Billing Trainee

Position: Billing Trainee (Permanent)
Billing Trainee

Role:
Billing Trainee

Contract Type:
Permanent

Salary: £25,500 per annum

Working Pattern:
Full-Time, Hybrid

Are you ready to kick-start your career in finance within the dynamic legal industry? Our client is on the lookout for a motivated and detail-oriented Billing Trainee to join their finance team in London. If you have a passion for numbers, excellent communication skills, and a desire to learn, we want to hear from you!

Purpose of the Role:

Reporting to the Billing Manager, providing support to the finance function in the day-to-day processing and handling of billing, estimating and reporting matters relating to client billing. To assist the Billing Manager in the delivery of billing services and to provide support across the full spectrum of billing activities, ranging from routine billing to the provision of estimating and client reporting services.

Responsibilities

To support the Billing Manager in the delivery of team services. Please note that, where necessary, appropriate training will be provided in support of the following service lines:

Bill Processing

Ensuring the prompt and accurate production of all bills, ensuring that they comply with relevant VAT rules and presentational standards
Assist in the accurate processing of all write-offs of unbillable time and disbursements
Dealing with any inter-folio transfers
Preparing soft copy bills and arranging for distribution as directed
Liaising with fee earners to resolve any queries
Assist and support with E-Billing process

Reporting Services

Preparing Work in Progress reports and Costs Incurred reports for clients and fee earners
Providing billing information to fee earners on request

Other Duties

To assist in systems testing processes and to support other systems change-over activities as directed
To provide cover for absences with the team for holiday/sickness/flex

Keeping the Billing Manager and Billing team members fully informed of the status of work and of any problems encountered, and offering suggestions on how these might be resolved
To offer constructive suggestions for ways in which the firm's billing procedures can be improved
To assist the Billing Manager with any other administrative duties

Skills

Excellent Excel skills
Understanding of VAT rules relating to billing - desirable
Excellent arithmetic, written and verbal communication skills are required for liaising with clients, partners and other members of the firm across all levels of the business
Excellent attention to detail
Previous experience of working in a partnership environment is preferred
Confident manner, organised, persistent, tactful but firm in dealing with senior personnel in both client organisations and the firm.
Experience in Excel, Word and preferable knowledge of one or more firm standard practice management systems.
Is willing to learn elements and principles of in-house Billing and Charging System

Qualifications

Evidence of strength in numeric skills will be required, for example strong performance in Mathematics exams at GCSE/A level.

Why Join Us?

20 days annual holiday (plus additional flex days (see below) and an additional day in December or January at Partners' discretion).
Flexible working around core hours which are 10 am to 12 pm and 2 pm to 4 pm (working an average of 7 hours per day)
Flex scheme allows for an additional 8 days leave per year (1 day per month). You will need to accrue 7 hours of flex time in advance for each flex day
Remote working up to 40% per week (subject to business needs)
Group Income Protection (after six months' probation)
Life assurance scheme (4 x annual salary)

Private Medical Insurance
Pension scheme (with contributions up to 6% of salary matched by the firm)
Travel and personal accident insurance for business and pleasure
Performance-related bonus scheme
Cycle-to-work scheme
Annual season ticket loan (after three months)
Enhanced maternity/paternity package (after qualifying period of employment)
Annual social events including Christmas party, summer party and quiz night
Wellbeing benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme
Open plan London office which includes a large café area and rooftop garden, high-spec coffee machines, toast…