FINANCE DEPARTMENT

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is a premier international law firm with market-leading practices, a global perspective and strong New York roots. Debevoise clients engage our lawyers for the high degree of quality, strategic focus and creativity we bring to our legal advice. Our talented administrative and legal support staff brings the same commitment to their work, ensuring the firm delivers the highest level of service and a distinctive client experience. We attract and retain highly skilled and dedicated staff by providing a work environment that is diverse, collaborative, respectful and collegial, and where professional growth is encouraged and nurtured. The firm is seeking to add an energetic and enthusiastic full-time Accounts Receivable Team Lead to join our team of professionals. This is a hybrid position based in our New York Office.
Team Leads will be expected to have a minimum of 7 years of progressive experience and be highly knowledgeable about legal accounting processes, including those of our clients. They should have a broad understanding of Aderant or Elite Enterprise/3E and be able to utilize the system capabilities to implement cash applications.
This is an exempt position and reports to the Associate Director of eBilling and Collections.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Oversee the centralized application of client receipts for 3 domestic and 6 international offices.
• Investigate and reconcile payment applications related to client and/or bank discrepancies.
• Work with the billing team, clients, and management to ensure that receipts are applied appropriately.
• Coordinate the day-to-day tasks of one cash assistant in an environment with shifting priorities.
• Work closely with Accounts Payable on issuing client reimbursements and with the members of the worldwide Finance Team in the application of client and miscellaneous receivables.
• Ability to produce information and reporting on adjustments, payment data, and client receipts.
• Identify and escalate issues found in the cash application database for correction.
• Participate in the firm’s annual audit.
• Document and maintain the cash application procedures; work with system administrators on testing and implementing system upgrades.
• Review and maintenance of suspense, trust, and retainer allocations.
• Work closely with our client contacts to verify banking instructions and payment allocations.
• Ad hoc projects and tasks.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum of 7 years of Finance experience in an AmLaw 100 firm.
• Strong or advanced MS Excel skills.
• Must be highly organized and able to handle multiple tasks efficiently.
• Must be able to work well under pressure and meet daily deadlines.
• Must possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills; be able to communicate clearly and concisely with senior management and partners.
• Must have flexibility to work outside core hours (particularly during fiscal year end).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Legal billing experience is strongly preferred.
• Supervisory experience in a legal finance environment
• Experience using Aderant or Elite/3E.

• Oversee the centralized application of client receipts for 3 domestic and 6 international offices.
• Investigate and reconcile payment applications related to client and/or bank discrepancies.
• Work with the billing team, clients, and management to ensure that receipts are applied appropriately.
• Coordinate the day-to-day tasks of one cash assistant in an environment with shifting priorities.
• Work closely with Accounts Payable on issuing client reimbursements and with the members of the worldwide Finance Team in the application of client and miscellaneous receivables.
• Ability to produce information and reporting on adjustments, payment data, and client receipts.
• Identify and escalate issues found in the cash application database for correction.
• Participate in the firm’s annual audit.
• Document and maintain the cash application procedures; work with system administrators on testing and implementing system upgrades.
• Review and maintenance of suspense, trust, and retainer allocations.
• Work closely with our client contacts to verify banking instructions and payment allocations.
• Ad hoc projects and tasks