• Location: Houston, Texas
• Type: Direct Hire
• Job #923
• Salary: $80,000 - $90,000

Billing Specialist

Client Size: 4,000+
Client Description:
Our client is an AmLaw top 10 firm and one of the largest law firms in the world. They offer a full range of services to leading corporations and strategic growth companies in over 70 countries. Their culture of collegiality attracts people with diverse skills and backgrounds who are dedicated to teamwork, collaboration and superior client service.

Position Description:
The 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 Billing Specialist answers billing questions and researches billing related issues, prepares and distributes billing proformas, invoices, and billing related reports. The Billing Specialist acts as the billing advisor to attorneys and the legal secretaries, ensuring that all transactions are recorded according to accounting standards.  The 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

• Performs daily billing activities to support partners, attorneys, and clients.
• Proforma generation and edits, creating timecard summaries, updating matter and Timekeeper rates, and running client reports at the request of attorneys. 
• Ensure timeliness, accuracy, and acceptance of invoices on a monthly basis, following up as needed.
• Understands and ensures correct implementation of client Outside Counsel Guidelines and fee terms.
• Ensures electronic invoices are processed/resolved accurately and efficiently.
• Demonstrates professional and developed communication skills.  Ability to deal professionally and courteously with partners, attorneys, legal secretaries, accounting staff, vendors and clients of the Firm while observing confidentiality of client and Firm matters.
• Must be highly detail-oriented with the ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree
• Two years of billing experience at a law firm
• Proficiency in MS Word and Excel
• Understanding of general accounting principles as they apply to Billings and A/R
• Excellent math aptitude

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous law firm experience
• Implementation of, or exposure to various client billing agreements
• Experience with electronic billing and electronic billing vendors
• Experience with 3E and ebilling Hub

Other Skills and Abilities:

• Strong organizational skills and strong attention to detail
• Able to work under pressure while exercising good judgement
• Strong interpersonal communication skills and ability to work harmoniously and effectively with others
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Able to preserve confidentiality and exercise discretion
• Able to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines and priorities