Billing Assistant

Sewell Moorhouse Recruitment; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global law firm in Sheffield is looking for a proactive Billing Assistant to join their team. This role offers an excellent opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment where you will manage billing processes, ensure compliance with guidelines, and collaborate with multiple teams. Ideal candidates will have experience in accounts or billing, attention to detail, and strong communication skills. The firm offers a competitive salary, flexible working policy, and a generous bonus scheme.

Benefits

Competitive basic salary

Flexible, hybrid working policy

Generous bonus scheme

Up to 25 days holiday

Private medical insurance

Enhanced parental leave

Qualifications

• Experience in accounts or billing.
• Ability to work to given timeframes.
• Flexibility and initiative in problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and check bills based on proforma instructions.
• Ensure compliance with VAT and billing guidelines.
• Collaborate with various teams to clear billing blocks.

Skills

Attention to detail

Good written and verbal communication skills

Proficient in MS Excel and Word

Self-motivated

Analytical skills

Job description

Sewell Wallis Recruitment is proud to be partnering with a leading global law firm as it looks to appoint a Billing Assistant to its Sheffield team.

This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive and motivated individual with experience in accounts or billing to join a highly professional, fast-moving environment.

What will you be doing?

• Bills based on proforma instructions within agreed SLAs
• Ensure compliance with client guidelines, terms and conditions, ensuring compliance with the firm's agreed billing processes and procedures throughout
• Check VAT and numerical calculations on bills, and compliance with VAT and Solicitors Accounts Rules
• Generate draft bills when required based on proforma instructions from stakeholders
• Forward draft bills to reviewers and editors as required and deal with all necessary amendments/corrections.
• Edit narratives, transfer costs and fees, write offs, and other changes required to create a draft or final bill.
• Review time narratives for accuracy of recording, identify and correct typos, etc.
• Prepare narratives and breakdowns as required
• Work closely with the Working Capital teams to ensure billing guidelines are followed, and all queries are dealt with promptly
• Work with the Matter Administration and Risk teams to clear any blocks preventing billing
• Liaise with the eBilling team to share billing guidelines and portal requirements if required
• Deal with volume/bulk proforma edits via 3e workflow
• Generate Credit Notes based on re-issue instructions via workflow, adhering to our strict guidelines

What skills are we looking for?

• Works to given timeframes and anticipates likely workflows
• Consistently produces accurate work, with exceptional attention to detail
• Good written and verbal communication skills, able to communicate at all levels, confident, professional telephone manner
• Willing to do routine tasks
• Self-motivated, proactive and able to prioritise and manage own workload
• Able to use initiative, but also work well within a team
• Proficient in MS Excel and Word
• Responsible for managing own development and willing to learn
• Analytical skills to resolve queries
• Shows flexibility in approach

What's on offer?

• Competitive basic salary (reviewed annually).
• Flexible, hybrid working policy.
• Generous bonus scheme.
• Up to 25 days holiday (rising to 28 days with service).
• Holiday exchange scheme.
• Private medical insurance.
• Enhanced parental leave.

Apply for this role below, or for more information, contact Lewis.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.