Billing Manager

The Elite Enterprise Professional Billing System is a comprehensive time and billing application that includes cost collection, trust accounting, budgeting, profitability, performance analysis and inquiry systems designed to put essential decision-making information at your fingertips. The system accommodates unique pricing arrangements, task-based billing, multiple management of today's professional services firm. Currently used by hundreds of firms, the Elite System offers sophisticated cross-application integration. Managing the information needs of firms from 10 to 4,000 timekeepers, Elite provides an extensive set of features allowing for scalability and ease of use for firms of any size.

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Features

• State-of-the-art relational database provides powerful search and query capabilities and has proven reliability and integrity.
• Full SQL compatibility provides complete data access.
• Use of C++™ and Visual Basic™ provides powerful capabilities, optimum flexibility and a clear path for future growth and enhancement.
• Operating system and database independence provides enhanced investment protection.
• The latest three-tier client/server, Windows™-based technology assures users of ease of use and integration with other firm systems.
• True multi-user system eliminates bottlenecks; multiple users can perform virtually all operations including billing and pre-bill editing concurrently.
• Query technology gives users the flexibility to get exactly the information requested without custom programming.
• Automatic system-initiated file sizing, indexing and maintenance routines make the system easy to run and maintain.
• Elite's Data Warehouse stores results from multiple reports, which can be combined to produce valuable management reports.
• Soft Sort Technology facilitates user defined sorting and subtotaling of management reports.
• Flexible bill formats integrated with Microsoft Word® fulfill unique client requirements, including task-based billing, split billing and project engagement (matter) billing.
• Comprehensive, task-based billing handles client-defined task code lists, validates codes during time entry and facilitates task profitability analysis.
• Split billing creates multiple invoices from input on a single project and allows project-level accounts receivable tracking.
• Joint billing prints multiple projects on a single bill – including projects from different clients.
• Single-step bill reversal returns time to unbilled status, updates associated systems and documents changes in Elite's comprehensive audit trail.
• Unlimited user-definable fields for clients, projects and professionals track background data of particular interest to the firm.
• Simultaneous cash and accrual accounting provide concurrent views of the firm's financial status.
• Reserves for uncollectibles can be calculated by project and automatically posted to the general ledger.
• Easy time and cost transfer across projects lets users change billable to non-billable and accommodates rate changes with full audit trail.
• Integrated trust accounting system supports multiple trust bank accounts and laser check writing; trust