Billing Assistant

We have an exciting opportunity for a Billing Assistant to join our Billing team within CSG Finance Service Centre on a 12 month fixed term contract 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. This role is 100% remote, there will be no need for office attendance. What's in it for you?

• High levels of flexibility and a great work life balance - https://jobs.dacbeachcroft.com/whats-in-it-for-you/
• 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). If you are excited about this role and being part of our culture, but your past experience does not align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles! 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., We also want you to be at your very best. Please feel free to let us know of any changes we can make at any point in the recruitment process that will help support your application. If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV. Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.
Note for Recruitment Agencies - the DAC Beachcroft recruitment team is responsible for managing all current vacancies through direct hiring and referrals wherever possible. We do work with recruitment agencies and where we require external support we will formally release those vacancies to the agencies on our Preferred Supplier List deemed best placed to assist us. Speculative CVs sent by any agency to any DAC Beachcroft employee without a specific request by the recruitment team will not be accepted and with no introduction fee applicable. Our recruitment team can be contacted at csgrecruitment@dacbeachcroft.com


• 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
  
  About DAC Beachcroft
We are a leading international legal business with over 2,900 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We have 11 offices in the UK as well as offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Milan, Rome, Singapore, Argentina Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Miami. We also have associations/alliances with firms in Malaysia, Brazil, Peru, Central America, the USA, Australia and Germany. We are a broad-based commercial firm with a strong heritage in insurance, health and real estate. This is complemented by a fast-growing Business Advisory capability. We represent a wide range of clients, from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for the UK's top-ten insurers, we are 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 the UK's top-12 housebuilders. We have an impressive legal pedigree, with 141 practice area rankings across Chambers UK 2023 and The Legal 500 2023 and over 230 individual lawyers ranked in the two guides. Our successes have been recognised by the legal industry and the markets in which we operate. Our most recent accolades include being named the top winner at the 2022 Legal Innovation Awards with two awards, bringing home two National Insurance Awards in 2023 for 'Insurance Law' and 'Innovative Product', winning 'Legal Adviser of the Year - Public' at both the 2021 and 2022 HealthInvestor Awards and 'Legal Adviser of the Year - Private' at the 2021 awards, and being named 'Arbitration Team of the Year' at the 2022 British Legal Awards. Regionally in the UK, we were named 'Law Firm of the Year - Large' in the 2022 Yorkshire Legal Awards and 'Innovators of the Year' at the 2022 Bristol Law Society Awards. Our vision is to be leading business advisers, recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work. For further details on our work and our culture, please visit www.dacbeachcroft.com. What you need to know about applying At DAC Beachcroft, we don't just accept your differences we celebrate them. From bespoke solutions for our clients, to treating you like an individual. Our strength comes from your diverse ideas and bringing the whole you to work. So if you're good at what you do, come as you are. We welcome direct applications and are happy to talk flexible working.