Senior Billing Assistant

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The Role

Department: Finance

Location: Manchester

Role: Senior Billing Assistant

The Role

This role is a key position within a fast-paced Working Capital Team responsible for managing the Lock Up of the IFPD Practice across a number of locations with varied requirements and processes. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the flow of billings in line with agreed targets. The role will require the team to maximise fee billings and working with some of the company's key clients and Senior Partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the billing team and help them with organisational skills and sharing workloads.
• Create accurate and easy to read month end information for delivery to all Partners
• Hold meetings with Partners to discuss and resolve issues, including documenting actions and arranging follow up meetings with regular communications, escalating issues to their line manager
• Produce daily billing position, advice on deadlines and address issues as required
• Oversee training & set up of new starters
• Create and maintain a library of "How to" guides encompassing all clients and tasks
• Redistribute work during periods of absence according to priority
• Manage escalation process for noncompliance, eg late return of bills, pro formas not converted
• Act as subject matter expert on ebilling systems and champion cross training across the team

Specification

• Strong experience in billing within a legal environment
• Professional manner in all forms of communication
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong inter personal skills
• Ability to persuade and influence at senior levels
• Maintain positive 'can do' attitude at all times
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to prioritise competing workloads

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