Legal Auditor

Job Location: United Kingdom

Job Type: Permanent

Remuneration: Competitive salary based on skills, experience, and qualifications

We have an exciting opportunity for a Legal Auditor to join our team at Sedgwick.

As a member of the Expert Bill Review Team, you will collaborate with insurance defence lawyers and legal spend industry executives in a supportive, success-driven environment. The Legal Auditor leverages legal expertise and advanced technology to review law firm and vendor invoices for compliance on behalf of our 350+ customers, including top-rated AM Best insurance carriers, corporate legal departments, and government entities. The core role involves applying customer-tailored billing guidelines and aligning each review with the customer’s goals and objectives.

Responsibilities include building a comprehensive understanding of uniquely tailored legal spend management protocols. You will primarily review legal invoices for compliance; consulting with customers to enhance guidelines and strategies and communicating with law firms to improve their billing practices. You will manage legal invoice volume and workflow using our Legal Spend Management platforms to handle complex workflows, invoice routing, and data collection. Building strong customer relationships and providing mission-critical value is essential to our partners' success.

The skills you will have when you apply: 

• Knowledge: A comprehensive understanding of and experience in Legal Costs and Insurance Litigation.
• Education: Law degree plus appropriate professional qualification required (Costs Lawyer, Solicitor, CILEX).
• Experience: Legal Costs, Insurance Defence Litigation, Insurance Claims, or Legal Spend Management experience required.
• IT skills: The ability to embrace technology and proficient with standard industry applications.
• Confidence in exercising independent judgement based on experience, specialised training, and program metrics.
• Accountability: Demonstrate responsibility for own work.
• Collaborate: Work supportively with and for other team members in a culture of collaboration.

What we’ll give you for this role:

Remuneration & more

• Competitive salary taking into account skills, experience and qualifications.
• A Self Invested Personal Pension Scheme.
• Holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays.

Health & support

• Private healthcare plan (including pre-existing conditions).
• Life assurance.
• Employee assistance programme for employee wellbeing.
• Group Income Protection.

Other benefits

• Voluntary benefits – dental cover, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan, wellbeing and digital GP applications.
• Discounts on various products and services.

This isn't just a position, it's a pivotal role in shaping our industry

At Sedgwick, you won't just build your career; you'll cultivate a team of experts. Our Sedgwick University offering empowers you to excel as well as your team members, with the most comprehensive training program in the industry which includes more than 15,000 courses on demand, training specific to roles, and opportunities to continue formal education.

Together, we're not only reshaping the insurance landscape, we’re building a legacy of talent. Come and be a catalyst for change within our industry.

Next steps for you:

Think we'd be a great match? Apply now – we want to hear from you.

If you’re unsure whether you have all the skills needed then do apply – we are looking for all backgrounds from seasoned professionals to those returning to the workforce, and everyone in-between.

Not only that, we are proud to have a zero tolerance policy towards discrimination of any kind regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital/ family status, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation.

After the closing date we will review all applications and may select some applicants for an interview (which may be virtual, or in-person).