
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Generation of invoices on a regular basis
Modifying invoices as per the instructions of the lawyers and sending them to the respective clients
Maintaining a control over the rate masters for various clients and transactions
Generation of daily trackers and reports with respect to billing
Maintaining a data base of the invoices sent to the clients on a weekly / monthly basis.
Ensuring that disbursements of expenses are entered and allocated in the respective account heads.
Maintaining proper records relating to disbursement of expenses in the system.
Follow up with clients on the outstandings of invoices if any more than 60 days
Co-ordinating with the clients with respect to information required from them during processing of invoices
Management reports with respect to Busyness analysis of lawyers
Updation of masters and new client business variables
Keeping a close control on the invoices which are yet to be raised due to work not completed
Overall 90% of time to be spent on accounts receivable management and 10% of the time to be dedicated to routine accounts activity (billing department remains a part of the accounting team).
KEY RELATIONSHIPS (INTERNAL & EXTERNAL):
INTERNAL: Providing various MIS pertaining to billing activities to partners.
Excellent communication skills – both oral and written as there would be interaction with outside clients/vendors
EXTERNAL: Co-ordinating with the clients as and when required relating to billing issues.
CONTRIBUTES TO: Overall efficiency and effectiveness of the firm and contributes towards bottom line through a process of cost reduction and effectively managing the debtors from the reporting angle
AUTHORITIES: To manage the billing functions and co-ordinating with the existing billing staff to ensure that the process of billing is managed efficiently
Introduce standardised systems and implement them for the office & manage the team independently