Billing/Accounts Assistant
- Recruiter
- Career Legal, Legal Finance & Accounting
- Location
- London (Central), London (Greater)
- Salary
- £24,000 - £25,000 + Bonus
- Posted
- 05 Jul 2017
- Closes
- 02 Aug 2017
- Ref
- 909468
- Job Title
- Legal Finance
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Our client is a London based law firm known for their work in the financial and professional services sectors as well as media and healthcare.
Due to expansion, they are keen to recruit a billing assistant to join their team. Applicants should have previous, relevant industry experience, i.e. have worked in the accounts department of a law firm. This is a great opportunity to advance your career in legal finance.
Responsibilities
Producing and amending bills, drafting bill cover letters, sending bills out (scan and email), bill reversals (when required) and maintaining billing files and records
Compiling statements of billing and payments for large matters
Updating and maintaining write offs register
Processing supplier invoices once approved
Inputting disbursements
Paper filing of financial documents
Proactively meeting with Fee Earners to assist with credit control, dealing with ad hoc queries from Partners and Fee Earners, providing Fee Earners with accurate ledger information
Requesting cash expenses for staff (completing expenses forms), chasing missing credit card receipts
Credit control as well as ensuring compliance with SAR
Candidate Profile
Knowledge of Solicitors’ Accounts Rules
2-3 years’ experience in a legal accounting/billing role
Strong understanding of legal financial (client and office) ledgers
Microsoft Excel; advanced
Good organisation and time management skills
Can do attitude
A willingness to learn and self-develop
Important Notice
It is Career Legal’s policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within three working days. However because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to respond to individual candidates. If we have not contacted you within three working days your application has been unsuccessful and your details have not been retained. Please apply for any other position that you may see in the future. Thank you.
Career Legal is a Recruitment Agency and is advertising this permanent vacancy on behalf of one of its Clients.