Finance - Billing Specialist

**About your new role**: The responsibility of the Billing team is to ensure all bills are produced in an accurate and timely manner, working closely with internal clients and partners. **Key Duties & Responsibilities** - To assist with billing and distribution on numerous clients, ensuring bills are submitted and queries dealt with in a timely manner. - Working within a medium sized team but being able to prioritise own portfolio of work throughout the month. - Key to the role is being able to prioritise the work, raising the bills and dealing with queries in relation to a new e-billing system - Assist with all billing aspects, striving to look for better ways to work with the client to speed up the payment process of our bills. - Acting as a point of contact for all billing and queries - Ensure all bills are produced throughout the month, not left until the last few days of the month, all bills having the required information attached and despatched to the client in a timely manner - Provide accurate advice on billing queries and taking appropriate action - Undertake e-bill account reconciliations as required - Maintain confidence of fee earners and Partners through positive results - There may be a requirement to visit other offices - Participate in all Team Rota jobs - Ad hoc duties as required - The flexibility to work overtime as and when required This list is not intended to be exhaustive and you will be expected to perform other duties and have other responsibilities that fall within the wider remit of the role. You will also ensure that you comply with the relevant Weightmans and client policies and procedures, and consistently work in accordance with our values. **About You**: Preferred: - 12 months working in a high volume billing role. - Wide ranging experience of handling a large volume of Insurance accounts - Dealing with and recognising the special requirements of clients - Reviewing and taking pro-active action to resolve billing issue - Experience of face-to-face exposure to Partners - Experience of 3e or Elite practice management systems Essential: - Excellent problem-solving ability - Must have natural initiative and good sense of responsibility - Confident, positive attitude being essential to the role - Accuracy & attention to detail - Proactive approach to relationship building with the ability to manage difficult relationships - Strong organisational skills - Strong negotiation skills - Strong excel skills - Ability to work under pressure and adhere to strict deadlines **Why work for us**: Weightmans is a Top 45 law firm with offices throughout the UK. Having been recognised as the leading legal employer at the annual Britain's Top Employers awards 2021 and achieved record rankings in Chambers UK. The independent research showed "Weightmans provides exceptional employee conditions, nurtures and develops talent throughout all levels of the organisation." We are truly committed to fostering a culture of equality and diversity, where everyone in the firm is respected and recognised on merit for the work that they do. **Work for a firm where people matter - work for Weightmans.** As well as being immensely proud of the work we carry out for our clients and the culture we provide to our people we offer a wide range of benefits including; - 28 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rated for part time) - Agile / working from home including provision of home office equipment* - Healthcare cover/ Medicash - Pension plan - Life Insurance 4 x salary - Interest free travel loan scheme - Employee Assistance Programme including counselling, legal and consumer advice service - Discounted gym membership - Discounted dental scheme - Cycle to work scheme - Offers & discounts - Great reward and recognition scheme - there are a small number of roles that cannot be performed from home, your Recruitment Advisor can confirm.