Serious Injury Costs Assistant – Temp-to-Perm Legal Admin

CRA Consulting; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training and ongoing career developmen

Potential for long-term career

Job summary

CRA Consulting is recruiting for a Costs Assistant in Wakefield to support the Serious Injury team with administrative, costs and billing duties on post‑settlement cases. This temporary‑to‑permanent role offers full‑time hours and an immediate start.

You will manage payments, financial records and costs recovery, liaise with internal colleagues and external suppliers, and help ensure deadlines and service levels are met.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in administrative, legal costs, billing or financial processing role.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage priorities.
• Excellent attention to detail with financial data.
• Confident written and verbal communication.
• Comfortable liaising with stakeholders by phone.
• Good IT skills including Word and Excel.
• Available to start as soon as possible.
• Based within a commutable distance of Wakefield.

Responsibilities

• Providing administrative and legal costs support to the Serious Injury team, particularly on post-settlement cases.
• Assisting with the management and recovery of legal costs, outstanding balances and associated payments.
• Supporting billing processes, payment allocations and financial reconciliations.
• Reviewing financial information, identifying discrepancies and ensuring costs and payments are accurately recorded.
• Liaising with internal colleagues, external costs suppliers, solicitors and other relevant stakeholders.
• Making and receiving telephone calls to progress cases, resolve queries and follow up on outstanding matters.
• Maintaining accurate case records, correspondence and financial information using internal case management systems.
• Monitoring outstanding payments and following up to ensure timely resolution.
• Managing case management diaries and ensuring appropriate follow-up action is taken.
• Assisting with the preparation of documentation and correspondence relating to legal costs and recovery matters.
• Ensuring cases are progressed in accordance with internal procedures, deadlines and service level agreements.
• Prioritising workloads effectively within a busy, fast-paced legal environment.

Skills

Administrative

Legal costs

Billing

Financial processing

Attention to detail

Communication skills

IT skills

Education

None

Tools

Proclaim

Microsoft Word

Excel

Job description

CRA Consulting is recruiting for a Costs Assistant in Wakefield to support the Serious Injury team with administrative, costs and billing duties on post‑settlement cases. This temporary‑to‑permanent role offers full‑time hours and an immediate start.

You will manage payments, financial records and costs recovery, liaise with internal colleagues and external suppliers, and help ensure deadlines and service levels are met.