Senior Legal Billing Specialist

Holland & Hart Staff•Boulder, CO

5d•Remote

About The Position

The Senior Billing Specialist is responsible for processing client bills using full knowledge and understanding of accounting software, including electronic billing and third-party vendor sites. This position provides assistance to attorneys and secretaries to ensure accurate time and disbursement entries and completes all billing to meet established deadlines. This role possesses a higher level of billing skills and is highly knowledgeable regarding all aspects of billing and E-billing. This is a temporary position, estimated four - six months in duration.

Requirements

Five (5) + years of related experience or Associate Degree and equivalent experience.
Requires fundamental knowledge of accounting software and basic accounting principles.
Requires analytical skills to apply knowledge to practical situations and the ability to foresee problems and effect solutions.
Ability to work independently under pressure and pre-set deadlines in an accurate manner with consistently high production.
Exceptional attention to detail and proofreading skills.
Requires above average typing and ten key skills, and proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite of products (Outlook, Word and Excel).
Requires good organizational and planning skills to prioritize and complete assigned bills accurately and in a timely manner and to assess, recommend and implement improved work procedures.
Good interpersonal/communication skills to work effectively with personnel at all levels within the firm.
Dependability, the willingness to meet the requirements of the position, accepting a wide variety of assignments with a positive attitude and team spirit.
Requires absolute confidentiality and discretion.

Responsibilities

Prepares and handles all aspects of billing for specified attorneys and/or clients as assigned.
Assists attorneys and staff with billing questions.
Works directly with clients relating to their billing guidelines, e-billing setup, and any other billing questions or issues.
Processes various time, disbursement, and billing reports for attorneys, staff and clients.
Reviews client intake memos for billing guidelines, e-billing requirements, billing rates, client and contact information and verifies that all data is updated in client and e-bill databases.
Assists the Client Accounts Supervisor with researching client credit and trust amounts, account reconciliations and other research projects.
Assists with accounting functions necessary for month end closing.
Performs back-up duties for Client Accounting team as needed.
Maintains proficiency in accounting software, Word and Excel, and participates in training and preparation for regional conferences, and software upgrades as related to billing functions.
Relied on to stay informed and assist with teaching, training, testing and other requirements of experienced and highly knowledgeable staff.
Assists with training as necessary and maintains a high level of billing knowledge and experience including ebilling requirements.