Billing Analyst

Job title: Billing Analyst

Company: Mayer Brown


Job description: Overview:Mayer Brown is an international law firm positioned to represent the world’s major corporations, funds, and financial institutions in their most important and complex transactions and disputes. We are recognised by our clients as strategic partners with deep commercial instincts and a commitment to creatively anticipating their needs and delivering excellence in everything we do.We are a collegial, collaborative, and diverse firm where highly motivated individuals with an unwavering commitment to excellence receive the opportunity, support, and development they need to grow, thrive, and realise their greatest potential all while supporting the Firm’s client service principles of excellence, strategic partnership, commercial instinct, integrated strengths, innovation, and collaboration across our international firm.If you enjoy working with team members whose defining characteristics are exceptional client service, initiative, professionalism, responsiveness, and adaptability, you may be the person we are seeking to join our Financial Operations team in our London office as a Billing Analyst.Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. with flexibility in accordance with the needs of the business. Responsibilities:

• To provide billing, including eBilling and related support within the Accounts Department for multiple offices, including London, Brussels, Dubai and Tokyo, as well as support to Germany and Singapore
• To maintain the high standard of service offered to the Firm’s existing clients ensuring that procedures are followed. To work as part of a team that is committed to providing a professional high quality support service at all times.
• Provide support to the Partners and Fee earners with bill processing and other administrative tasks as required.
• Review and edit pre-bills in response to requests.
• Produce accurate bills in accordance with instructions.
• Prompt despatch of bills via email/e-billing.
• Prompt resolution and escalation of eBilling queries.
• Attention to detail to ensure compliance with UK VAT and SAR’s.
• Client and matter details housekeeping.
• Assisting with working capital management as required – produce and circulate work in progress information as requested.
• Create and distribute billing performance reports as required.
• Assist Management team with a move towards a structured billing cycle throughout month.
• Provide subject matter expertise with projects/initiatives as required.
• Assisting the Pricing team with client/matter rates management.
• Review and verify accuracy of billing and supporting documentation as required.
• Ability to effectively interact and communicate with Partners, Associates and Secretaries.
• Work closely with eBilling, Revenue Control, Accounts Payable, Cashiers, Compliance and other teams, as required.
• Apply Firm billing policies at all times.
• Ability to handle a high volume of bills per month.
• Process time transfers and time edits.
• Process time and disbursement write-offs in accordance with Firm policy.

The above list of tasks and responsibilities aims to give a general overview of the type of activities this role involves and is not intended to be a comprehensive list, subject to the needs of the Firm this job description may be reviewed from time to time. Qualifications:

• Educated to A level standard.

Experience & personal attributes:

• Ideally, 3 years’ experience in a billing position in a busy, multi-currency law firm environment.
• Ideally, experience of using the Aderant Practice Management System.
• Display a sound knowledge of the Solicitors’ Accounts Rules and knowledge of VAT for law firm billing.
• Possess excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• Ability to work closely and communicate professionally with people at all levels within the firm as well as clients.
• Be able to work unsupervised to strict deadlines, and have the ability to prioritise and manage varying workloads.
• Strong general computer skills. Proficiency in Excel, Word, Outlook and Document Management Systems.
• Personable, able and willing to work within and share knowledge to team members.
• Reliable and well organised.
• High level of accuracy and exceptional attention to detail.
• Adaptable and flexible.
• Ability to use own initiative

At Mayer Brown, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment that offers our people the opportunity and support they need to succeed.Our culture promotes mutual respect, acceptance, cooperation and productivity among people from varying backgrounds and values different perspectives and ideas.One of our core values at Mayer Brown is to promote diversity and inclusion at all levels within the business which is actively supported by our diversity networks – LGBT+, Fusion (Race & Ethnicity), Multi-faith, Women, Enable (Disability) and Work and Me (Family).We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that individuals may require throughout the recruitment process and once they have joined the Firm.

Expected salary:

Location: London

Job date: Wed, 02 Apr 2025 04:23:40 GMT

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