Job Description
OVERVIEW
The Maples Group is a standard bearer in financial and legal services, trusted by many of the world’s largest hedge fund managers, private equity firms and international corporations.
Our distinction flows from our carefully curated team: 2,500+ professionals characterised by tenacity, ethics and exacting excellence. We hire smart and sharpen smarter, arming talent with best-in-class resources and skills. Operating in key financial centres across the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, our international presence offers a unique springboard for career development and cross-cultural immersion. Our side-by-side financial and legal services are similarly ripe for interdisciplinary learning and growth.
The Maples Group looks to add a Leeds based Senior E-Billing Specialist to our team and invites eager and qualified candidates to apply. We are committed to diversity, inclusion and equality of opportunity as we attract, retain and develop world-class talent.
Who We Seek
Our merit-based culture suits professionals in pursuit of boundless careers and lives. Beyond their acumen, team members are collaborative and conscientious, bringing a healthy sense of drive and purpose to each interaction and to all aspects of their work.
About the Role
The Senior E-Billing Specialist reports to E-Billing Supervisor and will be responsible for some of the firm's largest e-Billing clients, refining processes, educating key stakeholders and query management. Primary responsibilities include:
- Entire ownership of some of the firms largest clients' e-Billing processes
- Ascertain and enforce best practice with ongoing review and improvements
- Manage and maintain discounted rates in ExpertRates and corresponding rates in the e-Billing platforms
- Regular liaison with Collections and key client contacts, ensuring ownership and smooth invoice transition through to approved statuses
- Upload and status check of bills to e-Billing systems by request from the fee earner teams and billing report
- Onboarding of clients to e-Billing where a standard process can be applied
- Reconciliations of logged e-Billing invoices per client group on a scheduled basis
- Ensure queries and escalations are handled correctly and promptly through to appropriate resolution
- The ability to challenge key stakeholders both internal and external and build and maintain strong working relationships
- Initial point of escalation for the e-Billing administrators
EXPERIENCE
What You Bring
In addition to indisputably high ethical standards and autonomy, the ideal candidate possesses the following:
- 3+ years of experience in an E-Billing specialist (or similar) role
- Excellent communication skills
- Accounts department experience including reconciliation experience
- Good IT skills and experience on financial applications. General technological awareness
- Process documentation, review and development
- Strong query resolution skills and excellent data input skills with first time accuracy
- Experience of working in a multi-currency environment (preferred but not essential)
- Experience of working in a shared service environment (preferred but not essential)
- Competent Excel and Word user
- Self-motivated, pro-active and driven to improve at all times
- A team player, capable of working together towards a common target
- Deliver a 'can do' and proactive approach at all times
BENEFITS & REWARDS
The most enduring professional relationships are reciprocal relationships. The Maples Group prioritises employee health and wellbeing. Depending on your location, we offer a range of benefits, including:
- Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental and optical)
- Competitive vacation packages
- Educational assistance and professional development programmes
- Savings or pension plan
- Life insurance
- Travel insurance
- Global mental wellness programme
- Sports clubs and social events
ABOUT MAPLES GROUP
Over five decades, the Maples Group has grown from modest beginnings into one of the world's preeminent professional services firms, offering specialised fiduciary, fund administration, regulatory and compliance, entity formation and management and legal services on the laws of the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Ireland, Jersey and Luxembourg.
You can learn more about the Maples Group on our corporate website. Experience our culture and our people on our Careers Pageor on LinkedIn.
Maples’ standard policy to undertake various background screening checks, including criminal records checks, on all applicants to whom a conditional job offer is made. Maples will only ask applicants to disclose a past criminal conviction when a conditional job offer is made. If you have a criminal record it does not mean that your job offer will be automatically withdrawn. Maples will make all job offer decisions on a case by case basis and will take a number of factors into account, such as the role that you are applying for and the nature and circumstances of the past offence. You will have the opportunity to discuss the matter with Maples before a decision is made.
Disclaimer: All personal information collected during the application process will be used for recruitment-related purposes only. Please refer to our Job Applicant Privacy Notice at maples.com/privacyfor details on how we handle personal information relating to job applicants.
APPLICATION DEADLINE
21/04/2023
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Life insurance
- Wellness programme
Schedule:
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Leeds: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Leeds