Job Description

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 Billing Assistant 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
• Confident with numbers, attention to detail
• The successful Legal Biller will have excellent written and verbal communication skills

Important Notice
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