Business Operations Assistant

About Law Debenture

Law Debenture is an Investment Trust supported by a wholly owned professional services business. Law Deb is an unusual and exciting proposition; on a day–to-day basis we are nimble, ambitious and small enough to know everyone by name, whilst also benefiting from the profile and credibility of a listed business. This is thanks to our 135‑year‑old FTSE
250 investment trust and our fast-growing independent professional services business of over 300 colleagues across 6 business lines.

At Law Deb, doing work that has a positive impact is important to us. We need the very best people to be the custodians of our business for the next stage of our proud history and growth. We’re ambitious to innovate, collaborate and push forward in providing peace of mind and excellence for our clients and each other.

We’re on a journey to shape a culture we’re all proud to be part of. One where everyone feels trusted, supported and empowered to own their success. Working at Law Deb, you will have access to our enviable network of clients and innovative projects, as well as brilliant colleagues to learn from and collaborate with.

The Business Operations Assistant plays a central operational role within the CSS Business Line, acting as the connection between client delivery roles, financial management and contract management. Directed by a team lead or manager with growing autonomy, you are expected to be enthusiastic, proactive and curious – maintaining accurate data within internal systems, supporting client delivery teams to keep engagements running smoothly, asking questions, flagging issues and demonstrating a genuine interest in the CSS business and the wider Law Debenture group.

• Manage client projects within PSA systems, ensuring accurate project setup, maintenance and lifecycle tracking
• Develop an understanding of client contracts and how contractual terms flow through to management information and reporting
• Maintain a consolidated operational tracker as the single source of truth for revenue forecasting, resource utilisation and live project data
• Begin to understand the pricing model, scope of services and billing process through the PSA system

• Support month‑end billing processes including timesheet completion and revenue forecast reviews and data accuracy sign‑off
• Support Senior Business Operations Partner in reviewing and distributing regular MI and governance reports by consolidating data from internal systems and multiple sources, ensuring accurate formatting and timely delivery to stakeholders

• Contribute to PSA platform implementation and improvement projects by capturing operational requirements from an end‑user perspective
• Champion adoption of operational systems and tools, identify automation opportunities and flag inefficiencies to the team
• Support the Senior Operations Business Partner on projects to improve operational processes and business performance

• Prepare team meeting slides using standard templates, collating updates and formatting content ahead of meetings
• Support the induction and onboarding of new CSS colleagues, including training on the PSA tool
• Arrange business line meetings and manage calendar invites as required
• Manage and respond to support requests within agreed SLAs, triaging tickets or resolving straightforward queries directly

• Strong attention to detail and pride in data accuracy – e.g. completes timesheets accurately; manages workload and SLAs against deadlines
• Commercial awareness: comfortable with billing processes, revenue forecasts and P&L basics – e.g. understands pricing models, scope of services and billing process through PSA systems
• Proactive and curious: you ask questions, build knowledge and spot inefficiencies – e.g. shows curiosity in approach to work; enthusiastic and proactive at identifying problems and thinking of solutions
• Self‑starter: who owns their workload and escalates issues early – e.g. flags workload capacity; delivers as directed and takes on work proactively
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