Grant Thornton (US)

Garnishment Lead

Grant Thornton (US)  •  Makati City, PH (Onsite)  •  8 hours ago
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Job Description

Key Responsibilities

1. End-to-End Operations Management

  • Oversee daily processing of legal notices including garnishments, levies, liens, and subpoenas.
  • Ensure notices are reviewed for:
    • Accuracy
    • Completeness
    • Legal sufficiency
  • Supervise identification of impacted customer accounts within internal systems.
  • Ensure correct placement and release of account holds in line with legal requirements.
  • Manage levy processing activities, including recurring holds and fund remittances.

2. Case Management & Processing Oversight

  • Oversee the full case lifecycle from intake to closure, including:
    • Categorisation of incoming notices
    • Case creation and tracking
    • Documentation and audit readiness
  • Ensure timely downloading, uploading, and processing of legal notices in internal platforms.
  • Monitor queue volumes, backlog, and workload allocation across the team.

3. Compliance & Risk Management

  • Ensure all activities comply with applicable legal, regulatory, and client-specific requirements.
  • Maintain strong audit trails, documentation standards, and control frameworks.
  • Serve as escalation point for complex or high-risk legal cases.
  • Continuously review and enhance SOPs in line with regulatory and process changes.

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4. External & Internal Stakeholder Management

  • Oversee preparation and submission of responses to third parties (e.g. creditors, tax authorities, legal bodies).
  • Manage communication with:
    • Customers
    • Government agencies
    • Legal representatives / attorneys
  • Ensure consistent, professional responses aligned with templates, macros, and legal guidelines.
  • Act as primary escalation contact for client stakeholders.

5. Team Leadership & Development

  • Lead, coach, and develop a team of analysts and senior analysts.
  • Conduct hiring, onboarding, and training of new team members.
  • Set performance targets aligned to SLAs and quality metrics.
  • Drive a culture of accuracy, accountability, and compliance.

6. Process Efficiency & Continuous Improvement

  • Identify opportunities to improve:
    • Processing efficiency
    • Automation and workflow optimisation
    • Standardisation across case handling
  • Enhance templates, macros, and communication frameworks.
  • Support scaling of operations (e.g. onboarding additional team members or expanding scope).

Key Requirements

Experience

  • 5–8+ years’ experience in operations, ideally within:
    • Legal processing
    • Payroll/garnishments
    • Banking or financial services operations
    • BPO/shared services environments
  • Proven experience managing teams in a high-volume, process-driven environment.

Core Skills

  • Strong understanding of legal notice processing (garnishments, levies, subpoenas, liens)
  • Excellent attention to detail and risk awareness
  • Experience managing SLAs, KPIs, and operational performance
  • Strong stakeholder and communication skills
  • Ability to manage sensitive and confidential information
  • Experience with case management or workflow systems

Preferred Attributes

  • Exposure to US legal / financial compliance processes
  • Experience in offshore delivery models (e.g. Philippines-based teams)
  • Ability to build SOPs and operational frameworks from scratch
  • Background in compliance-heavy or document-intensive environments
Grant Thornton (US)

About Grant Thornton (US)

Forget what you think you know about professional services. We go beyond what’s expected and help others do the same.

Grant Thornton is the brand name for Grant Thornton LLP and Grant Thornton Advisors LLC the U.S. member firms of Grant Thornton International Ltd, one of the world’s leading independent audit & assurance, tax and advisory firms. That means our network has more than 73,000 professionals in more than 146 countries who are ready to help public and private organizations of all sizes take on today’s challenges. But what sets us apart isn’t just what we do – it’s how we do it. Here, we believe in making business more personal and building trust into every result. We’re collaborators – obsessed with quality and ready for anything – who understand the value of strong relationships. It’s how we challenge the expectations of business and empower our people and clients to do it, too.

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Industry
Accounting & Tax
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Chicago, IL
Year Founded
1924
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