Fee Approval Specialist - Litigation

Mackie Wolf Zientz Mann • Houston, TX

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About The Position

Responsible for a broad range of duties generally of a diverse and complex nature required in providing administrative and accounting support to division/department director, associate attorneys and staff, and presenting a professional image when representing the company in interactions with guests, vendors, clients, and employees.

Requirements

• Broad range of duties generally of a diverse and complex nature.
• Administrative and accounting support.
• Professional image.
• Review and process interim billing.
• Assure proper approvals and accuracy of invoice data.
• Assure payments are submitted promptly.
• Maintain proper accounting records.
• Adherence to client billing timelines.
• Communicate with clients, vendors, employees, and other departments both verbally and in writing.
• Provide case updates as needed within timelines.
• Complete metric reporting at least weekly.
• Achieve monthly litigation fee approval team goals.

Responsibilities

• Performs a variety of complex administrative and accounting duties to assist the Litigation Department for all flat-fee, billable and non-billable cases.
• May review and process interim billing, assuring proper approvals and accuracy of invoice data to the client. Also, may perform required functions to assure payments are submitted promptly and proper accounting records are maintained in adherence with client billing timelines.
• Communicate with the client on the attorney fees and provide description of additional hours needed for the attorney to proceed.
• Communicates with clients, vendors, employees, and other departments both verbally and in writing providing case updates as needed within timelines.
• Completes metric reporting at least weekly.
• Achieves monthly litigation fee approval team goals.
• Performs additional duties as requested.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed