Legal Aid Billing Team Leader

Our client, a highly regarded London-based solicitors specialising in crime, family law and human rights have an opening for a Legal Aid Billing Team Leader. The main responsibilities for this role are to assist in the day-to-day operation of the department to support fee earners.

Responsibilities

• Checking and submitting CCMS BILLS, Claim 1s, Claim 2s on CCMS.
• Uploading evidence on CCMS when submitting bills and requesting POAs from the LAA
• Allocating counsel costs on CCMS
• Drafting and processing payments on account for profit cost and disbursements on CCMS and Eforms
• Overseeing matter starts reporting and liaising with department heads for monthly updates
• Posting and receipting bills, allocating costs to Fee Earners
• Liaising with external third parties such as cost drafters, chambers, experts, Legal Aid Agency
• Liaising with accounts department re payments, invoicing, residual balances
• Outcome codes submission to Discharge the Legal Aid Certificate
• Drafting and submitting claims under the legal help scheme for submission and assessment by the LAA, as well as monthly submission on CWA.
• Update Excel spreadsheets for LAA, LH, Claim 2s, POA disbursements and profit costs
• Daily Posting for civil costs to be update on Proclaim

Candidate Profile

• Experience of working with the LAA or in busy legal practice preferable.
• Essential skills include being organised and ability to organise others.
• To assist fee earners in operating efficiently.
• Challenge colleagues constructively and fairly to maximise both the reputation and fees of the department.

Important Notice

It is Career Legal’s policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to respond to individual candidates. If we have not contacted, you within three working days your application has been unsuccessful and your details have not been retained. Please apply for any other position that you may see in the future. Thank you.

Career Legal is a Recruitment Agency and is advertising this permanent role on behalf of one of its clients.