{"id":11358,"date":"2022-11-16T08:04:30","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T15:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nqzw.com\/?p=11358"},"modified":"2022-11-17T07:59:03","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T14:59:03","slug":"client-matter-financial-dashboards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zebraworks.com\/en_gb\/client-matter-financial-dashboards\/","title":{"rendered":"The Questions You Can Answer with Client\/Matter Financials at Your Fingertips"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11358\" class=\"elementor elementor-11358\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d62efad elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d62efad\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f6458b3\" data-id=\"f6458b3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c535074 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c535074\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Questions that come up in law firms every day:<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7779158 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7779158\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-549b393\" data-id=\"549b393\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37cfcb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37cfcb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>How are we doing compared to budget? The responsible attorney needs to dive into the $12,500 in WIP to prepare for a client update call.<\/li><li>The client is on the phone, and wants to talk through their $42,000 in A\/R. The billing attorney needs the big picture on who worked on the matter, and drill down into the specifics as needed.<\/li><li>The originating attorney would like to know how a significant payment that just came in the door was allocated.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32cf6f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"32cf6f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/zebraworks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bq-1024x706.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11365\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zebraworks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bq-1024x706.png 1024w, https:\/\/zebraworks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bq-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/zebraworks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bq-768x530.png 768w, https:\/\/zebraworks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bq-1536x1060.png 1536w, https:\/\/zebraworks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bq.png 1648w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d6ff01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d6ff01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Today, all these questions, and hundreds more, result in the same thing: a request to the accounting department for a report. If you\u2019re right in the middle of your billing cycle, the choice is to either delay billing or potentially have an unhappy partner waiting for that report and the resulting clients with unanswered questions.\u00a0<\/p><p>Attorneys and even staff often don\u2019t want to try and find the information themselves because it\u2019s too complicated a process. Many firms don\u2019t allow attorney access because of the confusion it has caused \u2013\u00a0better to let accounting help interpret the results.\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-41a83bde );\">According to Gina Martin, the Executive Director at Nelson Hardiman, <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 18px;\" href=\"https:\/\/zebraworks.com\/en_gb\/nelson-hardiman-implements-billingq\/\">\u201cMost will give up before they can find how much the client owes us.\u201d<\/a><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11366 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/zebraworks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Matter-folders-198x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zebraworks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Matter-folders-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/zebraworks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Matter-folders.png 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/p><p>There is, however, a much better solution. A user experience designed for attorneys and staff to instantly find the answers to their questions.<\/p><p>Type in whatever you know, like the name, ID or description, and <a href=\"https:\/\/zebraworks.com\/en_gb\/billingq\/\">BillingQ<\/a> will find all the relevant clients or matters for you. If you\u2019re looking at information at the matter level, with one click you can roll-up all the matters for that billing contact (handy if you have them on the phone!).<\/p><p>Saved searches are created for attorneys ahead of time so that they can just click on \u201cOver 90\u201d and see all their past due accounts. Pre-built searches can ask questions, e.g. I want to see matters with A\/R over $10,000 along with WIP over $1,000.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0406838 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0406838\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f2b6cd7\" data-id=\"f2b6cd7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a205d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6a205d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"237\" src=\"https:\/\/zebraworks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Parameterized-query-1024x237.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11375\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zebraworks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Parameterized-query-1024x237.png 1024w, https:\/\/zebraworks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Parameterized-query-300x70.png 300w, https:\/\/zebraworks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Parameterized-query-768x178.png 768w, https:\/\/zebraworks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Parameterized-query-1536x356.png 1536w, https:\/\/zebraworks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Parameterized-query-2048x475.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb2cb2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb2cb2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zebraworks.com\/en_gb\/billingq\/\">BillingQ<\/a> client\/matter dashboards are a 360\u00b0 view of financial information, including A\/R aging, WIP aging, payments, write-offs, write-ups\/downs and trust with drill down to the narrative level. Security determines who can see what.<\/p><p>We then build on those capabilities with <a href=\"https:\/\/zebraworks.com\/en_gb\/dataq\/\">DataQ<\/a>, which provides law firms with deep insights into revenue and profitability by firm, practice group, team, and individual attorneys.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-70972e3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"70972e3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fd08483\" data-id=\"fd08483\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79b82be elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"79b82be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Author<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6028bdc uael-member-image-pos-left uael-shape-square elementor-widget elementor-widget-uael-team-member\" data-id=\"6028bdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"uael-team-member.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-member-stacked-mobile uael-member-image-valign-top uael-team-member\">\n\t\t\t<div class = \"uael-team-member-wrap\" >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-member-wrap\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-team-member-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-animation-\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/zebraworks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/our-team-bill-bice-01-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-8259\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zebraworks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/our-team-bill-bice-01-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/zebraworks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/our-team-bill-bice-01-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/zebraworks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/our-team-bill-bice-01.png 406w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-team-member-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-team-member-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"uael-team-name\">Bill Bice <\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-team-member-designation\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-team-desig\">CEO | nQ Zebraworks\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-separator-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-separator\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-team-member-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-team-desc\">Recognized as a legal tech industry visionary, receiving Thomson\u2019s innovator of the year award. Founder of ProLaw Software (acquired by Thomson Reuters), West km (used by 70% of the top 1000 law firms worldwide) and Exemplify (acquired by Bloomberg Law).<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Questions that come up in law firms every day: How are we doing compared to budget? 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