Legal Biller (Birmingham) - Career Legal : Job Details

My client is a growing international law firm specializing in litigation and dispute resolution, particularly in the insurance, reinsurance and liability areas. They have offices spanning the globe and over 1000 employees, with headquarters in the City of London and several other offices in the UK.

They are now looking to hire a Legal Biller on a permanent basis. This is a broad role incorporating billing (including complex bills) and WIP management.

This role is based at the firm’s Birmingham office.

Responsibilities

• Establish and nurture effective relationships with key stakeholders across the firm
• Manage the complete billing cycle for multiple fee-earning teams
• Coordinate and participate in regular meetings with fee earners and partners to review aged WIP and discuss billing strategies
• Ensure full compliance with detailed time recording policies and accurate registration of disbursements to support reliable defence cost management information
• Review charge rates and confirm adherence to client service level agreements (SLAs)
• Work closely with the Financial Operations Database team to maintain accurate and up-to-date billing records in line with current SLAs
• Monitor and follow up on incomplete time entries to ensure accurate time recording
• Generate and distribute WIP (Work in Progress) reports regularly, at minimum on a monthly basis
• Collaborate with fee earners to encourage timely billing and reduce WIP lock-up
• Prepare interim and final bills upon request, ensuring accuracy and compliance with SLAs
• Track and follow up on outstanding draft bills, providing regular updates to Team Leaders
• Finalise bills to maximise WIP recovery and prepare them for delivery in line with client SLAs, including composite bills, bordereaux, and other required schedules
• Process billing amendments and update billing setups permanently where applicable
• Partner with the Senior Working Capital Manager, Assistant Managers, and processing teams to implement improvements that enhance efficiency and service quality
• Address queries and requests promptly and effectively, escalating complex or sensitive issues to the Assistant Working Capital Manager
• Maintain matter budgets and resolve billing-related issues swiftly to prevent delays in the revenue cycle

Required Experience

• Proven experience in legal billing
• Strong understanding of VAT regulations
• Proficiency in Excel and financial systems
• Familiarity with Elite 3E is advantageous but not mandatory

Candidate Profile

You will possess working knowledge of Legal Billing cycles and WIP, knowledge of Solicitors Accounting Rules and VAT and have attention to detail.

Being self-motivated, demonstrating initiative and being able to prioritise workload will be advantageous.

Having excellent communication skills and good IT skills/ knowledge of financial systems will be required.

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.