Senior Legal Billing Specialist - Client Accounts (Hybrid)
About The Position
Working in support of our client’s strategic initiatives, this is a high-impact opportunity for an advanced-level Legal Billing subject-matter expert to play a critical role in a dynamic, enterprise-wide billing organization. The position provides flexible support across the firm’s highest-volume, highest-value, and most complex domestic and international client portfolios, partnering with multiple billing teams and leaders as needs evolve. Responsibilities include prioritizing competing demands, analyzing processes and gaps, improving workflows, mentoring staff, and providing interim support during periods of increased demand or leadership absence. With broad visibility across billing, finance, attorneys, and high-profile clients, this role serves as a key resource in advancing billing practices, processes, and overall organizational effectiveness.
Requirements
- 5+ years of senior-level legal billing experience managing high-volume portfolios in a professional services or major legal environment.
- Expert-level proficiency with Aderant Legal Billing software or a comparable enterprise legal management accounting platform.
- Hands-on experience with major e-billing applications such as e-Hub or Bill Blast, alongside custom client e-billing portals.
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, including high proficiency in VLOOKUP, PivotTables, and complex data modeling.
- Deep functional understanding of global unified billing, LEDES format requirements, accrual tracking, and multi-currency billing compliance.
- Articulate, analytical, and highly organized self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities.
- Polished communication skills and mature professional judgment, excelling at interfacing directly with senior partners and corporate stakeholders to resolve intricate accounting challenges.
- Combines deep technical billing precision with a consultative mindset, taking pride in serving as the go-to expert who can streamline workflows, coach colleagues, and elevate overall team performance.
- High School Diploma or GED required.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, or a related field preferred.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a senior legal billing subject-matter expert and dynamic surge resource across multiple regional billing teams and practice leaders.
- Manage high-volume, complex client portfolios encompassing both domestic and international billing structures, ensuring full-cycle compliance and billing integrity.
- Analyze legal billing processes and operational gap areas to design customized training, process-flow diagrams, and mentoring frameworks for adjacent team members.
- Review draft billing data for precision, oversee accrual updates based on client guidelines, and research and resolve electronic billing (e-Billing) rejections.
- Collaborate directly with senior partners, international finance counterparts, and IT teams to troubleshoot complex accounts and execute cross-functional system enhancements.
- Generate, update, and submit standardized LEDES files, custom client reporting, and Service Desk technical ticket resolutions.
- Lead global client unified billing efforts, ensuring international fee submissions, budgets, and invoices remain fully aligned across foreign jurisdictions.
- Serve as proxy support for regional managers during unplanned vacancies, extended absences, or periods of significantly increased volume.
Benefits
- Relocation assistance is available in accordance with organizational policies for eligible candidates.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
High school or GED
