Legal Costs Administrator
Dublin City Centre Law Firm
About the role:
Our client is currently recruiting for a Legal Costs Administrator to join their Accounts Team. This role can be based in Dublin or a hybrid role.
Ideally you will have worked in a plaintiff litigation costs capacity
Responsibilities
- Administer matters from settlement of case to closure of file
- Maintain list of matters and their statuses
- Monitoring office and client account costs on matters
- Create costs files for Legal Costs Accountant
- Reconcile matter costs to Legal Costs Accountant’s statement
- Communication and correspondence with Client, Legal Costs Accountants, Experts and Legal Counsel
- Filing all case correspondence
- Preparing payments to clients, witnesses and counsel
- Regular meetings with Partners and Legal Costs Accountants
- Set up new client profiles on case management system
- Handle client billing when required
- Posting outlay to case management system
Requirements:
- Strong administration skills – Letter writing
- Preparation of Finance records
- Familiarity with Practice Evolve Case an advantage Management
- Strong numeracy skills with an impressive attention to detail
- Excellent interpersonal and communication abilities
- Intermediate Excel skills
- Prior experience with billing systems and Client Outlay
- Preferable legal cost accountant experience or Litigation Law, Firms Costs experience