Revenue Assistant

Ambition Europe Limited ,
London, Greater London
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £25,000 per annum

Overview

My client is an international law firm who are lookng for a Revenue Assistant to join their Finance team. This role will be ideal for someone who has billing experience in the legal sector and is looking for a new opportunity. Key responsibilities: The production of draft bills for fee earners, the finalisation of bills in the accounting system and ensuring bills are despatched in a timely manner. Assisting with drafting related correspondence as required Regularly reviewing unbilled time and disbursements in order to identify bills to be raised, and supporting efforts to reach billing targets on a monthly basis Regularly review WIP reports to ensure dead matters are closed and unrecoverable time and disbursements are written off Support and assist the Collections team as well as matter partners by responding promptly to their requests for information Proactively work as a team with the Revenue Controllers to help meet targets and identify opportunities to reduce the working capital of the firm Ensure the firm's policies and procedures are adhered to, specifically the credit policy, ensuring evidence of approvals are maintained for review by internal audit Support all initiatives to improve the revenue and billing processes and/or systems as required from time to time Assisting with missing time queries, matter maintenance and providing cover for E-billing Key requirements Basic revenue experience (a minimum of 12 months) gained within a legal partnership or LLP environment IT literate, with exposure to Excel and a practice management system, ideally Elite 3E. Excellent written and communication skills Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong working relationships at all levels; tactful and diplomatic in pressurised situations