Finance Assistant / Billing Officer

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Finance Assistant / Billing Officer

The Firm
We are a leading, mid-size, national boutique law firm which specialises in the areas of insurance law, commercial dispute resolution/litigation, strata and property law, building & construction law, insolvency law and corporate and commercial transactions. With over 50 staff, we pride ourselves on very high standards and we greatly value honesty, integrity, humanity, optimism and excellence.

The Role -
We are looking for a highly motivated Billing Clerk - someone with proven experience (ideally in a professional services firm), well organised, buttoned-down and delivery focused to immediately fill a contract role for 6 months (potentially longer). The incumbent has been in the role for several years and will be performing another role within the firm.

Your duties will include, but not be limited to:

running and distributing work in progress listings and billing guides to fee earners for review and editing
processing edits, creation of draft bills, checking, finalising and issuing various types of bills based on specific client billing requirements
liaising with legal staff and partners in relation to requests for cancellation and reissuing of bills
processing of refunds
Trust to Office transfers
effecting necessary changes to client details in our practice management system
assisting the Finance Director and other senior members of the finance team with any other ad hoc tasks as required

The Candidate

To be successful in this role you must have a strong desire to provide top quality support, be respectful of those you work with, be able to follow instructions, adhere to process and have a positive can-do attitude.
To secure this position you must have:

demonstrated legal or other professional services firm experience with a strong working knowledge of Lexis Nexis Affinity practice management software being highly regarded
intermediate skills in Microsoft Office
problem solving skills
strong all round communication skills with the ability to communicate well with clients and other third parties
high attention to detail and strong time management skills with an ability to work in a high transaction volume environment
ability to work well with all levels of staff and to treat everyone with respect.
Additionally, you must be professionally presented, well-spoken and demonstrate a self motivated, mature attitude towards work.

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