Billing Specialist, need law firm billing

Job Description

Job Description

Legal Billing Specialist

Location: Washington, DC, near the Orange Line and hours of 9-5:30 with paid overtime. Hybrid role.

$65,000-$85,000 and bonus.

Incredible manager and team to work with.

This firm has one of the world’s most robust integrated legal practices, with 45+ offices and over 3000 attorneys worldwide. The firm is renowned for its local connections and global influence and delivers comprehensive legal services to its clients and beyond.

The firm seeks an experienced Legal Billing Assistant-Specialist to support the DC office in preparing, editing, and revising complex client bills and occasionally assisting with the business collection process.

As the Billing Specialist, you will:

• • Use Aderant for daily billing tasks.
  • Review all New Account Memoranda for completeness; activate clients/matters and input special billing instructions.
  • Prepare, review, edit, and present pre-bills to billing attorneys.
  • Coordinates multiple billing memoranda for the preparation of combined bills.
  • Review billing memoranda for attorney edits, draft client bills, and/or e-bills for review by the appropriate attorney.
  • Investigate inquiries regarding client charges as requested by the billing partner.
  • Reformat/edit and finalize bills after review and approval by an attorney.
  • Enter information into the Firm's accounting system and compute amounts due.
  • Prepare bills, listing chargeable items, amounts due, credit terms, and dates due.
  • Present bills to clients upon the supervising attorney's request.
  • Post transactions to accounting records in the Firm's accounting system.
  • Communicate with the client upon the supervising attorney's request, regarding overdue bills or billing issues raised by the client.
  • Operate the Firm's accounting system, computer equipment, and telephone equipment in performance of daily duties; effectively uses the telephone and word processing functions necessary to perform required job duties. Actively seeks out the firm's technical resources to maximize efficiency. Properly manages electronic documents for easy retrieval.
  • Support the larger local and national finance team and other CSRs in overflow work assignments and coverage for absent CSRs.
  • Maintain files in an organized manner and in accordance with firm procedures; maintains current lists of file numbers, account numbers, client names, addresses, and other information as required.

Requirements:

Qualified candidates must have an associate’s degree (A.A.); a minimum of 3 years of related experience and/or training, and Aderant software.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills and excellent customer service skills.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products, such as Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word, is required. Strong mathematical and attention to detail skills are also required.

Benefits

A 37.5-hour workweek, paid overtime, very stable and growing, fantastic healthcare benefits, dental, vision, AD&D, STD, LTD, 20 days PTO, life insurance, ten holidays, Discretionary bonus and contribution to the 401k, and a very social, open, diverse firm culture.

Company DescriptionBonnie Jones Associates, L.L.C. is your source for finding and filling permanent financial, accounting, administrative, legal, executive assistant, accounting and HR positions. Our professional staff matches the right candidate with the right employer and we take a lot of pride in that responsibility. Bonnie Jones Associates, L.L.C. has over eighty years of combined recruiting experience.

Our commitment to you is that we will work very hard to find you the right match. Our hope is that you will be very happy that you have chosen to work with us and that you feel we have done a good job for you. Please browse our web site, www.bonniejones.com and contact us so that we can make a happy match for you!

Company Description

Bonnie Jones Associates, L.L.C. is your source for finding and filling permanent financial, accounting, administrative, legal, executive assistant, accounting and HR positions. Our professional staff matches the right candidate with the right employer and we take a lot of pride in that responsibility. Bonnie Jones Associates, L.L.C. has over eighty years of combined recruiting experience. \r\n\r\nOur commitment to you is that we will work very hard to find you the right match. Our hope is that you will be very happy that you have chosen to work with us and that you feel we have done a good job for you. Please browse our web site, www.bonniejones.com and contact us so that we can make a happy match for you!