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Legal Billing Assistant, 12 month fixed term contract

Posted 22 Mar 2024
Work experience
0 to 2 years
Full-time / part-time
Full-time
Job function
Degree level
Required language
English (Fluent)

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Function:

To work competently within Financial Operations team as a Legal Billing Assistant, contributing to the effectiveness of the finance department by providing a comprehensive and efficient service to internal and external clients in order that the business objectives of the firm and the department are achieved.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

To work as part of the Billing team, alongside the Credit Control, Cashiering teams and Finance Database teams, to help provide a highly effective and efficient revenue service to the Firm.

  • Assisting team members to provide a comprehensive billing service, providing administrative assistance as required
  • Production of Work in Progress (WIP) and missing time reports as required
  • Providing support in drafting bills as requested (in accordance with Client Service Level Agreements), ensuring completeness of billing information
  • Responding to all requests in a timely and efficient manner
  • Tracking and chasing unsettled draft bills on a regular basis, reporting defaulters to supervising Legal Billers and/or Assistant Billing Manager
  • Ensuring any amendments are processed and permanently changed in billing set-up where appropriate
  • To work with Financial Operations Database team to proactively resolve billing information issues before delays impact of the revenue cycle
  • Assisting with engrossing bills as required
  • Responding to information requests promptly, referring any complex queries to the Assistant Billing Manager
  • To help draft, amend and coordinate the lodgement of e-bills
  • To show a high level of dedication and flexibility, to ensure strict billing schedules are adhered to as and when required
  • To ensure a high standard of work output and quality of information
  • To refer any contentious issues to the supervising Legal Billers and/or Assistant Billing Manager

Requirements

  • Flexible attitude towards working practices and ability to adapt style as required
  • Confident in their own abilities and in their approach
  • Team player
  • To be approachable and responsive to both colleagues and clients
  • To be accountable and straightforward
  • To be professional and courteous in all dealings
  • Self-motivated and enthusiastic.

About Kennedys

Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services. With over 2,000 people worldwide across 37 offices in the UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and America we have some of the most respected legal minds in their field.

Our lawyers handle both contentious and non-contentious matters, and provide a range of specialist legal services, for many industry sectors but we have particular expertise in litigation and dispute resolution, especially in defending insurance and liability claims.

We welcome high-performing lawyers, business services professionals, secretaries, graduates and apprentices to join our rapidly expanding global firm. Whatever your role at Kennedys, you’ll be involved in exciting and stimulating work, where your input will make a difference.

What do we have to offer?

We’re a fresh-thinking firm, and we’re not afraid to bring challenging new perspectives to the table way beyond the traditional realm of legal services. We empower our clients with a diverse range of ideas, tools and technology to make their lives easier, as well as delivering exceptional results, every time.

We develop careers in an innovative and collaborative global environment, with a variety of training opportunities available. This includes secondment opportunities to clients and our global offices. We believe that supporting individual growth and development puts us in the best position to attract and retain talented individuals. Regardless of role or level, everyone has access to virtual learning opportunities to help you develop your skills when you need to, wherever you are in the world.

Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in litigation and dispute resolution, particularly in the insurance/reinsurance and liability industries.

Legal
London
2,000 employees