My client is a commercial law firm based in the heart of London's historic legal district in Lincoln's Inn. Founded in the early 1900s, they have grown to become a thriving and modern practice, providing a comprehensive range of legal services to meet the needs of a wide variety of businesses, individuals and organisation based throughout the UK and overseas.
They are now looking for a Legal Biller on a 12 month contract.
Responsibilities
- Processing over 500 bills per month
- Raising pre bills for the firm
- Weekly review of pre bills in the system with matter managers/partners
- Follow up on finalisation of invoices
- Ebilling for some clients of the firm and reviewing the position of the invoices
- Reviewing all bills received from partners and associates and applying corrections as required
- Applying mark-up/mark downs to invoices
- Liaising with fee earners, secretaries and other members of staff to solve account queries prior to invoicing.
- Actioning WIP write-off requests via £0 prebill posting and file closures
- Dealing with narratives and other amendments.
- Producing credit notes within the billing process
- Dealing with disbursement issues at the point of billing
- Potential for cover in other areas of the finance team during quieter periods
- WIP management with Matter Managers/Partners
- Ad hoc requests
Candidate Profile
- The successful candidate must have previous Law firm experience. Previous experience of Aderant is preferred
- Be up to date with all SRA regulations ensuring that all client transactions are carried out under compliance
- Knowledge of VAT compliance
- Experience of e-billing is required
- The successful Legal Biller will have excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Confident with numbers, attention to detail
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