Senior Billing Specialist - New York
Senior Billing Specialist - New York
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$ 105000 - 120000
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Job Description
Summary
The Senior Billing Specialist assists attorneys with the preparation of bills for clients ensuring that the client bills are processed timely and in accordance with the client agreement. The Senior Billing Specialist answers billing questions and researches billing related issues prepares and distributes billing proformas invoices and billing related reports. The Senior Billing Specialist acts as the billing advisor to attorneys and the legal secretaries ensuring that all transactions are recorded according to accounting standards. The Senior Billing Specialist regularly collaborates with other accounting departments including ebilling Accounts Receivable Cash Applications Cost Recovery Pricing Client Arrangements Accounts Payable and Revenue Management to help minimize any financial exposure to the Firm.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Perform daily activities of the billing function in support of Partners and Clients. This includes but is not limited to Proforma generation and edits creating timecard summaries updating matter and Timekeeper rates and running client reports at the request of the Partners and Attorneys.
- Ensure timeliness accuracy and acceptance of invoices on a monthly basis. Show tenacity and drive in following up with Billing Partners and others in order to resolve client billing issues and ensure invoices are approved and billed.
- Understand and ensure correct implementation of client Outside Counsel Guidelines and client fee arrangement.
- Ensure electronic invoices are processed accurately and efficiently. Timely resolve any rejections or reductions of electronic invoices.
- Must be highly detail-oriented with the ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrates professional and highly-developed communication skills. Ability to deal professionally and courteously with attorneys staff vendors and clients of the Firm while observing confidentiality of client and firm matters. Provide excellent client service to our attorneys clients and other Firm personnel.
- Collaborates effectively with others within the billing team finance team and other firm groups and departments.
- Assist local or corporate billing management with special assignments/projects (such as testing pilot programs policy discussions process improvements etc.).
- Assist with training and mentoring of new employees and less experienced billing staff. Effectively utilizes billing assistants to create efficiencies within the billing department.
- Successfully manages the billing operations of the Firms largest and most complex client relationships involving very intricate billing arrangements; acts in an advisory capacity to their attorneys on billing matters.
- Administrative responsibilities are consistently well-maintained (green sheets UDF updates electronic submissions/appeals and unallocated balances).
- Other duties as assigned.
Salaries vary by location and are based on numerous factors including but not limited to the relevant market skills experience and education of the selected candidate. If an estimated salary range for this role is available it will be provided in our Target Salary Range section. Our compensation package also includes bonus eligibility and a comprehensive benefits program. Benefits information can be found at Salary Range To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform the Duties and Responsibilities (Duties) above satisfactorily and meet the requirements below. The requirements listed below are representative of the minimum knowledge skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. If you need such an accommodation please email (current employees should contact Human Resources). Education and/or Experience: Required: Preferred: Other Skills and Abilities: The following will also be required of the successful candidate: Sidley Austin LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer #LI-Hybrid #LI-JW1Qualifications
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