Invoicing Clerk - INTERNAL ONLY

Our invoicing team is in the market for a Invoicing Clerk to join the team on a permanent contract. Based out of our Nottingham office, the successful candidate will be a member of the Finance team and be responsible for the day to day checking and accurate and timely processing of the firm's bills in accordance with the Solicitor's Accounts Rules, and the firm's and the client's procedures. The billing clerk will act as a key liaison with nominated partners and fee earners to provide specialist knowledge to assist in the preparation of bills.

What does the role actually involve?

• Work under direction from the Invoicing Team Leader
• Prepare client bills using information obtained from the fee earners using the appropriate case management system
• Ensuring that bills and credit notes are properly drawn up, give the appropriate amount of detail, are calculated correctly and are in accordance with information held on the work in progress ledger.
• Querying errors on bills with partners, fee earners and their secretaries, as appropriate, with a view to getting the errors corrected and obtaining any further information which is required to process the bill correctly.
• Processing work in progress write offs, inter matter work in progress transfers and matter closures.
• Dealing with billing queries from partners, fee earners and the support teams as necessary.

What technical skills are required for someone to be successful and enjoy the role?

• Must be IT literate and have good keyboard skills - experience of Excel and Word is essential
• Experience of using finance systems is essential.
• Will be an experienced and numerate data input clerk, used to dealing with large volumes of data.
• Must possess a good telephone manner
• Must be able to conduct themselves appropriately in an open plan office environment
• Must be numerate, methodical and accurate and have attention to detail