Fees and Billing Manager (x2) - Leading Family Law Barristers’ Chambers

GRL LEGAL; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in family law is seeking two Fees / Billing Managers to join their busy team in London. This role involves managing billing and collections, ensuring compliance with legal aid processes, and maintaining financial records for barristers. The ideal candidates will have experience in billing and financial administration, particularly in a barristers' chambers. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to a leading firm known for its commitment to excellence and diversity in the legal profession. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and have a keen eye for detail, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in billing and fee collection in a fast-paced environment.
• Knowledge of legal aid billing and public funding processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage aged debt and billing for barristers, ensuring timely payments.
• Maintain accurate financial records and support barristers with revenue queries.

Skills

Billing Experience

Fee Collection

Financial Administration

Legal Aid Billing Knowledge

Proficiency in Case Management Software

Microsoft Office Skills

Tools

Chambers MLC

Lex

Job description

Our client is one of the leading family law sets in the country, with over 90 full-time Barristers who specialise in high-profile cutting-edge cases in all areas of family law, both domestically and internationally. Chambers is looking to recruit two Fees / Billing Managers to work in a busy team to process and manage the billing and collection of fees, in a family law set.

The primary purpose of the role is to deliver a fees related function to ensure the practice management of members and aged debt management of chambers is handled with first class organisation and efficiency. Submitting billing and following the Legal Aid processes to ensure publicly funded fees are billed correctly and paid promptly, and that private debt is paid within agreed terms, to ensure the effective delivery of Chambers' revenue operations.

Responsibilities will primarily require managing the aged debt of members, meeting with members to discuss debt management and continuously reviewing financial management reports with a view to improving and keeping up to date with processes.

Main duties include:

• Legal Aid & Private Fees: Local authority and legal aid billing. Handle fee arrangements for both legally aided and privately funded work, ensuring compliance with funding regulations. Obtain Legal Aid Certificate copies / numbers from Solicitors and request allocation of costs on CMS for counsel
• Case & Revenue Management: Maintain accurate financial records, monitor outstanding fees, and support barristers in revenue-related queries
• Manage billing, collections, and aged debt, ensuring timely reporting
• Consistently manage aged debt through chasing of outstanding fees
• Create invoices and forward on to solicitors / local authority for payment

Required Skills:

• Experience in billing, fee collection, or financial administration, ideally in a barristers’ chambers or similarly fast paced environment. – Required
• Knowledge of legal aid billing and public funding processes is required. – Required Proficiency with case management software (ideally, Chambers MLC or Lex) and Microsoft Office. – Required

To apply for this position, please forward your CV, which should clearly identify your suitability, to exclusively retained consultants, GRL Legal.

Closing date for applications is 5pm on Monday 5^th May, but early applications are encouraged with initial GRL interviews for suitable candidates taking place immediately.

Our client is committed to equality and to fostering diversity in our profession. We will treat everyone equally and irrespective of their age, background, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity status, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.