Revenue Operations Coordinator H/F (12-month fixed-term-contract)

Latham & Watkins is one of the world’s leading global law firms advising the businesses and institutions that drive the global economy. We are the market leaders in major financial and business centers around the world. Our investment in people, commitment to innovation, and focus on the future empower you to build an incredible career and thrive as an exceptional professional in a supportive culture. If you aspire to be the best, and work with the best, this is where you belong.

The Revenue Operations Coordinator is an integral part of Latham’s Revenue Operations team. This role will be responsible for inventory management including coordinating the activities of the billing process, performing complex billing duties in efforts to meet monthly targets, and monitoring and tracking accounts receivable (A/R), while managing the complete billing and collections cycle for the inventory of a specified group of billing attorneys, ensuring compliance with the firm’s best practices for processes, tasks, and timelines. This role will be based in our Paris office. Please note that it is a 12-month fixed-term contract and may be eligible for a flexible working schedule, allowing for a hybrid presence.

Other key responsibilities include:

• Serving as a liaison among attorneys, attorney support, the Global Finance team, and clients, ensuring timely responses to both internal and external inquiries
• Preparing and analysing complex client billing by meticulously reviewing, approving, and posting client invoices; ensuring all billing activities comply with firm policies, client guidelines, and rate agreements, maintaining a high level of accuracy and precision
• Generating and reviewing proformas from 3E, monitoring work-in-progress (WIP) fees and costs, flagging balances to billing attorneys, and addressing WIP balances according to billing attorney instructions, in line with the “Gold Standard”
• Promoting best practice for matter maintenance to ensure the judicious conversion of WIP to cash, including the accurate opening and timely closure of matters, appropriate rate/discount and e-billing setups, proper bill frequency matter coding, prompt submission of time entries, and timely application of BOA balances
• Timely delivery of invoices to clients/E-billing team; monitoring matters; coordinating on client platform and E-billing onboarding tasks

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Exhibit excellent written and verbal communication skills in French and English, with the ability to interact effectively with people at all organisational levels of the firm
• Demonstrate the ability to work in a team environment with a customer service focus
• Possess thorough knowledge of procedures such as posting, balancing, debits, and credits

And have:

• Experience in general accounting and billing processes within an international law firm, or an  international organisation in the professional services industry, preferably
• A bachelor's degree or equivalent in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, preferably

Successful candidates will not only be provided with an outstanding career opportunity and welcoming environment, but will also be provided with a generous total compensation package with bonuses awarded in recognition of both individual and firm performance. Eligible employees can participate in Latham’s comprehensive benefit program which includes:

• Lunch vouchers
• Health insurance as well as group income protection and life assurance
• A profit sharing plan
• A pension plan
• Wellness programs
• Employee discounts
• And more!

Additionally, we have a range of programming including Global Affinity Groups, which are open to all. These groups provide a firmwide platform to share experiences and advice as well as an opportunity to participate in a supportive network with common interests to help make life at the firm even better.

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