Billing Analyst

Location:

Belfast

Workplace:

Hybrid

The opportunity:

The Billing Analyst will provide billing services to the offices of Baker McKenzie.

Working at Baker McKenzie:

Baker McKenzie is the world’s leading law firm with offices all over the world. Our Belfast Centre is home to over 400 colleagues in both legal and professional services.

We offer one of the best workplace benefits packages in the business with comprehensive private health cover, income protection, life assurance and a full employee assistance plan. These and a host of other benefits make us one of the most desirable companies to work for in Belfast.

We are committed to promoting inclusion, diversity, and equity for all and are confident we can provide a career as individual and as exceptional as you.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare invoices per Firm billing policies, guidelines, and standard processes
• Prepare draft invoices, review and revise narratives following Firm standards, execute time/cost transfers and other value adjustments; finalize invoices and ensure that invoices are delivered for payment (via e-mail, post or e-billing as applicable); execute all billing tasks per established standard processes
• Identify and resolve technical issues consulting with others as appropriate and escalating issues to management on a timely basis
• Maintain and update client billing information, instructions, and requirements necessary in processing invoices
• Evaluate complex situations using multiple sources of information, exercising good analytical skills as well as evaluate judgment based on the analysis of factual and qualitative information in complicated and/or novel situations
• With limited supervision, work independently to complete assigned tasks and work responsibilities to meet agreed objectives; consider the impact of recommendations when making decisions or resolving problems
• Exchange ideas and information effectively concisely and logically, and be sensitive to audience diversity
• Exercise a required degree of tact and diplomacy when dealing with others and in handling sensitive issues
• Perform other duties as may be assigned

Essential Criteria:

To be successful in this role you will need:

Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, commerce, finance, liberal arts, or related courses
• Prior experience in a billing role
• General understanding of accounting or finance principles as well as the specific law firm or professional service accounting structure, environment, and requirements
• Knowledge and experience of financial systems (SAP preferred but not required)
• Good working knowledge of MS Office applications (e.g. Excel, Word, Outlook)
• Keen attention to detail and effective organizational skills
• Excellent English communication skills (verbal and written)
• Confidence to escalate and ask questions, especially when being asked to deviate from standard processes.
• Able to prioritize and handle multiple tasks to meet deadlines
• Able to perform at high levels in a fast-paced ever-changing work environment and successfully adapt to changing priorities and work demands, including learning new skills when required
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Able to anticipate work needs and follow through with minimum direction, follow up on own initiative
• Flexible to work a reasonable shifting schedule is required