Gherson LLP
Junior Billing Clerk
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Gherson Solicitors LLP is currently seeking to recruit a Junior Legal Billing Clerk to join our expanding Sanctions Team.
Please note that this role is fully office-based
Responsibilities
- Regular review of time recording of all fee earners in the team, and preparation of those papers for their review in turn.
- Developing relationship with all of our experts (including Chambers) to ensure that fee notes are requested across all matters regularly.
- Regular review of WIP, along with fee notes requested, ensuring that these are compared to the fees estimated to the client, and communicate with the fee earners when they come close to the limit so they can manage their clients.
- Eventually issue monthly case status updates to each client that is being charged hourly to ensure full transparency per Legal Ombudsman guidelines.
- Regular administrative tasks including raising invoices and sending these to clients, along with chasers where appropriate.
- Attendance at the billing meetings to update accounts across all matters, in lieu of the fee earners.
- Manage allocated tasks and queries within the Finance email inbox.
- Process credit notes, WIP and disbursement transfers and write-offs in line with internal procedures.
- Provide cover for team members, when required.
- Aged debt recovery.
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The skills required for this role will include:
- Ability to work to deadlines/targets, prioritise and deliver effective solutions.
- Ability to work well as part of a team and on your own initiative with a positive attitude.
- Strong analytical skills with an eye for detail.
- Excellent organisation and time management skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent IT skills and effective use of Case Management and Time Recording Systems.
- Professional and effective communication with individual and business contacts.
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About Gherson
Started by Roger Gherson in 1988, Gherson Solicitors LLP is an award-winning immigration practice in London, specialising in UK immigration, nationality, extradition, white collar crime, sanctions and human rights law.
The UK In-bound Immigration team offers services that cover the full spectrum of all UK immigration categories. Due to our position in the industry, we attract clients who have complex immigration matters. We also act on behalf of businesses and private family offices.
The International Protection team specialises in complex human rights and asylum claims and defending extradition requests and applications to the European Court of Human Rights. We act on behalf of clients subject to the UK and the EU sanctions regimes and have a busy and growing litigation and arbitration practice.
Gherson Solicitors LLP is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, age, sexuality, gender identification, or physical ability.
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