Legal Costs Administrator
Brightwater
- Dublin
- €40,000-45,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- To assist with the development of an efficient system to progress drafting bill of costs.
- Prepare and check bills of Costs on Word/Evolve.
- To prepare, in conjunction with the legal cost's accountant, more complex bills and track their progress.
- Submit relevant bills for assessment to the legal costs accountant and track the bills through the assessment process.
- Submit final bills of costs to the client for approval.
- Liaise with the relevant legal costs accountant and finance staff to ensure that all final bills are settled.
- Provide managers with monthly billing and time reporting performance data, as required.
- Provide the managers at least quarterly work in progress reports.
- Draft and maintain a Billing and Costing template that can be used to cover common issues and processes within the organization and to be of assistance to other not for profit legal advice agencies.
- To attend courses on billing and costing, specialist skills and the use of information technology.
- To participate in project review meetings as required.
- To actively participate in supervision and appraisal and team activities to promote high standards and continuous development.
- Liaise and help support any management on costs projects.
- Experience of working within a legal environment essential
- Experience of invoicing or record keeping.
- High degree of accuracy and checking in any work that is carried out.
- Good IT skills and, in particular, confident with Microsoft Office and databases including case management systems.
- Excellent organizational skills, including maintaining paper and electronic filing systems.
- Ability to communicate clearly in writing, in person and on the telephone.
- Ability to work well as part of a team and form effective working relationships with others.
- Ability to work well under pressure and prioritize effectively when there are competing demands on time.
- Ability to work on your own initiative.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Some understanding of court procedures and costs rules.
- Some understanding of the cost's rules and billing procedures.
- Leaving Certificate or equivalent at Grade C or above in English and Mathematics
- Ability to hold your own with other professionals.
- €45,000
- Excellent commission structure after training period
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