Legal Biller - 12 month FTC
Posted Today by Kennedys
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom
Summary: Kennedys is seeking a Legal Biller to join their Financial Operations team, focusing on proactive billing and support services for the firm. The role involves collaboration with various finance teams to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting and management information. The successful candidate will manage the billing cycle for fee-earning teams and ensure compliance with time recording policies. Previous legal billing experience and knowledge of VAT are essential for this position.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build and develop relationships with key stakeholders within the firm
- Responsible for the billing cycle of a number of fee earning teams
- Organise and attend regular meetings with fee earners and partners to discuss aged WIP and billing proposals
- Ensure that fee earners are fully compliant with comprehensive time recording policies and register all disbursements to ensure accurate defence costs MI
- Check charge rates and ensure compliance with client service level agreements (SLAs)
- Liaise with the Financial Operations Database team to ensure the account system contains complete, up-to-date billing information in line with current SLAs
Key Skills:
- Previous legal billing experience
- In-depth knowledge of VAT
- Experience in Excel and finance systems
- Elite 3E experience preferred but not essential
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Chelmsford
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Legal
Kennedys is looking for a Legal Biller to join our Financial Operations team. The successful Legal Biller will work as part of the Working Capital team, alongside the Cashiering and Finance Database teams, to provide a proactive billing and support service to the firm including revenue assistance, bill production and dispatch. Team Kennedys Finance team support the firm globally producing timely and accurate financial and management information, reporting solutions and operational support to maintain the high standard of service offered to the firm's internal and external clients. Our Finance team is made up of Financial Control, Financial Planning and Reporting, Management Accountants, Working Capital, Legal Cashiers and Financial Operations Database teams. Our UK Finance team is based in Chelmsford and London and have a presence in eight global offices.
Required Experience
- Previous legal billing experience
- In-depth knowledge of VAT
- Experience in Excel and finance systems.
- Elite 3E experience preferred but not essential
Key Responsibilities
- Build and develop relationships with key stakeholders within the firm
- Responsible for the billing cycle of a number of fee earning teams
- Organise and attend regular meetings with fee earners and partners to discuss aged WIP and billing proposals
- Ensure that fee earners are fully compliant with comprehensive time recording policies and register all disbursements to ensure accurate defence costs MI
- Check charge rates and ensure compliance with client service level agreements (SLAs)
- Liaise with the Financial Operations Database team to ensure the account system contains complete, up-to-date billing information in line with current SLAs
Please let us know if you require any additional support or adjustments to be made in order to submit your application to Kennedys.