Revenue Time and Rates Executive

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm, where our ambition is to help you achieve your goals.

Exceptional client service and the pursuit of excellence are at our core. We invest in and care about our client relationships, which is why so many are longstanding. We enjoy breaking new ground, as we have for over 170 years.

As a fully integrated transatlantic and transpacific firm, we are where you need us to be. Our footprint is extensive and committed across the world’s largest markets, key financial centres and major growth hubs.

At our best tackling complexity and navigating change, we work alongside you on demanding litigation, exacting regulatory work and complex public and private market transactions. We are recognised as leading in these areas.

We are immersed in the sectors and challenges that impact you. We are recognised as standing apart in energy, infrastructure and resources. And we’re focused on areas of growth that affect every business across the world.

All of this is achieved by supporting the growth of our people, who help us deliver on our ambition – which is to help you achieve yours.

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer: Your goals. Our ambition

The Opportunity

Key Responsibilities

• Timesheet analysis, investigation and amendments including:
  • Basic amends – transfer between matters, update various codes
  • Basic time recording policy – allocating to correct files, introducing the time recording guidelines for internal matters
  • Forensics – locating missing time, reading modification history etc
  • Intermediate amends – changing hours, splitting entries, rounding time
• Understanding matter plans and settings in a time recording context
• Inputting new rates
• Running Rates Enquiries for existing rates
• Diagnose and correct issues with existing rates
• Responsible for responding to all rates requests / queries within the agreed SLAs
• Making sure approval processes are adhered to
• Liaising with team leaders and managers within all areas of Business Finance
• Liaising with senior management, Partners and key members of the Departments and Divisions that the team is responsible for
• Gaining an overall understanding of the charging structures within different offices, Divisions/Depts, and large or high profile clients/matters.
• Provide, as far as possible, a “one stop shop” for the business community on rates matters, and providing guidance wherever possible on and if necessary referring colleagues to the appropriate source of help
• Ensuring that key objectives are agreed (with Manager / Head of Revenue), monitored and met at all times;
• Maintaining integrity of internal filing for reference / approval purposes
• Ad-hoc tasks relating to the reporting and presenting of rates related information
• Undertake any other duties as required by the Revenue Management team
• Create, maintain and develop relationships with business stakeholders in the legal and support communities