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Mark Paul

Crofton Park,London

Summary

Results-driven billing executive with lengthy history in financial operations and revenue management. Skilled in billing systems and software, with proven track record of increasing revenue and improving financial performance. Strong analytical talents and experience in developing and implementing billing strategies.

Enjoy working with others to ensure the success of the overall aim.

Flexible and approachable with regard to achieving the best billing resolution.

Overview

years of professional experience

Work history

Billing Executive

Slaughter and May

London

2008.05 - Current

Analysing WIP to establish whether a matter has become billable.
Liaising with the lead partner and associate to determine the billable status.
Preparing schedules and documentation to accompany bills
Liaising with the client to ensure the Outside Counsel Guidelines are being adhered to.
Ensuring agreed rates or billing arrangements have been applied to each matter
Dealing with all bill preparation to ensure VAT and SARs are being complied with
Advising Executive Assistants with regard to all billing related issues
Constant liaison with the Credit Control dept to ensure all billing queries are dealt with in a timely and efficient matter
Preparing and uploading bills to eBilling sites: LegalTracker, CounselLink, Coupa, Tymetrix, Ariba,
Resolving all billing queries

Billing Specialist

McDermott Will and Emery

London

2007.04 - 2008.05

Responsible for WIP management and billing for 50% of the partners and associates.

Running WIP reports at the beginning of the month and meeting with partners to ensure timely billing.

Preparing bills in accordance with UK VAT and SAR rules.

Processing bills, credit notes, write-offs, transfers.

Liaising with clients regarding unpaid bills with a view to ensuring prompt payment.

Billing Administrator

Baker & McKenzie LLP

2001.06 - 2007.04

Working in a team of 16 billers working specifically for the Trade Mark Department
Liaising with partners at the beginning of the month with regard to the management of their WIP
Ensuring that budgets set in initial monthly planning meeting are adhered to and met
Preparing draft bills for partner approval
Processing bills when approved
Dealing with all queries in relation to the partners in his area
Preparing and processing credit notes as required
Liaising with credit control to ensure that bills that have been despatched are being paid on a timely basis
Prompting fee-earners to close their time regularly so that draft bills accurately reflect time spent
Working within the billing team framework to ensure that all bills for my department are produced on a timely basis and in accordance with client's billing requirements
Ensuring that the VAT regulations are adhered to

Billings Assistant

Dechert LLP, Solicitors

1999.08 - 2001.06

Checking invoices that have been finalised
Processing invoices onto the system
Dealing with costs transfers
Petty cash
Write offs
Time transfers
Disbursement transfers
Partner and fee earner liaison
Dealing with billing queries
Posting cash receipts

Billings Clerk

Norton Rose

1999.01 - 1999.07

Within the costing department, discussed billing and WIP information with the partners and executives
Duties involved drawing up draft bills for approval
Processing approved bills
Verified accuracy of billing data, correcting any identified errors.

Senior Billing Clerk

H W Fisher, Solicitors

1985.02 - 1998.12

Supervision of two junior members of staff, delegate and control their workload
Posting timesheets and dealing with all timesheet queries
Checking all bills and associated write offs
Batching and processing bills and write offs
Dealt with any work in progress write offs which including transfers and amendments
Posted all disbursements
Posted cash and standing orders onto the system
Dealt with any fees ledger queries (i.e
Journals, and transfers)
Matched open items or fees ledger
Agreed the above to the various source documents or ledgers
Ran the month end debtors reports and statements
Ran the month end work in progress reports
Compiled a new checklist for bills rendered in the current posting month
Dealt with all new business in relation to entry on the computer system and all database amendments
Agreed the bills actually posted to the system against the
PC checklist
Dealt with the posting of purchase ledger invoices, payments, month end procedures and the "cheque run"
Checked work entered by the other operators
Posted timesheets and dealt with all timesheet queries
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