The Firm

Our client is a leading London based Law Firm known for handling high value and complex litigation.

The Opportunity

This is a wide-ranging job that involves a combination of legal, financial, data, and risk analysis techniques. The role requires an appetite for developing new solutions to evolving cost and funding issues.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Performing critical risk and financial analysis on all conditional and contingent fee cases at the outset and as they progress
• Undertaking and actively monitoring cost estimates and budgeting using costs management software
• Assisting matter teams to compile documentation for submissions to the Risk & Funding committees (e.g., fee & outcomes projections)
• Ensuring draft Conditional Fee Agreements (CFAs) and Damages-Based Agreements (DBAs) are approved before dispatching to the client , and that they are subsequently signed
• Liaising with matter teams and After The Event (ATE) insurers/brokers to issue and administer ATE policies, including facilitating audits
• Extracting data from systems and spreadsheets to produce reports on cost and funding issues
• Making recommendations to improve or create internal Costs & Funding workflows or processes, including leveraging technology

Requirements

• Previous experience in legal costs, accountancy (bookkeeping/financial data), economics, or insurance
• Commitment to working in litigation costs and funding as a career option
• Technical competency with Excel to an intermediate/advanced level, including comfort with pivot tables, graphs, and formulae (IFS, SUMIFS, LOOKUPS, etc)
• Highly numerate and methodical when undertaking data analysis, comfortable with data interpretation
• A problem-solver who can approach challenges logically and propose solutions
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills when liaising with matter teams and senior stakeholders
• Experience of the Interaction CRM, Cosine, and Elite 3E Practice Management Systems would be advantageous

Benefits

• Salary: £44,000
• Hours: Permanent, full-time.
• Hybrid Working: Up to 2 days per week from home.

Birchrose Associates, trading name of Huntress Search Ltd, acts as a Recruitment Agency in relation to all Permanent roles and as a Recruitment Business in relation to all Temporary roles.

We practice a diverse and inclusive recruitment process that ensures equal opportunity for all we work with, irrespective of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. As an organisation, we encourage applications from all backgrounds and will ensure measures are met when required, to allow a fair process throughout.

PLEASE NOTE: We can only consider applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK.