We're looking for a proactive Billing Coordinator to join our finance department, working on a hybrid basis from our Bristol office. In this role you will provide team support to lead and coach our Billing Assistants , ensuring a seamless billing experience by linking the central finance team with our legal teams. If you have strong billing experience and are committed to client service delivery excellence, we would love to hear from you.

What you'll be doing:

• Oversee billing and charge rates, ensuring compliance with client and legislative standards.
• Train new starters and implement new processes.
•  Address billing and charge rate issues.
• Review and process bills and credit notes.
• Ensure bills meet legislative regulations and firm policies.
• WIP & Disbursements: Handle write-offs, transfers, and adjustments.
• Support complex billing needs and attend legal team meetings.
• Coordinate monthly billing for complex clients.
• Manage Ebilling clients and resolve errors.
• Provide regular and ad-hoc reports.

What we're looking for:

• High Standards: Maintain a professional approach under pressure.
• Customer Focused: Build strong relationships with stakeholders.
• Adaptability: Be flexible and solve problems proactively.
• Organisational Skills: Prioritise demands and meet deadlines.
• Attention to Detail: Produce accurate, high-quality work.
• Continuous Improvement: Develop skills and share knowledge.

• Legal Experience: Experience in a legal or similar environment (desirable)
• Regulatory Knowledge: Knowledge of SRA Accounts Rules and Code of Conduct (desirable)

About Burges Salmon

Our six core values – Ambition, Collaboration, Commitment, Fairness, Quality and Respect - are at the heart of everything we do and help to shape our unique culture. As well as high quality work and exciting development opportunities, we offer our people a professional, friendly and sociable working environment with a real sense of community.

A full overview of all the benefits of working at Burges Salmon can be found on the ‘working at Burges Salmon' section of our careers page.

We are delighted to have been named RollOnFriday's 'Best Law Firm to Work At' 2024, for the third year in a row, and also named as one of The Times Top 50 Employers for Women 2023 for the second year running.  Our commitment to excellence has recently been recognised by the IIP, which awarded us Platinum certification for investment in people.

It's important to us that our organisation represents the diverse community in which we operate and we encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and identities. As a Disability Confident Leader, we will provide a fully accessible recruitment process and offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job. We're committed to finding the right person for this role and are open to discussing flexible working, full time or part time working patterns.

If you have any questions regarding the role or the interview process, please contact Sophie Russell (Resourcing Advisor) at Sophie.Russell@burges-salmon.com

This advert will close to applications on 14th August