Fee Charger

CMS is looking for a Fee Charger to join our Finance team in Sheffield. This role is a central finance resource supporting partners in dealing with both complex and/or high-volume client requirements for their billing related activities. You will also beworking with other finance resource to provide a seamless service when supporting the client and liaising with Matter Administration and Revenue Control teams to ensure data integrity and knowledge share.

***About CMS**
CMS is a Future Facing firm. With 79 offices in 45 countries and 5,000+ lawyers worldwide, we combine deep sector understanding with a global overview, giving us the ability not only to see what's coming, but to shape it.

CMS is well equipped to help our clients face the future with confidence. We are driven by technology and readily embrace the possibilities it opens up for developing new and better ways of delivering legal services. Our bold approach to a changing future ensuresthat we nurture our employees and recruit top talent.

***About the Role** _Main responsibilities include but are not limited to:_
- Processing complex billing instructions on behalf of nominated clients and/or matters - ensuring compliance with client billing requirements.
- Requesting, forwarding or printing proformas for Partners/Fee Earners, editing on request and processing where agreed.
- Consistently delivering high quality services on time, with a focus on responsiveness, organisation, efficiency and helpfulness.
- Assisting in identifying and implementing ways to streamline processes and develop and deliver improvements to the service provided.
- Meeting with partners to understand and document billing requirements for specified clients or matters
- Initiating the billing process as per the agreed timeframes by generating proformas
- Reviewing and amending data in line with the client's billing requirements
- Facilitating the preparation and generation of required reports, edit as appropriate and review for accuracy prior to forwarding to Partner/Fee Earner
- Initiating ad-hoc billing guide requests as required and forwarding, printing and editing as requested
- Preparation of narratives and breakdowns as required
- Supporting the Partners to identify when in the month billing guides are required and update billing codes as appropriate

You will be an accurate individual with an exceptional attention to detail. You will work to given timeframes and anticipate likely workflows with good written and verbal communication skills which you are able to flex at all levels.

You will be willing to do routine/repetitive tasks with a self-motivation and proactive ability to prioritise and manage own workload. You will be proficient in MS Excel and Word and will have analytical skills to resolve queries.

***Equal Opportunities**
At CMS, a next-generation mindset is woven into all we do. We're diverse, supportive and inclusive, embracing our corporate social responsibility and creating a culture of sustainability in which every one of our people, whatever their background, can maximisetheir potential and thrive. For further information about CMS' diversity initiatives and programmes, please view the Diversity & Inclusion pages on our website.

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