Our client, a prestigious US law firm are currently seeking an experienced Finance professional to look after all matter of billings, collections and revenue control for this busy and successful organisation.
| The position |
| To contribute to the effectiveness of the Billing and Collection team by providing a comprehensive and efficient service to the partners and external clients in order to achieve the business objectives of the firm and department.
Mainly (but not limited to) London, Paris, Frankfurt and Luxembourg offices. |
| Responsibilities |
- Preparing prebills, bills, credit notes and, when required, detailed billing reports for a defined group of Partners and/or clients
- Dealing with time and disbursement write-offs, as well as edits to time and transfers
- Review time entries to ensure proper coding, billing rates, compliance with client guidelines and missing time
- Liaising closely with Partners and other fee earners to issue bills in a timely manner and maximize billing
- Ensure VAT compliance and all other statutory / legislative requirements for client billing
- Handle billing enquiries, client accruals, account analysis and ad hoc reporting
- Pursue debtors frequently and effectively by telephone, email and letter to secure payment with agreed payment terms
- Proactively engage fee earners and Partners to improve collections and reduce debt
- Attend meetings with fee earners and Partners to agree collection plans
- Review aged debt lists regularly to identify bills that can be chased – ensuring any issues are identified and escalated promptly to the Partner or Finance management as appropriate
- Ensure the credit control database is updated regularly and maintained with current activity summary
- Liaising with the Assistant Finance Manager for Billing & Collections to make them aware of any issues
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| Skills, experience & qualifications |
- Previous legal knowledge/law firm background is preferable
- Working knowledge of a Credit Control function and legal
- billing cycles
- Experienced in billing in multi currencies internationally
- Team player but also able to work independently
- Knowledge of Solicitors Accounting Rules and VAT gained
- through experience
- Good level of IT skills including MS Word and Excel
- Ideally a working knowledge of Aderant Expert, Aderant Classic
- or similar financial systems
- 5 GCSE’s grade (A to C) or 3 A Levels (A to C)
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