources across the KSA and focuses on the core areas of commercial activity: capital markets; corporate and M&A; finance and banking; real estate; public policy and regulatory; litigation and dispute resolution. 

The individual in this role will be responsible for the management of outstanding debtors and communications with regards to credit control. The Credit Control team currently consists of a Revenue Manager and a working Capital Assistant. The team works very closely with the clients, Partners, lawyers and the billing team to ensure timely collections of the firm's invoices.

Key Responsibilities

You will meet with partners and other lawyers on a regular basis to discuss collection issues.

You will liaise directly with clients and develop relationships with stakeholders in key client organisations to facilitate the collection process.

You will manage outstanding debtors (international and national contacts) by:

• Contact debtors by telephone or by mail;
• Pro-actively follow-up outstanding invoices;
• Register, follow up and maintain disputed claim records;
• Maintain contacts with clients, partners and billing team;
• Report and advice manager and partners on the status of activities and continuation of the collection route;
• Consultation with partners about debtors.
• Creating cash-flow forecasts;
• Manage suspense accounts;
• Ensure that on matters where we may not get paid the position is understood and adequate provisioning is made to reflect final best estimate debt recovery position.

You will look for opportunities to improve collection processes and implement best practice.

You will have responsibility for understanding the receipting of funds in a timely and accurate manner to ensure our debt ledgers reflect the correct balances.

You will manage the cash receipt reconciliation for unidentified payment and work with the Working Capital team to resolve unapplied cash.

You will be expected to work closely with our network with respect to the activities that they perform on our behalf currently, also to identify suitable tasks that can be improved or transition in the future.

You will also support any of the Billing Team members being away or during busy billing peaks.

Your Experience

Skills & Experience

You will be a highly motivated and proactive self-starter, accustomed to working in a very busy environment.

You will be a graduate and have a minimum of five years' working capital experience, ideally in a legal or other professional services environment.

You will have excellent interpersonal and influencing skills with the ability to communicate confidently with stakeholders and senior staff within client organisations

You will have dealt with full life cycle of working capital management ideally be conversant with KSA tax and Anti- Money Laundering regulations.

You will also have proven experience of working to and achieving deadlines.

You will ideally have a good knowledge of financial software. Good working skills in Excel is imperative.

Who we are

We are one of the largest international law firms in the world. With over 30 offices across the globe, we strive to exceed the expectations of our clients, providing them with the highest-quality advice and legal insight, which combines the firm’s global standards with in-depth local expertise.

Our firm, work and people span jurisdictions, cultures, and languages. We offer our clients a truly international perspective. We believe every career should be rewarding and stimulating - full of opportunities to learn, thrive, and grow. That’s why we’re so proud of our inclusive, friendly, and team-based approach to work.

Our one firm global strategy is focused on targeted growth led by the needs of our core clients, those who we can best support with the breadth and depth of Clifford Chance expertise, across the sectors and geographies, which matter most to them.

You’ll find our clients in commercial and industrial sectors, the financial investor community, governments, regulators, trade bodies, and not-for-profit organisations. But no matter who they are or why they’ve reached out to us, we provide a world-class service every step of the way. And that’s possible thanks to the entrepreneurial spirit and conscientious approach to work that you’ll find across all of our teams.

Whichever area of the business you join, you’ll become an integral part an innovative, diverse and ambitious team of people. Clifford Chance is a place where the brightest minds and the best of colleagues meet.

Equal Opportunities

At Clifford Chance, we understand that our true asset is our people. Inclusion is good for our team and their families, our firm and society.

We are committed to treating all employees and applicants fairly and equally regardless of their gender, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, national or ethnic origin, social or economic background, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation, or age.  This applies to recruitment and selection, terms and conditions of employment including pay, promotion, training, transfer and every other aspect of employment.

We have a variety of flourishing employee networks. These networks are a place for colleagues to share experiences and advocate for change wherever they see an opportunity for improvement.

Our goal is to deliver an equality of opportunity, an equality of aspiration and an equality of experience to everyone who works in our firm. 

Find out more about our inclusive culture here.