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Costs Clerk - Birmingham £25,000 - £28,000 I'm delighted to be working with a firm in Birmingham City Centre, who have been a client of ours for many years and who are currently going through a fantastic period of growth an expansion. As a result, they are keen to add a Costs Clerk to their team in Birmingham City Centre. Ideally, they would like to recruit a Costs Clerk with experience of working in a Law Costs environment. Duties of a Cost Clerk: Drafting Inter-Partes and Legal Aid bills for assessment Sending bills to paying party and following through assessment procedure to payment. Drafting replies to points of dispute Negotiating costs with paying party. Lodging bills at Court and the Legal Aid Agency for assessment. Monitoring performance of external costs draftsman in relation to turnaround times and work produced. Maintaining up to date excel spreadsheet of billing information. Ensuring prompt payment of finalised bills where payment is due from opponent. Checking bills drafted by costs assistants Undertaking other clerical and administrative duties as may reasonably be required from time to time. The Person: Experience of drafting inter partes and legal aid bills Experience of using CCMS to bill legal aid files Computer Literate High Level of numeracy and accuracy when dealing with figures. Attention to detail Knowledge of Excel, Word and Outlook Willing to learn new skills Quick learner Good Administrative background with experience of being able to manage and prioritise own workloads Legal Aid Agency rules for billing and costing of publicly funded files Court rules for lodging bills An understanding of the rules governing inter parte bills preparation Court costs assessment procedures Working in a publicly funded organisation If you are keen to be considered for this Costs Clerk role in Birmingham City Centre, please apply directly, call me for a confidential conversation today or send your CV to
Position: Expenses Coordinator Hourly Rate: £12.01 - £12.43 per hour (37 hours p/week) Location: Coventry Start Date: ASAP Our client is currently seeking an Expenses Coordinator for an initial 3-month contract. The main purpose of this role is to support the processing and payment of employee expenses and company purchasing card transactions, while ensuring individual claims conform with the company expense and purchase card policies and external statutory guidelines. Responsibilities: Validate claims received and ensure that staff are reimbursed in an accurate and timely manner. Manage the day-to-day relationship with stakeholder, including issuing of new cards, and deactivation of leaver cards. Ensure queries are professionally handled, logged, and followed. Ensure all claims are correctly authorised and in line with company policy and Inland Revenue guidelines Provide coaching and education to expense claimants and managers to ensure that exceptions to the process are minimised. To provide data and spend analysis to Procurement to enable to identification of cost reduction opportunities. Day to day administration of payment related activities such as BACS recalls and cheque cancellations. Administration and preparation of one-off ad-hoc internal requests for payments from the business. Requirements: Ability to pick up and work with new computer-based systems, technology, and processes. Strong Excel skills. Understanding of general accounting principles, and taxation requirements. Experience of general accounting and administrative processes in a large organisation. Knowledge of expense systems (Concur/SAP) and capabilities would be an advantage. Strong verbal and written communication skills. Previous use of Cognos reporting tools would be a distinct advantage. Note: Only shortlisted candidates will receive an initial telephone interview. Selected candidates will undergo a formal interview process.