Senior Cost Negotiator in Liverpool

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Recruiter: Fletchers Solicitors

Job Hours: Full-time

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Senior Cost Negotiator

Salary: DOE

Location: Southport/Manchester/Liverpool/Leeds/Hybrid

Senior Cost Negotiator

Location: Hybrid- Office locations Liverpool/ Manchester/ Leeds/ Liverpool

Fletchers Solicitors Ltd have a fantastic opportunity to join our growing Team.

In the role you will be working within a busy team and must have the ability to manage your own case load and adhere to SLA’s. This is a great opportunity to join a market-leading and expanding firm, at the forefront of clinical negligence litigation. Predominantly dealing with medical negligence and Serious Injury cost cases with experience handling all types of bills of cost.

About Fletchers Solicitors:

Fletchers is a rapidly growing law firm specialising in personal injury and clinical negligence law. We are based in the North-West of the UK, with offices in Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds & Southport, although many of our colleagues work from home as Fletchers offers Hybrid working. We offer a great work life balance, fabulous benefits, apprenticeships, and internal progression, around 10% of colleagues are currently working on apprenticeships or training contracts – more than ever before – and we are continuing to grow our L&D offering. We have a great culture and people that will support you and your goals.

Fletchers Group is an inclusive employer with a diverse work force, which is why we welcome applications from all diversity groups and backgrounds. We’re committed to providing a culture and environment where everyone can thrive. Fletchers understand and celebrating that no colleague is the same. We’re proud of our work on the Disability Confident scheme, and we are signing up to other diversity standards to reflect our ethos.

Main Responsibilities for the role:

Managing own caseload using case management software

Instruct Counsel to attend Detailed Assessment/Oral review or alternatively conduct own hearings.

Hit agreed recovery targets.

Undertaking accurate valuation

Constant communication with fee earners

Providing head of team updates on forecasts, recoveries, issue files

Hit agreed daily chargeable hours target.

Keep MI fully up to date and accurate.

Deal with aged debt where applicable

Review points of dispute

Assist in bundle preparation.

Ensure SLA/Pipeline metrics adhered to

Follow agreed processes.

Providing legal teams with costs advice

Attending team meetings

Providing feedback on recoveries/files/fee earning practices

The above list is not exhaustive of any other tasks, which may be required.

The ideal candidate will have:

Proven experience in dealing with high value Litigation and Negotiation cases.

Experience of Proclaim

Experience of Cost Master

Organisational, planning and communication skills.

Excellent customer service skills

Good general IT skills

Time management

Ability to use initiative.

Working effectively within a team.

Attention to detail and the ability to meet tight deadlines.

We reserve the right to close this role before the date specified depending on the calibre and volume of candidates.

In return Fletchers can offer:

Competitive salary

35 hours working week.

Bonus scheme (subject to targets being met)

35 days holiday a year including bank holidays and Christmas Closure, you also have an option to purchase up to 3 extra days’ holiday per year, until you long service award the 3 days after your 5th, 7th, and 9th full year of employment

Pension scheme with tax-efficient salary sacrifice option.

Life Assurance Policy

Medicash policy to cover some Dental, optical, and other medical expenses.

Enhanced company sick pay

Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and IVF schemes

Flexible, agile working environment with a positive work-life balance

Varied calendar of funded company social events (check out Fletchers Group on LinkedIn)

Monthly voucher awards

So much has happened in the last year at Fletchers:

We became Fletchers Group following several acquisitions – and have big plans for more growth.

We offered legal colleagues more training contracts than ever before.

Retained excellent rankings with both The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners

We opened 2 new office locations in Leeds and Liverpool (alongside Southport and Manchester)

We launched our first ever Associate and Partner programmes for senior lawyers.

We launched the Fletchers Foundation charity to support injured people.

That’s just to name a few, check out our website for more:

Location: Southport/Manchester/Liverpool/Leeds/Hybrid

Salary: DOE

Department: Costs

Closing Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024

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About Fletchers Solicitors

fletcherssolicitors.co.uk

If you’ve suffered through medical negligence or a serious, life-changing injury, chances are you’ll be going through one of the most traumatic experiences of your life.

That’s why it’s crucial to have an empathetic and knowledgeable law firm representing you.

Here at Fletchers, we have one of the largest medical negligence and personal injury practices in the UK. We specialise in serious injury, medical negligence and motorbike accidents; and more recently, have expanded our legal expertise into data breach and diesel emission claims.

We believe it is important to break down the barriers to justice, which is why we use clear and concise language to keep you well-informed through the entire process. With over 30 years’ legal experience under our belts, we know how to negotiate through the legal journey on your behalf, and will do our utmost to secure the compensation you deserve.

We’re currently ranked in the UK’s Top 100 law firms and acknowledged as a Band 1 law firm – the highest accolade – for both Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury law by Chambers and Partners.

We’re also ranked in Tier 2 and Tier 3 for personal injury and medical negligence, respectively, with The Legal 500; and have various solicitors recognised as Leading Individuals.

For more information and to start your claim, head over to:

www.fletcherssolicitors.co.uk