Legal Fees Manager

Legal Fees Manager (Ref:1778)

KCH Garden Square

Nottingham

30 hours per week

Out client, KCH Garden Square, is a leading let in the Midlands, looking to recruit a Civil & Family Team Billing Manager. Responsible for overseeing the billing operation for the Civil & Family Team, this is an important role within Chambers, with duties including completing legal aid and private billing, managing the progression of Events matters and the CCMS submissions process. This role will suit someone with experience working within a similar team in chambers, a firm of solicitors or a law costings company.

Hours: Monday to Friday, 30 hours per week

Key Responsibilities

Day to Day

• Take responsibility for all Civil & Family billing, including legal aid, high cost, events, private and local authority funded matters
• Take responsibility for managing the billing e-mail inboxes
• Keep a high cost and events billing tracker, chasing up/billing these cases as required
• Proactively chase CCMS fee allocation and documents, including orders and FAS recitals when required
• Proactively chase unbilled work
• Ensure that all billing is completed within 48 hours of all information being provided
• Ensure that every month, every member is sent a report detailing any unassessed/outstanding fees
• Deal with all enquiries relating to billing (including via telephone and email)

Business Development Support

• Provide the relevant data from LEX case management system for effective practice reviews
• Produce financial reports concerning CCMS submissions on a monthly basis
• Engage in regular reviews of the fee framework alongside the Practice Development Team, revising and updating as required
• Assist the Civil & Family Practice Director with any tendering exercises
• Review and propose developments for a more efficient and streamlined way of fee processes and procedures

Person Specification

Essential

• A minimum of 2 years experience working in a barrister's chambers or legal environment, such as solicitors or law costing team within family and/or civil work
• Knowledge of all family & civil legal aid billing within the current systems
• Strong numeracy skills
• Strong IT skills
• Accuracy and keen attention to detail
• Confident and polite communication style
• Team player with the ability to be proactive and manage own workload

Desirable

• Experience with using the LEX diary management system (or similar)

Benefits

• Remote working available following the completion of the probationary period
• Workplace Pension Scheme
• 25 days holiday rising with service plus bank holidays & Christmas shutdown