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We have an exciting opportunity for a Billing Assistant to join our Billing team within CSG Finance Service Centre on a permanent basis, reporting directly into the Billing Supervisor, the main responsibility of the Billing Assistant will be to work as part of the Billing team in achieving accurate billing and achieve the firms billing targets. A typical day will involve liaising with partners and lawyers to resolve billing queries, updating and amending file data to ensure correct billing and processing proformas. All elements of the billing team work together to ensure efficient billing and matter management.
What you will do
- Responsibility for the billing of specific service lines / clients
- Liaising and building excellent working relationships with all levels
- Understanding the billing and data requirements to ensure effective and accurate billing
- Sourcing and adding missing data to ensure accurate billing
- Prompt query resolution, raising credit notes and reversals
- Processing high volumes of invoices
- Preparing excel bordereaux bill schedules and accompanying bill documents
- Updating matter data
- Investigating errors on billing guides to ensure overall compliance with client billing protocols, VAT charges and billing templates.
- Handle confidential information in line with the firms data security protocols.
Who you are
Essential
- Professional, self-motivated and positive, able to demonstrate:
- Experience in a finance function gained in professional services, preferably a law firm
- Confident manner and personal impact to command the respect of partners
- Flexible
- Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to work unsupervised and on one's own initiative
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Highly PC literate with strong systems skills, particularly in Excel, Ideally in 3E and Paperless (or similar).
- Demonstrates alignment with the Firm’s Cultural Principles (Clear, Creative, Determined and Supportive).
Preferred
- Knowledge of Solicitors Accounts Rules and VAT for law firms billing
- Ebilling portals and experience
What's in it for you?
- High levels of flexibility and a great work life balance
- A well-rounded remuneration package (which includes private medical insurance, income protection insurance and discounted gym membership, amongst many other benefits)
- Opportunities for growth and progression including professional funding
- In person and remote social events
- Opportunity to get involved in a range of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) activities
We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, which aligns closely to our cultural principles (Determined, Clear, Creative and Supportive).
About DAC Beachcroft
We are a leading international legal business with over 3,000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We are market leaders in insurance, health and real estate but with a full-service offering, including growing Financial Services and Tech capabilities. We represent a wide range of clients – from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for nearly all of the top-20 UK and global insurers, we're market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-five housebuilders.
We are a fast-growing international business with offices around the globe. In addition to our 11 UK offices, we also have offices in Bogota, Buenos Aires, Dublin, Lima, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Miami, Milan, New York, Paris, Rome, Santiago, and Singapore plus a broad network of affiliations across the globe.
At DAC Beachcroft we are committed to and recognise the importance of equity, diversity and inclusion across the board, including and beyond the protected characteristics. We take decisions based solely on merit. We value, welcome and seek out people with different backgrounds and life experiences, perspectives, beliefs, ways of thinking and identities.
