9 - 12 month FTC: Billing Specialist at top US law firm: to £38,000

Our fantastic US law firm client is currently looking for a Billing Specialist to join their Finance team on an initial 9-12 Month FTC. The key responsibilities will include producing through Elite ELBS bills/credit notes in conjunction with the billing timekeepers, producing and managing pro-forma production for monthly and tractional billing primarily for the London office, providing help desk support for Fee-Earners/Secretaries in the creation of bills, monitoring bill production with strict compliance with the firms procedures, ensuring that all alternative fee arrangements are adhered to and correctly identified on Elite, and where necessary to consult with the Director of Administration and/or Financial Accounting Manager, to distribute finalised bills to appropriate departments and maintain the bill filing within the accounts department.  This role will require daily interface with the Finance team to provide copies of all bills and accompanying correspondence for collection purposes, producing missing/pending time reports and the process instructions received, controlling and reconciling anticipated time and disbursement records, developing processes and workflows to enhance the services of billing. Candidates are required to have previous legal experience working with Elite accounting software, a good knowledge of Microsoft Office 2010 and working knowledge and understanding of the Solicitors Accounts Rules. This role is paying up to £38,000 and the core hours are 9.30am – 5.30pm.