Manager Account Receivable and Billing

Norton Rose Fulbright • Vancouver, BC

53d • $109,000 - $137,800 • Onsite

About The Position

A strategic role at the heart of Canada’s financial performance. As Manager Billing and Accounts Receivable, you will play a pivotal role in overseeing billing operations, leading team leaders, optimizing key processes, and driving best practices at the core of our financial operations. You will be focusing on: Effectively support, manage and delegate work to the Team Leaders in each region while managing priorities and ensuring all key activities are delivered within set time frames. Develop relationships and meet regularly with key stakeholders across all practice areas. Ensure billing accuracy and efficient collection process, i.e. ensuring targets and provisions to ensure debt is collected on time. Ensure quality assurance and quality control of processing performed in all cities. Analyze and manage complex billing transactions. Review policies and procedures and recommend improvements for the firm’s efficiency. Ongoing improvement of processes to enhance quality and efficiency of invoice to cash cycle thereby reducing investment in WIP and AR, and drive best practices. Work cooperatively and jointly with billing lawyers and assistants to ensure high quality and seamless client service. Demonstrate continuous efforts to improve operations; decrease turnaround times; streamline work processes. Communicate procedure changes and improvements to billing lawyers, assistants and to the billing team. Ensure that processes are consistently in adherence to the firm’s accounting policies and procedures, and complies with tax authorities, external regulations and standards in all offices such as “Barreau du Québec”, “Law Society of Alberta”, LSO and LSBC. Provide detailed and accurate reports as needed. Support internal and external audit processes.

Requirements

• Qualified accountant with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent, coupled with 15 years or more of experience in Finance and Accounting.
• Minimum of 5 years’ managerial and/or supervisory experience.
• Strong leadership abilities with demonstrated success in managing teams.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage priorities and organize workload effectively to meet deadlines.
• Methodical approach with a strong attention to detail and quality.
• Occasional travel to other offices.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience in a legal or professional services environment would be considered an asset.
• Bilingualism would be an asset

Responsibilities

• Effectively support, manage and delegate work to the Team Leaders in each region while managing priorities and ensuring all key activities are delivered within set time frames.
• Develop relationships and meet regularly with key stakeholders across all practice areas.
• Ensure billing accuracy and efficient collection process, i.e. ensuring targets and provisions to ensure debt is collected on time.
• Ensure quality assurance and quality control of processing performed in all cities.
• Analyze and manage complex billing transactions.
• Review policies and procedures and recommend improvements for the firm’s efficiency.
• Ongoing improvement of processes to enhance quality and efficiency of invoice to cash cycle thereby reducing investment in WIP and AR, and drive best practices.
• Work cooperatively and jointly with billing lawyers and assistants to ensure high quality and seamless client service.
• Demonstrate continuous efforts to improve operations; decrease turnaround times; streamline work processes.
• Communicate procedure changes and improvements to billing lawyers, assistants and to the billing team.
• Ensure that processes are consistently in adherence to the firm’s accounting policies and procedures, and complies with tax authorities, external regulations and standards in all offices such as “Barreau du Québec”, “Law Society of Alberta”, LSO and LSBC.
• Provide detailed and accurate reports as needed.
• Support internal and external audit processes.

Benefits

• Retirement savings plan with employer contribution
• Benefit premiums paid by the firm
• Telemedicine services
• Wellness matters: Flexible health and wellness allowance that covers much more than gym memberships!
• Training and development programs based on your interests and needs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees