Billings Clerk (Law Firm Experience)

Cartel Agency Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Excellent benefits

Supportive team and development

Job summary

Beard Winter LLP is seeking a meticulous Billings Clerk with four or more years of law firm billing experience to manage manual and electronic billing from start to finish.

You will review pre-bills, prepare LEDES invoices, and work with lawyers and clients to ensure timely and accurate submissions while maintaining compliance with guidelines and budgets.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of billing experience within a law firm setting.
• Experience in a legal accounting environment is required.
• Strong analytical skills and extremely high attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with legal professionals to manage manual and electronic billing from start to finish.
• Review and edit pre-bills per lawyers’ instructions, client specs, and firm policies.
• Prepare electronic bills in LEDES format and submit to client e-billing platforms.
• Track submitted bills, identify issues, and resolve submission failures and deductions.

Skills

Billing experience

Legal accounting

MS Office

e-billing software

Tools

ProLaw

TyMetrix

Legal Tracker

Serengeti

Bottomline Technologies

Job description

Billings Clerk (Law Firm Experience)

Looking for a role that combines growth, stability, and support? Look no further! Our Client, a renowned industry name, known for its innovative and dependable service, is seeking a Billings Clerk to join their team. If you bring at least four years of relevant experience within a law firm environment, strong organizational skills, and a passion for precision, this is your chance to thrive. With a caring employer, excellent benefits, a supportive team, a workplace that champions professional development, as well as a hybrid work schedule, you truly can have it all.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with legal professionals to manage the manual and e-billing process from beginning to end
• Review and edit pre-bills based on lawyers’ instructions, client specifications and firm policies and procedures
• Review and edit accounts for accuracy and compliance to outside counsel guidelines;
• Prepare electronic bills in LEDES (Legal Electronic Data Exchange Standard) format and submit to client e-billing platform
• Track status of bills submitted, identify issues and work with colleagues to address invoices failed on submission and deductions as they arise
• Working closely with lawyers and other firm members to ensure proper submission and revising of budgets on e-billing platforms
• Manage appeal process including review monthly deduction report, prepare and submit appeals to client and determine write-offs
• Generate billing client/matter reports as required
• Submit Online Budgets as required
• Following up on outstanding WIP and WIP Issues
• Work with external billing providers to resolve e-billing issues
• Assist with training of client guidelines

Qualifications

• 4+ years of billing experience
• Experience in a legal accounting environment is required
• Extensive experience using, and advanced understanding, of Microsoft Office (including Word and Excel) and financial software (ProLaw would be considered an asset)
• Experience with third party e-billing software such as TyMetrix, Legal Tracker, Serengeti and Bottomline Technologies
• Have strong analytical skills and have an extremely high attention to detail;
• Flexible, time conscious and deadline oriented
• Have demonstrated ability to effectively manage multiple priorities and is highly organized;
• Have considered themselves consummate professionals who work well under pressure;
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills, proven ability to interact effectively with both internal and external clients

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